Madeleine Smithberg
| The Daily Show | |
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| Also known as |
The Daily Show with Craig Kilborn (1996–1998) The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (1999–2015) The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (2015–present) |
| Genre | Comedy, news satire, talk show |
| Created by |
Madeleine Smithberg Lizz Winstead |
| Written by | See List of The Daily Show writers |
| Directed by | Chuck O'Neil |
| Presented by |
Craig Kilborn (1996–98) Jon Stewart (1999–2015) Trevor Noah (2015–present) |
| Starring | See Lists of The Daily Show correspondents |
| Theme music composer | Bob Mould |
| Opening theme | "Dog on Fire", performed by They Might Be Giants, arranged by Timbaland and King Logan |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 2,939 (as of May 4, 2017) (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Steve Bodow Jon Stewart (1999–2015) Trevor Noah (2015–present) |
| Location(s) | NEP Studio 52, New York City |
| Running time | 30 min. (with commercials) |
| Production company(s) |
Busboy Productions (1999–2015) Comedy Partners |
| Release | |
| Original network | Comedy Central |
| Picture format |
480i (4:3 SDTV) (1996–2009) 1080i (16:9 HDTV) (2010–present) |
| Original release | July 22, 1996 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by |
The Colbert Report The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore |
| Related shows |
The Jon Stewart Show The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn Last Week Tonight with John Oliver The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Full Frontal with Samantha Bee |
| External links | |
| Website | |
The Daily Show is an American news satire and late-night talk show television program with a progressive bent. It airs each Monday through Thursday on Comedy Central. Describing itself as a fake news program, The Daily Show draws its comedy and satire from recent news stories, political figures, media organizations, and often uses self-referential humor as well.
The half-hour-long show premiered on July 21, 1996, and was first hosted by Craig Kilborn until December 17, 1998. Jon Stewart then took over as the host from January 11, 1999 until August 6, 2015, making the show more strongly focused on politics and the national media, in contrast with the pop culture focus during Kilborn's tenure. Stewart was succeeded by Trevor Noah, whose tenure premiered on September 28, 2015. Under different hosts, the show has been formally known as The Daily Show with Jon Stewart from 1999 until 2015, and The Daily Show with Trevor Noah since 2015. The Daily Show is the longest-running program on Comedy Central (counting all three tenures), and has won 23 Primetime Emmy Awards.
The program is popular among young audiences, with organizations such as the Pew Research Center suggesting that 74% of regular viewers are between 18 and 49, and that 10% of the audience watch the show for its news headlines, 2% for in-depth reporting, and 43% for entertainment, compared with 64% who watch CNN for the news headlines.
Critics chastised Stewart for not conducting sufficiently hard-hitting interviews with his political guests, some of whom he may have lampooned in previous segments. Stewart and other Daily Show writers responded to such criticism by saying that they do not have any journalistic responsibility and that as comedians their only duty is to provide entertainment. Stewart's appearance on the CNN show Crossfire picked up this debate, where he chastised the CNN production and hosts for not conducting informative and current interviews on a news network.
Each episode begins with announcer Drew Birns announcing the date and the introduction, "From Comedy Central's World News Headquarters in New York, this is The Daily Show with Trevor Noah". Previously, the introduction was "This is The Daily Show, the most important television program, ever." The host then opens the show with a monologue drawing from current news stories and issues. Previously, the show had divided its news commentary into sections known as "Headlines", "Other News", and "This Just In"; these titles were dropped from regular use on October 28, 2002 and were last used on March 6, 2003. Some episodes will begin with a 1-3 minute intro on a small story (or small set of stories) before fully transitioning into the main story of the night.
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