If you're tired of the stodginess of the evening newscasts, if you can't bear to sit through the spinmeisters and schills on the 24-hour cable news networks, check out THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART, a nightly half-hour series unburdened by objectivity, journalistic integrity or even accuracy. THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART airs Monday-Thursday at 11:00 p.m. and 1:00 a.m. and Monday-Friday at 10:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. (all times ET/PT).
Chosen as one of television's "Top 10 Shows of 2002" by The New York Times, the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART takes a reality-based look at news, trends, pop culture, current events, politics, sports and entertainment with an alternative point of view - "Same World. Different Take." In each show anchorman Jon Stewart and a team of correspondents, including Steve Carell, Robert Corddry, Stephen Colbert, Ed Helms and Mo Rocca, comment on the day's stories, employing actual news footage, taped field pieces, in-studio guests and on-the-spot coverage of important news events.
Guests who have appeared on THE DAILY SHOW include: Mike Myers, Adam Sandler, Cameron Diaz, Robin Williams, John Cusack, Ashley Judd, Samuel L. Jackson, Goldie Hawn, Kate Hudson, Sandra Bullock, Michael J. Fox, Heather Graham, Rob Lowe, Antonio Banderas, LL Cool J, Garry Shandling, Angelina Jolie, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Kevin Spacey, Kate Beckinsale, Sarah Jessica Parker, Michael Stipe, Ed Norton, Ice Cube, Christina Aguilera, Carson Daly, Kelsey Grammer, George Carlin, Charles Barkley, Tom Brokaw, Peter Jennings, Ted Koppel, George Stephanopolous, Wolf Blitzer, Sam Donaldson, Steve Kroft, Vice President Al Gore, Senator Bob Dole, Senator John McCain, Senator Joe Lieberman, Senator John Edwards, Senator Bob Kerrey, Senator Charles Schumer, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Reverand Al Sharpton, Presidential Candidate Ralph Nader and Former Clinton Press Secretary Joe Lockhart, among others.
THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART is executive produced by Jon Stewart. Ben Karlin and Stewart Bailey are the co-executive producers. Chuck O'Neil is the director.
The following are recurring show segments:
"Headlines" - A skewered look at the day's breaking news using footage, sound bites and graphics.
"Field Segments" - the "Daily Show News Team," led by correspondents to travel across America to investigate the people, places and events that make the fabric of this nation so great.
"Back In Black" - Features the unstoppable, loose-cannon commentary of raving comedian Lewis Black as he looks back at the week that was in topics ranging from current events and politics to holidays and the weather.
"A Moment of Zen" - Each broadcast ends with a most "unzenlike" video clip. Past "moments" include a rhinoceros giving birth, Iranian cheerleaders, giant mechanical insects and naked Mexican protesters.