Comedy Central had reason to smile during the second hour of Sunday night's 55th annual Emmy Awards ceremony, with two major trophies going to the cable network's satiric ''The Daily Show,'' hosted by Jon Stewart.
The hour's other major winner was the TNT movie ''Door to Door,'' which won the Emmy for made-for-TV movie and delivered an acting award to its leading man, William H. Macy.
The Stewart show was cited as best variety, music, or comedy program as well as for writing in a variety, music, or comedy program.
Bernie Mac presented the first of ''The Daily Show'''s two Emmys, which was for writing. Stewart, accepting the award with his creative team (comprised almost entirely of white men), joked: ''I always said, the key to the success of comedy writing is diversity.'' (A smiling Mac bit his lip.)
Minutes later, Stewart was on the stage again, this time for best variety, comedy, or music program. ''This war was so good for us,'' the fake news anchor cracked.