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{{Short description|American late-night satirical news television program}}
{{About|the American show|the Irish show|The Daily Show (Irish TV series){{!}}''The Daily Show'' (Irish TV series)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox television
| image                = The Daily Show 2023 logo.svg
| caption              = Show logo since 2023
| alt_name             = {{plainlist|
{{collapsible list|title=Other titles:|
* ''The Daily Show with Craig Kilborn'' (1996–1998)
* ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'' (1999–2015)
* ''A Daily Show with Jon Stewart'' (2008)
* ''The Daily Show with Trevor Noah'' (2015–2022)
* ''The Daily Social Distancing Show with Trevor Noah'' (2020–2021)
}}
}}
| genre                = {{plainlist|
* [[Late-night talk show]]
* [[News satire|News]]/[[political satire]]
}}
| creator              = {{plainlist|
*[[Madeleine Smithberg]]
*[[Lizz Winstead]]
}}
| writer               = See [[List of The Daily Show writers|List of ''The Daily Show'' writers]]
| director             = {{plainlist|
* David Paul Meyer (2018–present)
{{collapsible list|title=Other directors:|
* Andy Barsh (1996–1997)
* Scott Preston (1997–2000)
* Chuck O'Neil (2000–2017)
* Paul Pennolino (2017–2020)
}}
}}
| presenter            = {{plainlist|
* [[Craig Kilborn]] (1996–1998)
* [[Jon Stewart]] (1999–2015, 2024: Mondays only)
* [[Trevor Noah]] (2015–2022)
}}
| starring             = See [[List of The Daily Show correspondents|Lists of ''The Daily Show'' correspondents]]
| theme_music_composer = [[Bob Mould]]
| open_theme           = "Dog on Fire", performed by [[They Might Be Giants]]. Remix arranged by [[Timbaland]] and King Logan through 2022.
| country              = United States
| num_episodes         = <onlyinclude>3,852</onlyinclude><!-- This was added so all pages with this data will be updated and synchronized all at the same time with the convenience of only making a single edit that is made right here. --> (as of December 14, 2023)
| list_episodes        = List of The Daily Show episodes
| executive_producer   = {{plainlist|
* Jill Katz (2015–present)
* Jennifer Flanz (2013–present)
* [[Jon Stewart]] (1999–2015, 2024–present)
{{collapsible list|title=Other producers:|
* [[Rory Albanese]] (2008–2013)
* [[Steve Bodow]] (2013–2019)
* [[Timothy Greenberg]] (2014–2016)
* [[Ben Karlin]] (2004–2006)
* [[David Javerbaum]] (2007–2008) 
* [[Josh Lieb]] (2008–2010)
* [[Adam Lowitt]] (2013–2017)
* Madeleine Smithberg (1996–2003)
* [[Trevor Noah]] (2015–2022)
}}
}}
| location             = [[NEP Broadcasting|NEP]] Studio 52, New York City (2005–2020, 2022–present)<br>{{plainlist|
{{collapsible list|title=Other locations:|
* [[Hudson Hotel]], New York City (1996–1998)
* NEP Studio 54, New York City (1998–2005)
* Noah's apartment, New York City (COVID-19 pandemic; 2020–2021)
* [[Paramount Global]] Headquarters, [[One Astor Plaza]] (COVID-19 pandemic; 2021–2022)
}}
}}
| runtime              = {{plainlist|
* 22 min. (1996–2020)
* 45 min. (2020–present)
}}
| company              = {{plainlist|
* [[Comedy Partners]] (1996–present)
* [[MTV Entertainment Studios]] (2021–present)
* [[Busboy Productions]] (1999–2015, 2024–present)
* Mad Cow Productions (1996–2002)
* Ark Angel (2015–2022)
}}
| network              = [[Comedy Central]]
| first_aired          = {{Start date|1996|07|22}}
| last_aired           = present
| related              = {{plainlist|
* ''[[The Jon Stewart Show]]''
* ''[[The Colbert Report]]''
* ''[[The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore]]''
* ''[[The Opposition with Jordan Klepper]]''
}}
}}

'''''The Daily Show'''''  ('''''TDS''''')<!-- The page hasn't been broken up by tenures yet. At this point, it's one article that covers all three incarnations, not just the current one. Therefore this should remain simply as "The Daily Show". --> is an American [[late-night talk show|late-night talk]] and [[news satire|satirical news]] [[television program]]. It airs each Monday through Thursday on [[Comedy Central]] with release shortly after on [[Paramount+]] of extended episodes. ''The Daily Show'' draws its comedy and satire from recent news stories as well as political figures, media organizations, and often uses [[self-referential humor]].<ref>{{cite journal|first1=Michelle C.|last1=Newman|url=http://www.elon.edu/docs/e-web/academics/communications/research/vol1no2/01NewmanEJFall10.pdf |title=The Daily Show and Meta-Coverage: How Mock News Covers the Political Communications System|journal=The Elon Journal of Undergraduate Research in Communications|volume=1|number=2|date=Fall 2010|access-date=June 6, 2017|archive-date=December 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214044711/http://www.elon.edu/docs/e-web/academics/communications/research/vol1no2/01NewmanEJFall10.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The half-hour-long show premiered on July 22, 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 [[political satire]] and [[news satire]], in contrast with the pop culture focus during Kilborn's tenure. Stewart was succeeded by [[Trevor Noah]], whose tenure began on September 28, 2015. Under the different hosts, the show has been formally known as ''The Daily Show with Craig Kilborn'' from 1996 to 1998, ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'' from 1999 until 2015, and ''The Daily Show with Trevor Noah'' from 2015 to 2022. ''The Daily Show'' is the longest-running program on Comedy Central (counting all three tenures), and has won 25 [[Primetime Emmy Award]]s.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-st-emmy-nominations-live-updates-emmy-nominations-the-diminished-1468520690-htmlstory.html|title=Emmy nominations: The diminished presence of 'The Daily Show' in the variety/talk series category|last=Barton|first=Chris|date=July 15, 2016|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=March 11, 2017|archive-date=March 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312070208/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-st-emmy-nominations-live-updates-emmy-nominations-the-diminished-1468520690-htmlstory.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The program has been popular among young audiences. The [[Pew Research Center]] suggested in 2010 that 74% of regular viewers were between 18 and 49, and that 10% of the audience watched the show for its news headlines, 2% for in-depth reporting, and 43% for entertainment; compared with respectively 64%, 10% and 4%, who said the same of [[CNN]].<ref name=people-press.org>{{cite web|author=Publications|url=http://people-press.org/2010/09/12/americans-spending-more-time-following-the-news|title=Americans spending more time watching the news|publisher=[[Pew Research Center]]|date=September 12, 2010|access-date=August 22, 2011|archive-date=August 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811071012/http://people-press.org/2010/09/12/americans-spending-more-time-following-the-news/|url-status=live}}</ref> 

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 [[Jon Stewart's 2004 appearance on Crossfire|appearance]] on the CNN show ''[[Crossfire (U.S. TV program)|Crossfire]]'' picked up this debate, where he chastised the CNN production and hosts for not conducting informative and current interviews on a news network.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/12/entertainment/jon-stewart-crossfire/index.html |title=Jon Stewart's latest viral moment recalls 'Crossfire' legacy |last=Lowry |first=Brian |work=CNN |date=June 12, 2019 |access-date=July 30, 2021 |archive-date=August 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828134112/https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/12/entertainment/jon-stewart-crossfire/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In September 2022, Noah announced he would step down as the host of ''The Daily Show''.<ref name="CBSNewsResignation">{{Cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trevor-noah-to-depart-daily-show/ |title=Trevor Noah to depart "Daily Show" |date=September 29, 2022 |work=CBS News |access-date=September 29, 2022}}</ref> His last episode as host was on December 8, 2022. As a new permanent host has not been chosen, the show has featured a rotating cast of guest hosts, with Jon Stewart returning to host Monday night shows starting February 12, 2024 and through the [[2024 United States elections|fall elections]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jon Stewart returning to 'The Daily Show' Feb. 12 - UPI.com |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/TV/2024/01/24/Jon-Stewart-Daily-Show/5461706115970/ |access-date=2024-01-24 |website=UPI |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Kreps |first=Daniel |date=2024-01-24 |title=Jon Stewart Returning to 'The Daily Show' as Monday Host Through 2024 Election |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/jon-stewart-return-the-daily-show-monday-host-1234953279/ |access-date=2024-01-24 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref>

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== Format ==
=== Opening segment ===
During Trevor Noah's tenure as host, each episode began 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''{{-"}}.<ref name=dailynews/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.backstage.com/bso/esearch/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003156883 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120720205702/http://www.backstage.com/bso/esearch/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003156883 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 20, 2012 |title=Drew Birns, Voiceover Artist |work=Back Stage |date=September 25, 2006 |access-date=July 15, 2008}}</ref> 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.

=== Correspondent segments ===
The monologue segment is often followed by a segment featuring an exchange with a correspondent, either at the anchor desk with the host or reporting from a false location in front of a [[Chroma key|greenscreen]] showing stock footage. They typically present absurd or humorously exaggerated takes on current events against the host's [[Double act|straight man]]. Some correspondent segments involve the show's members travelling to different locations to file comedic reports on current news stories and conduct interviews with people related to the featured issue.

Correspondents are typically introduced as the show's "senior" specialist in the story's subject, and can range from relatively general (such as Senior Political Analyst) to absurdly specific (such as Senior Religious Registry Correspondent). The cast of correspondents is quite diverse, and many often sarcastically portray extreme [[stereotypes]] of themselves to poke fun at a news story, such as "Senior Latino Correspondent", "Senior Youth Correspondent" or "Senior Black Correspondent".
[[File:John Oliver Wyatt Cenac hug Shankbone.jpg|thumb|Former correspondents [[John Oliver]] and [[Wyatt Cenac]] at the launch of ''[[Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race]]'']]
While correspondents stated to be reporting abroad are usually performing in-studio in front of a greenscreen background, on rare occasions, cast members have recorded pieces on location. For instance, during the week of August 20, 2007, the show aired a series of segments called "Operation Silent Thunder: The Daily Show in Iraq" in which correspondent [[Rob Riggle]] reported from Iraq.<ref>{{cite web|author=Staff writer|url=http://business.highbeam.com/4130/article-1G1-168145932/green-screen-green-zone-daily-show-goes-iraq-real-and|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315121231/http://business.highbeam.com/4130/article-1G1-168145932/green-screen-green-zone-daily-show-goes-iraq-real-and|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 15, 2012|title=From Green Screen to Green Zone: 'Daily Show' Goes to Iraq&nbsp;– for Real&nbsp;– And Airs First Report|work=Editor & Publisher|date=August 20, 2007|access-date=November 8, 2010}}</ref> In August 2008, Riggle traveled to China for a series of segments titled "Rob Riggle: [[Chasing the dragon|Chasing the Dragon]]", which focused on the [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Bauder, David|url=http://www.theinsider.com/news/1120579_Rob_Riggle_s_off_the_hook_in_China|title=Rob Riggle's off the hook in China|work=[[The Miami Herald]]|date=August 11, 2008|access-date=August 11, 2008}}</ref> 

[[Jason Jones (actor)|Jason Jones]] traveled to [[Iran]] in early June 2009 to report on the Iranian elections, and [[John Oliver]] traveled to South Africa for the series of segments "Into Africa" to report on the [[2010 FIFA World Cup]]. In March 2012, Oliver traveled to [[Gabon]], on the west African coast, to report on the Gabonese government's decision to donate $2 million to [[UNESCO]] after the United States cut its funding for UNESCO earlier that year. On July 19, 2016, [[Roy Wood Jr.]] reported live from the [[2016 Republican National Convention|Republican National Convention]] and talked about [[Donald Trump]]'s African-American support.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2020/08/daily-show-trevor-noah-conventions-1203012042/ |title='The Daily Show With Trevor Noah' Expands To Five Nights To Cover Conventions |work=Deadline |last=White |first=Peter |date=August 13, 2020 |access-date=July 30, 2021 |archive-date=July 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705141337/https://deadline.com/2020/08/daily-show-trevor-noah-conventions-1203012042/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://spectrumnews1.com/ca/la-west/entertainment/2020/08/17/-the-daily-show--takes-on-national-conventions |title="Daily Show" Takes on the National Conventions |work=Spectrum News 1 |date=August 17, 2020 |access-date=July 30, 2021 |archive-date=August 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828134113/https://spectrumnews1.com/ca/la-west/entertainment/2020/08/17/-the-daily-show--takes-on-national-conventions |url-status=live }}</ref>

Topics have varied widely; during the early years of the show, they tended toward character-driven human interest stories such as [[Bigfoot]] enthusiasts. Since Stewart began hosting in 1999, the focus of the show has become more political and the field pieces have come to more closely reflect current issues and debates.<ref name="Colbert interview"/> Under Kilborn and the early years of Stewart, most interviewees were either unaware or not entirely aware of the comedic nature of ''The Daily Show''. However, as the show began to gain popularity—particularly following its coverage of the [[2000 United States presidential election|2000]] and [[2004 United States presidential election|2004]] presidential elections—most of the subjects now interviewed are aware of the comedic element.<ref name=Larris/>

=== Recurring segments ===
{{Main|List of The Daily Show recurring segments{{!}}List of ''The Daily Show'' recurring segments}}
[[List of The Daily Show recurring segments|Some segments]] have recurred periodically throughout different tenures, such as "Back in Black" (segments hosted by comedian [[Lewis Black]]) & "Your Moment of Zen". Since the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]], a common segment of the show has been dubbed "[[Mesopotamia|Mess O' Potamia]]", focusing on the United States' policies in the Middle East, especially Iraq.<ref name=Kurtz>{{cite news|author=Kurtz, Howard|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55440-2004Oct22.html|title=The Campaign of a Comedian|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=October 23, 2004|access-date=July 8, 2008|archive-date=November 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111163513/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55440-2004Oct22.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Elections in the United States were a prominent focus in the show's "Indecision" coverage throughout Stewart & Noah's time as host (the title "InDecision" is a parody of [[NBC News]]' "Decision" segment). Since 2000, under Stewart's tenure, the show went on the road to record week-long specials from the cities hosting the [[Democratic National Convention|Democratic]] and [[Republican National Convention]].<ref>{{cite news|agency=Associated Press|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2004-03-18-jon-stewart_x.htm|title=Jon Stewart to remain at 'Daily Show'|work=[[USA Today]]|date=March 18, 2004|access-date=August 13, 2008|archive-date=May 25, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100525083213/http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2004-03-18-jon-stewart_x.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> For the [[2006 United States general elections|2006 U.S. midterm elections]], a week of episodes was recorded in the contested state of [[Ohio]].<ref>{{cite news|agency=Associated Press|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2006-08-25-daily-ohio_x.htm|title='Daily Show' to take road trip to Ohio|work=USA Today|date=August 25, 2006|access-date=August 13, 2008|archive-date=February 20, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220210324/http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2006-08-25-daily-ohio_x.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> The "Indecision" & "Democalypse" coverage of the 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 elections all culminated in live [[Election Day (United States)|Election Night]] specials.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/arts/tv/story/2007/08/05/candidates-daily-show.html|title=Comedic campaign stop: Presidential candidates hit The Daily Show|publisher=CBC News|date=August 5, 2007|access-date=August 13, 2008|archive-date=March 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314032324/http://www.cbc.ca/arts/tv/story/2007/08/05/candidates-daily-show.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

With Noah as host, one new recurring segment has been "What the Actual Fact", with correspondent [[Desi Lydic]] examining statements made by political figures during speeches or events. Under Noah, the continuation of "Democalypse" and "Indecision" also took place with live shows after the [[Republican National Convention]] and [[Democratic National Convention]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/columns/2016-republican-national-convention-jon-stewart-daily-show-comedy-central-trevor-noah-rnc-1201817850/|title=Looking Back at 20 Years of 'The Daily Show' — and Its First RNC In Years Without Jon Stewart|publisher=Variety|date=July 20, 2016|access-date=October 6, 2016|archive-date=October 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003100000/http://variety.com/2016/tv/columns/2016-republican-national-convention-jon-stewart-daily-show-comedy-central-trevor-noah-rnc-1201817850/|url-status=live}}</ref> For the first time, under Noah, the show also went live after all three [[United States presidential debates, 2016|U.S. presidential debates]] in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411131937/https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah/|archive-date=April 11, 2021|title=The Daily Show with Trevor Noah – Comedy Central – Watch on Paramount Plus|date=May 12, 2019 }}</ref>

=== Interviews ===
In the show's third act, the host conducts an interview with a celebrity guest. Guests come from a wide range of cultural sources, and include actors, musicians, authors, athletes, pundits, policy experts and political figures.<ref>{{cite news|author=Staff writer|url=http://www.cbc.ca/arts/tv/story/2006/12/03/dailyshow-karlin-leaves.html|title=Executive producer quits The Daily Show, Colbert Report|publisher=CBC News|date=December 3, 2006|access-date=July 14, 2008|archive-date=March 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314032206/http://www.cbc.ca/arts/tv/story/2006/12/03/dailyshow-karlin-leaves.html|url-status=live}}</ref> During Stewart's tenure, the show's guests tended away from celebrities and more towards non-fiction authors and political pundits, as well as many prominent elected officials.<ref name=Kurtz/> In the show's earlier years it struggled to book high-profile politicians. (In 1999, for an ''Indecision 2000'' segment, [[Steve Carell]] struggled to talk his way off Republican candidate [[John McCain]]'s press overflow bus and onto the [[John McCain 2008 presidential campaign|Straight Talk Express]]).{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}
However its rise in popularity, particularly following the show's coverage of the 2000 and 2004 elections, made Stewart according to a ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' (2006) article, "the hot destination for anyone who wants to sell books or seem hip, from presidential candidates to military dictators". ''[[Newsweek]]'' labeled it "the coolest pit stop on television".<ref>{{cite news|author=Dowd, Maureen|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/jon_stewart_stephen_colbert_americas_anchors|title=America's Anchors|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=October 31, 2006|access-date=August 26, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070818095819/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/jon_stewart_stephen_colbert_americas_anchors|archive-date=August 18, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="most trusted" />

Prominent political guests have included U.S. President [[Joe Biden]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/2009/11/17/2009-11-17_police_car_ahead_of_joe_bidens_motorcade_crashes_on_way_to_film_daily_show_with_.html|title=Vice President Joe Biden provides few laughs, gaffes on 'The Daily Show' with Jon Stewart|work=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]|location=New York|date=November 17, 2009|access-date=August 22, 2011|archive-date=December 17, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091217173004/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/2009/11/17/2009-11-17_police_car_ahead_of_joe_bidens_motorcade_crashes_on_way_to_film_daily_show_with_.html|url-status=live}}</ref> former Presidents [[Jimmy Carter]], [[Bill Clinton]] and [[Barack Obama]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/27/AR2010102709035.html |last=Milbank |first=Dana |title=On the Daily Show, Obama is the last laugh |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=October 27, 2010 |access-date=August 22, 2011 |archive-date=April 26, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110426022129/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/27/AR2010102709035.html |url-status=live }}</ref> former British Prime Ministers [[Tony Blair]] and [[Gordon Brown]], former Pakistani President [[Pervez Musharraf]], former Liberian President [[Ellen Johnson Sirleaf]], former Bolivian President [[Evo Morales]], Jordanian King [[Abdullah II]], former Estonian Prime Minister [[Taavi Roivas]], Canadian Prime Minister [[Justin Trudeau]] and former Mexican President [[Vicente Fox]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Agencies|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/tony-blair-faces-daily-shows-smiling-inquisition-935635.html|title=Tony Blair faces Daily Show's smiling inquisition|work=The Independent|date=September 19, 2008|access-date=November 18, 2008|location=London|archive-date=February 20, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220154915/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/tony-blair-faces-daily-shows-smiling-inquisition-935635.html|url-status=live}}</ref> 

The show has played host to former and current members of the administration and Cabinet as well as members of Congress. Numerous presidential candidates have appeared on the show during their campaigns, including [[John McCain]], [[John Kerry]], [[Barack Obama]] and [[Hillary Clinton]].<ref>{{cite news|agency=Associated Press|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/obama-makes-time-again-daily-show-wbna27421868|title=Obama makes time again for 'The Daily Show'|publisher=[[Today.com]]|date=October 28, 2008|access-date=November 18, 2008|archive-date=March 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312111203/http://www.today.com/popculture/obama-makes-time-again-daily-show-wbna27421868|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Closing segment ===
In a closing segment, there is a brief segue to the closing credits in the form of the host introducing "[[List of The Daily Show recurring segments#Your Moment of Zen (July 22, 1996 – Present)|Your Moment of Zen]]", a humorous piece of video footage without commentary that has been part of the show's wrap-up since the series began in 1996.<ref name=zen>{{cite news|author=Scott, A. O.|author-link=A. O. Scott|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/31/weekinreview/31scott.html|title=Caught Off Message|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=October 31, 2004|access-date=July 14, 2008|archive-date=December 11, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211084147/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/31/weekinreview/31scott.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The segment often relates to a story covered earlier in the episode, but occasionally is merely a humorous or ridiculous clip. Occasionally, the segment is used as a tribute to someone who has died.<ref>{{cite news|last=Courneen|first=Trevor|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2015/03/15-great-moments-of-zen-from-the-daily-show.html|title=15 Great "Moments of Zen" from ''The Daily Show''|work=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]|date=March 3, 2015|access-date=February 28, 2017|archive-date=March 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301005808/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2015/03/15-great-moments-of-zen-from-the-daily-show.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Sometimes, before the "Your Moment of Zen", this segment is used for quick promotions. The host might promote the show that follows right after their broadcast, such as promoting the show ''[[@midnight]]''. This time has also been used to promote films, books or stand-up specials that are affiliated with the host.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cc.com/video-clips/rbfbxt/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-moment-of-zen----do-unto-animals----a-death-stare-for-chris-christie|title=Moment of Zen – "Do Unto Animals" & A Death Stare for Chris Christie-The Daily Show with Jon Stewart – Video Clip – Comedy Central|date=August 5, 2015|access-date=November 27, 2016|archive-date=November 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161128051026/http://www.cc.com/video-clips/rbfbxt/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-moment-of-zen----do-unto-animals----a-death-stare-for-chris-christie|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cc.com/full-episodes/oi8z9k/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-november-17--2016---george-packer---q-tip-season-22-ep-22027|title=November 17, 2016 – George Packer & Q-Tip|access-date=November 27, 2016|archive-date=November 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161128050950/http://www.cc.com/full-episodes/oi8z9k/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-november-17--2016---george-packer---q-tip-season-22-ep-22027|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cc.com/full-episodes/oi8z9k/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-november-17--2016---george-packer---q-tip-season-22-ep-22027|title=NOVEMBER 17, 2016 – GEORGE PACKER & Q-TIP (20:30)|work=The Daily Show|date=November 17, 2016|access-date=November 27, 2016|archive-date=November 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161126022711/http://www.cc.com/full-episodes/oi8z9k/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-november-17--2016---george-packer---q-tip-season-22-ep-22027|url-status=live}}</ref>

In October 2005, following ''The Colbert Report''{{'s}} premiere, a new feature (sometimes referred to as the toss) was added to the closing segment in which Stewart would have a short exchange with "our good friend, [[Stephen Colbert (character)|Stephen Colbert]] at ''[[The Colbert Report]]''", which aired immediately after. The two would have a scripted comedic exchange via split-screen from their respective sets. In 2007, the "toss" was cut back to twice per week, and by 2009 was once a week before gradually being phased out. It was used on the 2014 mid-term election night and again just before the [[The final episode of The Colbert Report|final episode]] of ''The Colbert Report'' on December 18, 2014, and returned upon the premiere of ''[[The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore]]''. Stewart then regularly tossed to Wilmore at the end of his Monday night episodes. Under Noah, the "toss" has been used for ''[[The Opposition with Jordan Klepper]]'' and ''[[Lights Out with David Spade]]''.

== Studio ==
[[File:Daily Show studio.JPG|thumb|left|Outside of the ''Daily Show'' studio, pictured in 2007, during Stewart's tenure]]
The host sits at his desk on the [[podium|elevated island stage]] in the style of a traditional news show. The show initially used New York [[PBS]] station [[WNET]]'s facilities until late 1998, when it moved a few blocks to [[NEP Broadcasting|NEP]] Studio 54. ''The Colbert Report'' would claim NEP Studio 54 in 2005.<ref name="hell's kitchen">{{cite news|last=O'Brien|first=Phil|url=https://w42st.com/post/the-daily-show-leaving-hells-kitchen-times-square-comedy-central-charlemagne/|work=W42St.nyc|date=August 6, 2021|access-date=September 20, 2021|url-status=live|title=The Daily Show is Leaving Hell's Kitchen after 25 Years — But Not Moving Too Far|archive-date=September 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921005036/https://w42st.com/post/the-daily-show-leaving-hells-kitchen-times-square-comedy-central-charlemagne/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Huff, Richard|url=http://articles.nydailynews.com/1998-08-11/entertainment/18079925_1_daily-show-cbs-insiders-tom-snyder|title=Jon Stewart to Anchor 'Daily Show' Comedy Central Names Comic as Craig Kilborn's Replacement|work=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]|location=New York|date=August 11, 1998|access-date=July 31, 2008|archive-date=July 30, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730120031/http://articles.nydailynews.com/1998-08-11/entertainment/18079925_1_daily-show-cbs-insiders-tom-snyder|url-status=live}}</ref> On July 11, 2005, the show premiered in its new studio, NEP Studio 52, at 733 11th Avenue, a few blocks west of its former location.<ref>{{cite web|author=Los Angeles Times|url=http://www.slate.com/id/2122505|title=Colbert set for 'Daily Show' spinoff|work=Pittsburgh Tribune-Review|date=September 10, 2005|access-date=July 6, 2008|archive-date=May 15, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515023323/http://www.slate.com/id/2122505|url-status=live}}</ref>
The set of the new studio was given a sleeker, more formal look, including a backdrop of three large projection screens. The traditional guests' couch, which had been a part of the set since the show's premiere, was done away with in favor of simple upright chairs. The change was initially not well-received, spawning a backlash among some fans and prompting a "Bring Back the Couch" campaign. The campaign was mentioned on subsequent shows by Stewart and supported by ''Daily Show'' contributor [[Bob Wiltfong]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Stevens, Dana|url=http://www.slate.com/id/2122505|title=Talk Show Feng Shui|work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|date=July 12, 2005|access-date=July 6, 2008|archive-date=May 15, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515023323/http://www.slate.com/id/2122505|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|author=Susman, Gary|url=http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2005/07/daily_show_scan.html|title='Daily Show' scandal: That new set|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=July 20, 2005|access-date=July 6, 2008|archive-date=January 6, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106100635/http://www.allbusiness.com/marketing-advertising/branding-brand-development/4682113-1.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The couch was eventually featured in a sweepstakes in which the winner received the couch, round-trip tickets to New York, tickets to the show, and a small sum of money.<ref>{{cite web|author=Ebenkamp, Becky|url=http://www.allbusiness.com/marketing-advertising/branding-brand-development/4682113-1.html|title=The Biz: Food Net Unwraps Pop Secrets; Stewart's Sofa Sent to Suburbia|work=Brandweek|date=June 30, 2005|access-date=July 6, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106100635/http://www.allbusiness.com/marketing-advertising/branding-brand-development/4682113-1.html|archive-date=January 6, 2009}}</ref>

[[File:TDS Studio Entrance.jpg|thumb|right|The sign over the entryway of the current ''Daily Show'' studio]]
On April 9, 2007, the show debuted a new set. The projection screens were revamped (with one large screen behind Stewart, while the smaller one behind the interview subject remained the same), a large, global map directly behind Stewart, a more open studio floor, and a J-shaped desk supported at one end by a globe. The intro was also updated; the graphics, display names, dates, and logos were all changed.<ref>{{cite web|author=Sandberg, Marian |url=http://livedesignonline.com/venues/daily_dose/ |title=Daily Dose |work=Live Design |date=July 1, 2007 |access-date=July 6, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080418104606/http://livedesignonline.com/venues/daily_dose/ |archive-date=April 18, 2008 }}</ref>

[[File:52nd St 11th Av td (2019-01-03) 04 - The Daily Show Studio (733 11th Avenue).jpg|thumb|left|Outside of the ''Daily Show'' studio, pictured in 2019, during Noah's tenure]]
On September 28, 2015, the show debuted a new set alongside the debut of [[Trevor Noah]]'s tenure. According to Larry Hartman, Noah took a lot of inspiration from Stewart's set.<ref>{{cite web|author=Dillon, Dak|url=http://www.newscaststudio.com/2015/10/01/inside-the-daily-show-set-design-evolution/|title=Inside 'The Daily Show' set design evolution|work=NewscastStudio|date=October 1, 2015|access-date=November 27, 2016|archive-date=September 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927125926/http://www.newscaststudio.com/2015/10/01/inside-the-daily-show-set-design-evolution/|url-status=live}}</ref> A second on-stage 'jumbo-tron' was added and the colours of the set were made lighter. The graphics, intro, theme music, lower thirds, logo, etc. were also all revamped.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newscaststudio.com/2015/08/18/daily-show-shows-off-new-logo/|title='Daily Show' shows off new logo|work=NewscastStudio|date=August 18, 2015|access-date=November 27, 2016|archive-date=November 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161127152253/http://www.newscaststudio.com/2015/08/18/daily-show-shows-off-new-logo/|url-status=live}}</ref> On July 19, 2016, the set and graphics were given another change to reflect Democalypse 2016 and denote ''The Daily Show'''s [[2016 Republican National Convention|RNC]] and [[2016 Democratic National Convention|DNC]] coverage (which was taped in the conventions' respective cities).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newscaststudio.com/2016/07/20/daily-show-broadcasts-cleveland/|title='The Daily Show' creates two identical sets for convention coverage|work=NewscastStudio|date=July 20, 2016|access-date=November 27, 2016|archive-date=November 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161127153152/http://www.newscaststudio.com/2016/07/20/daily-show-broadcasts-cleveland/|url-status=live}}</ref> The new temporary sets had a [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] theme, and was meant to show that Washington is "a little broke" and needs "repair".<ref>{{cite web|author=Sorrells, Mitra|url=http://www.bizbash.com/find-out-how-sets-are-designed-for-tvs-political-convention-coverage/chicago/story/32522|title=Find Out How Sets Are Designed for TV's Political Convention Coverage|work=BizBash|date=July 18, 2016|access-date=November 27, 2016|archive-date=November 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161127153310/http://www.bizbash.com/find-out-how-sets-are-designed-for-tvs-political-convention-coverage/chicago/story/32522|url-status=live}}</ref> Though the studio was reverted to its former self after the election week in 2016, the changes to the graphics were kept.

After a stretch of episodes filmed from Trevor Noah's apartment due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], the show returned to a smaller studio at [[One Astor Plaza]], the corporate headquarters of ViacomCBS in [[Times Square]]. The new studio had no audience, and a smaller, more intimate atmosphere with muted colors. In April 2022, ''The Daily Show'' returned to NEP Studio 52 with a revamped set, combining elements of the Times Square studio with a revamped version of its previous layout.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title='The Daily Show' returns to full studio with an updated look |url=https://www.newscaststudio.com/2022/04/18/the-daily-show-new-set-2022/?og=1 |access-date=2022-04-20 |website=NewscastStudio | date=April 18, 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Production ==
The show's writers begin each day with a morning meeting where they review material that researchers have gathered from major newspapers, the [[Associated Press]], [[United States cable news|cable news]] television channels and websites, and discuss headline material for the lead news segment. Throughout the morning they work on writing deadline pieces inspired by recent news, as well as longer-term projects. By lunchtime, Noah — who describes his role as that of the captain of a team<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/monkeysee/2015/11/27/457375043/pop-culture-happy-hour-a-conversation-with-trevor-noah|title=Pop Culture Happy Hour: A Conversation With Trevor Noah|date=November 27, 2015|access-date=November 27, 2016|archive-date=November 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161126113103/http://www.npr.org/sections/monkeysee/2015/11/27/457375043/pop-culture-happy-hour-a-conversation-with-trevor-noah|url-status=live}}</ref> — has begun to review headline jokes. The script is submitted by 3 pm, and at 4:15 there is a rehearsal. An hour is left for rewrites before a 6 pm taping in front of a live studio audience.<ref name=dailynews>{{cite news|author=Levin, Gary|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103122441/https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2003-10-06-daily_x.htm|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2003-10-06-daily_x.htm|title=Fans like their dose of 'Daily' news Stewart dishes some seriously funny stuff|work=USA Today|issn=0734-7456|date=October 7, 2003|archive-date=November 3, 2012|access-date=July 6, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="most trusted">{{cite news|last=Kakutani|first=Michiko|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/arts/television/17kaku.html?pagewanted=all|title=The Most Trusted Man in America?|work=The New York Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211162636/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/arts/television/17kaku.html?pagewanted=all|archive-date=December 11, 2008|date=August 15, 2008|access-date=August 17, 2008|issn=0362-4331|oclc=1645522|url-status=live}}</ref>

''The Daily Show'' typically tapes four new episodes a week, Monday through Thursday, forty-two weeks a year.<ref name="Karlin chat">{{cite news|author=Karlin, Ben|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39427-2004Sep21.html|title=Live Chat Transcript|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=September 24, 2004|access-date=July 6, 2008|archive-date=November 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111182105/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39427-2004Sep21.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The show is broadcast at 11 PM [[Eastern Time Zone|Eastern]]/10 PM [[Central Time Zone (North America)|Central]], a time when local television stations show their news reports and about half an hour before most other late-night comedy programs begin to go on the air. The program is rerun several times the next day, including a 7:30 PM Eastern/6:30 PM Central prime time broadcast.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tripsavvy.com/getting-tickets-to-the-daily-show-1613722 |title=How to Get Tickets to "The Daily Show" |last=Cross |first=Heather |work=TripSavvy |date=January 17, 2019 |access-date=July 30, 2021 |archive-date=August 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829075101/https://www.tripsavvy.com/getting-tickets-to-the-daily-show-1613722 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== History ==
=== Craig Kilborn's tenure (1996–1998) ===
''The Daily Show'' was created by [[Lizz Winstead]] and Madeleine Smithberg<ref name="Smithberg IMDb">{{IMDb name|810431}}</ref> and premiered on Comedy Central on July 22, 1996, having been marketed as a replacement for ''[[Politically Incorrect]]'' (a successful Comedy Central program that had moved to [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] earlier that year).<ref>{{cite web|author=Lambert, Brian|url=http://members.tripod.com/~lizzland/news/060897.html|title="Daily Show" is Morning Drive Radio for TV|work=St. Paul Pioneer Press|date=June 8, 1997|access-date=July 5, 2008|archive-date=December 22, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071222055434/http://members.tripod.com/~lizzland/news/060897.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Madeleine Smithberg was co-creator of ''The Daily Show'' as well as the former [[executive producer]]. A graduate of [[Binghamton University]], she was an executive producer of ''[[Steve Harvey's Big Time]]'' and a [[celebrity|talent]] coordinator for ''[[Late Night with David Letterman]]''.<ref name="Smithberg IMDb"/>

Aiming to parody conventional newscasts, it featured a comedic monologue of the day's headlines from anchor [[Craig Kilborn]] (a well-known co-anchor of [[ESPN]]'s ''[[SportsCenter]]''), as well as [[mockumentary]] style on-location reports, in-studio segments and debates from regular correspondents Winstead, [[Brian Unger]], [[Beth Littleford]], and [[A. Whitney Brown]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Grimes, William|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/02/09/tv/wringing-laughs-from-the-real-world.html|title=Wringing Laughs From the Real World|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=February 9, 1997|access-date=August 12, 2008|archive-date=November 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111162742/http://www.nytimes.com/1997/02/09/tv/wringing-laughs-from-the-real-world.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== Common segments ====
[[List of The Daily Show recurring segments#Past recurring Kilborn-era segments|Common segments]] included "This Day in [[David Hasselhoff|Hasselhoff]] History" and "Last Weekend's Top-Grossing Films, Converted into [[Italian lira|Lira]]", in parody of entertainment news shows and their tendency to lead out to commercials with trivia such as celebrity birthdays.<ref>{{cite news|author=James, Caryn|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/01/arts/a-parody-of-shows-covering-pop-news.html|title=A Parody Of Shows Covering Pop News|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=August 1, 1996|access-date=July 5, 2008|archive-date=August 24, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070824174109/http://www.pub.umich.edu/daily/1997/feb/02-07-97/arts/arts6.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Another commercial lead-out featured Winstead's parents, on her answering machine, reading that day's "[[Final Jeopardy!]]" question and answer.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-05-08 |title=The life of Lizz Winstead {{!}} City Pages |url=http://www.citypages.com/news/the-life-of-lizz-winstead-6767692 |access-date=2023-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228171908/http://www.citypages.com/news/the-life-of-lizz-winstead-6767692 |archive-date=December 28, 2017 }}</ref> In each show, Kilborn would conduct celebrity interviews, ending with a segment called "Five Questions" in which the guest was made to answer a series of questions that were typically a combination of obscure fact and subjective opinion.<ref>{{cite web|author=Schillaci, Jack|url=http://www.pub.umich.edu/daily/1997/feb/02-07-97/arts/arts6.html|title=Kilborn provides daily fun|work=The Michigan Daily|date=February 7, 1997|access-date=July 5, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070824174109/http://www.pub.umich.edu/daily/1997/feb/02-07-97/arts/arts6.html|archive-date=August 24, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> These are highlighted in a 1998 book titled ''The Daily Show: Five Questions'', which contains transcripts of Kilborn's best interviews.<ref>{{cite book|author=Comedy Central|title=The Daily Show: Five Questions|publisher=Andrews McMeel Publishing|date=April 1998|isbn=0-8362-5325-6 }}</ref> Each episode concluded with a segment called "Your Moment of Zen" that showed random video clips of humorous and sometimes morbid interest such as visitors at a Chinese zoo feeding baby chickens to the alligators.<ref>{{cite news|author=Beale, Lewis|url=http://articles.nydailynews.com/1996-10-07/entertainment/18014163_1_daily-show-head-writer-lizz-winstead-comedy-central|title=A "Daily" Dose of Irreverance|work=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]|location=New York|date=October 7, 1996|access-date=August 12, 2008|archive-date=July 30, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730125433/http://articles.nydailynews.com/1996-10-07/entertainment/18014163_1_daily-show-head-writer-lizz-winstead-comedy-central|url-status=live}}</ref> Originally the show was recorded without a studio audience, featuring only the laughter of its own off-camera staff members. A studio audience was incorporated into the show for its second season, and has remained since.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/02/24/do2410.xml|title=If he pulls this off he deserves an Oscar|last=Langley|first=William|publisher=The Daily Telegraph|date=February 24, 2008|access-date=July 9, 2008|location=London}}{{dead link|date=April 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

==== Differences between Kilborn's version and Stewart's version ====
The show was much less politically focused than it later became under Jon Stewart, having what Stephen Colbert described as a local news feel and involving more character-driven humor as opposed to news-driven humor.<ref name="Colbert interview"/> Winstead recalls that when the show was first launched there was constant debate regarding what the show's focus should be. While she wanted a more news-driven focus, the network was concerned that this would not appeal to viewers and pushed for "a little more of a hybrid of entertainment and politics".<ref>{{cite web|author=Winstead, Lizz|url=http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2008/04/qa_with_daily_show_creator_liz.php|title=Q&A With Daily Show Creator Lizz Winstead|work=Westword|date=April 23, 2008|access-date=July 9, 2008|archive-date=May 6, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080506092703/http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2008/04/qa_with_daily_show_creator_liz.php|url-status=live}}</ref> The show was slammed by some reviewers as being too mean-spirited, particularly towards the interview subjects of field pieces; a criticism acknowledged by some of the show's cast.{{by whom|date=February 2017}} Describing his time as a correspondent under Kilborn, Colbert says, "You wanted to take your soul off, put it on a wire hanger, and leave it in the closet before you got on the plane to do one of these pieces."<ref>{{cite web|author=Thompson, Stephen|url=https://www.avclub.com/article/the-daily-shows-stephen-colbert-rob-corddry-ed-hel-13795|title=Interview: The Daily Show's Stephen Colbert, Rob Corddry, Ed Helms, and Mo Rocca|work=The A.V. Club|date=January 22, 2003|access-date=January 17, 2016|archive-date=January 30, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130141834/http://www.avclub.com/article/the-daily-shows-stephen-colbert-rob-corddry-ed-hel-13795|url-status=live}}</ref> One reviewer from ''The New York Times'' criticized the show for being too cruel and for lacking a central editorial vision or ideology, describing it as "bereft of an ideological or artistic center... precocious but empty."<ref>{{cite news|author=MacGregor, Jeff|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/08/23/arts/television-past-jonathan-swift-to-linda-tripp-yeah-whatever.html?pagewanted=all|title=Television; Past Jonathan Swift To Linda Tripp (Yeah. Whatever.)|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=August 23, 1998|access-date=July 5, 2008|quote=There's no denying that the show is smart and often funny, but in an annoyingly self-conscious way that constantly sets out to reaffirm its own moral and intellectual superiority. It has about it the glib, tinny ring of a college lampoon in which the sophomore writer's cleverness is deployed in service of nothing grander than impressing the writer's freshman friends. Bereft of an ideological or artistic center, the show is precocious but empty.|archive-date=December 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228232703/http://www.nytimes.com/1998/08/23/arts/television-past-jonathan-swift-to-linda-tripp-yeah-whatever.html?pagewanted=all|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== Craig Kilborn's departure ====
There were reports of backstage friction between Kilborn and head writer [[Lizz Winstead]]. Winstead had not been involved in the hiring of Kilborn, and disagreed with him over what direction the show should take. "I spent eight months developing and staffing a show and seeking a tone with producers and writers. Somebody else put him in place. There were bound to be problems. I viewed the show as content-driven; he viewed it as host-driven", she said.<ref>{{cite web|author=C.J.|url=http://members.tripod.com/~lizzland/news/020898a.html|title=Winstead walks over crude quips|work=[[Star Tribune]]|location=Minneapolis|date=February 8, 1998|access-date=May 2, 2014|archive-date=February 20, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220125036/http://members.tripod.com/~lizzland/news/020898a.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In a 1997 ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'' magazine interview, Kilborn made a sexually explicit joke about Winstead. [[Comedy Central]] responded by suspending Kilborn without pay for one week, and Winstead quit soon after.<ref>{{cite news|author=Carter, Bill|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/17/arts/tv-notes-comedy-host-in-hot-water.html|title=TV Notes; Comedy Host In Hot Water|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=December 17, 1997|access-date=May 2, 2014|quote=In a quote that was labeled a joke in the article, but which had none of the female members of the show's staff laughing, Mr. Kilborn called Ms. Winstead and other women on the show a derogatory name and then suggested that she liked him and would perform a sex act on him if he wanted her to.|archive-date=May 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502224539/http://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/17/arts/tv-notes-comedy-host-in-hot-water.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1998, Kilborn left ''The Daily Show'' to replace [[Tom Snyder]] on CBS's ''[[The Late Late Show (CBS TV series)|The Late Late Show]]''. He claimed the "Five Questions" interview segment as intellectual property, disallowing any future ''Daily Show'' hosts from using it in their interviews.<ref>{{cite news|author=James, Caryn|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/01/arts/television-review-an-echo-of-daily-show-on-late-late.html|title=Television Review; An Echo of 'Daily Show' on 'Late Late'|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=April 1, 1999|access-date=July 5, 2008|archive-date=February 22, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110222142207/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/01/arts/television-review-an-echo-of-daily-show-on-late-late.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Correspondents Brian Unger and A. Whitney Brown left the show shortly before him, but the majority of the show's crew and writing staff stayed on.<ref name=Brownfield>{{cite web|author=Brownfield, Paul|url=http://jon.happyjoyfun.net/tran/1999/99_0101baltsun.html|title=For Stewart, it's funny how things turn out|work=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|date=January 1, 1999|access-date=July 14, 2008|archive-date=December 3, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203195142/http://jon.happyjoyfun.net/tran/1999/99_0101baltsun.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Kilborn's last show as host aired on December 17, 1998, ending a 386-episode tenure. Reruns were shown until Jon Stewart's debut four weeks later.<ref>{{cite news|author=Carter, Bill|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/12/16/arts/tv-notes-late-late-host-starts-in-march.html|title=TV Notes; 'Late Late' Host Starts in March|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=December 16, 1998|access-date=July 14, 2008|archive-date=November 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111162834/http://www.nytimes.com/1998/12/16/arts/tv-notes-late-late-host-starts-in-march.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Kilborn made a short appearance on Jon Stewart's final edition of the ''Daily Show'' saying "I knew you were going to run this thing into the ground."<ref>{{cite news|title=Laughs and Some Tears as Jon Stewart Hosts Last 'Daily Show|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/laughs-some-tears-jon-stewart-hosts-last-daily-show-n405716|access-date=August 7, 2015|work=NBC News|date=August 7, 2015|archive-date=August 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150808025752/http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/laughs-some-tears-jon-stewart-hosts-last-daily-show-n405716|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Jon Stewart's tenure (1999–2015) ===
==== Shift in content ====
[[File:Jon Stewart and Michael Mullen on The Daily Show.jpg|thumb|Jon Stewart ''(right)'' hosting an episode of ''The Daily Show'' in 2010 with [[Admiral]] [[Michael Mullen]]]]
Comedian [[Jon Stewart]] took over as host of the show, which was retitled ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'', on January 11, 1999.<ref>{{cite web|author=McConville, Jim|url=http://jon.happyjoyfun.net/tran/1999/99_0125electronic.html|title=Jon Stewart: Building His Own House At Comedy Central|work=Electronic Media|date=January 25, 1675|access-date=August 11, 2008|archive-date=December 3, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203200020/http://jon.happyjoyfun.net/tran/1999/99_0125electronic.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Stewart had previously hosted ''[[Short Attention Span Theater]]'' on [[Comedy Central]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1gy0p_jon-stewart-1991-sast_people|title=Jon Stewart 1991 SAST|publisher=Dailymotion.com|date=March 17, 2007|access-date=November 20, 2010|archive-date=February 12, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212200635/http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1gy0p_jon-stewart-1991-sast_people|url-status=live}}</ref> two shows on [[MTV]] (''[[You Wrote It, You Watch It]]'' and ''[[The Jon Stewart Show]]''), as well as a syndicated late-night talk show, and had been cast in films and television.<ref>{{cite web|author=Howard, Susan|url=http://jon.happyjoyfun.net/tran/1990/94_0000record.html|title=Nighttime Talk, MTV Style|work=[[The Record (Bergen County)|The Record]]|year=1994|access-date=July 13, 2008|archive-date=December 3, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203170704/http://jon.happyjoyfun.net/tran/1990/94_0000record.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In taking over hosting from Kilborn, Stewart initially retained much of the same staff and on-air talent, allowing many pieces to transition without much trouble, while other features like "God Stuff", with [[Joe Bob Briggs|John Bloom]] presenting an assortment of actual clips from various televangelists, and "Backfire", an in-studio debate between Brian Unger and A. Whitney Brown, evolved into the similar pieces of "This Week in God" and [[Stephen Colbert]] and [[Steve Carell]]'s "Even Stevphen". After the change, a number of new features were developed. The ending segment "Your Moment of Zen", previously consisting of a random selection of humorous videos, was diversified to sometimes include recaps or extended versions of news clips shown earlier in the show.<ref name=zen /> The show's theme music, "Dog on Fire" by [[Bob Mould]], was re-recorded by [[They Might Be Giants]] shortly after Stewart joined the show.<ref>{{cite web|author=Menconi, David|url=http://blogsarchive.newsobserver.com/beat/index.php?m=20061104|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113181211/http://blogsarchive.newsobserver.com/beat/index.php?m=20061104|archive-date=2009-01-13|title=The fine print of truthiness|work=[[The News & Observer]]|date=November 4, 2006|access-date=July 13, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Leopold, Todd|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/12/tmbg/|title=They Might Be Giants: It's OK to call us whatever|publisher=CNN|date=April 12, 2001|access-date=July 13, 2008|archive-date=February 20, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220181024/http://edition.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/12/tmbg/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Stewart served not only as host but also as a writer and executive producer of the series. He recalls that he initially struggled with the Kilborn holdover writers to gain control of the show and put his own imprint on the show's voice, a struggle that led to the departure of a number of the holdover writers.<ref>{{cite book|last=Smith|first=Chris| title=The Daily Show (The Book): An Oral History As Told by Jon Stewart, the Correspondents, Staff and Guests |location=New York |publisher=Grand Central Publishing |year=2016 |isbn=978-1-4555-6538-2|pages=5–6}}</ref> Instrumental in shaping the voice of the show under Stewart was former editor of ''[[The Onion]]'' [[Ben Karlin]] who, along with fellow ''Onion'' contributor [[David Javerbaum]], joined the staff in 1999 as head writer and was later promoted to executive producer. Their experience in writing for the satirical newspaper, which uses fake stories to mock real print journalism and current events, would influence the comedic direction of the show; Stewart recalls the hiring of Karlin as the point at which things "[started] to take shape". Describing his approach to the show, Karlin said, "The main thing, for me, is seeing hypocrisy. People who know better saying things that you know they don't believe."<ref name=Larris>{{cite web|author=Larris, Rachel|url=http://cct.georgetown.edu/research/thesisdatabase/RachelLarris.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090824055203/http://cct.georgetown.edu/research/thesisdatabase/RachelLarris.pdf|archive-date=2009-08-24|title=The Daily Show Effect: Humor, News, Knowledge and Viewers|publisher=Georgetown University|date=May 2, 2005|access-date=August 22, 2008}}</ref>

[[File:Dailyshow logo.svg|thumb|Logo used for Stewart's tenure]]

Under Stewart and Karlin ''The Daily Show'' developed a markedly different style, bringing a sharper political focus to the humor than the show previously exhibited. Then-correspondent Stephen Colbert recalls that Stewart specifically asked him to have a political viewpoint, and to allow his passion for issues to carry through into his comedy.<ref>{{cite news|author=Gross, Terry|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4464017|title=A Fake Newsman's Fake Newsman: Stephen Colbert|work=Fresh Air|date=January 20, 2005|access-date=July 4, 2008|archive-date=July 1, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070701141740/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4464017|url-status=live}}</ref> Colbert says that whereas under Kilborn the focus was on "human interest-y" pieces, with Stewart as host the show's content became more "issues and news driven", particularly after the beginning of the [[2000 United States presidential election|2000 election]] campaign with which the show dealt in its "[[The Daily Show: Indecision 2000|Indecision 2000]]" coverage.<ref name="Colbert interview">{{cite web|author=Plume, Ken|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/08/11/an-interview-with-stephen-colbert|title=An Interview with Stephen Colbert|publisher=IGN|date=August 11, 2003|access-date=July 4, 2008|archive-date=January 5, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140105202148/http://www.ign.com/articles/2003/08/11/an-interview-with-stephen-colbert|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Schneider, Jacqueline|url=http://www.mediabistro.com/articles/cache/a238.asp|title=So What Do You Do, Stephen Colbert?|publisher=[[Mediabistro.com]]|date=May 6, 2003|access-date=July 4, 2008|archive-date=October 29, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061029204435/https://mediabistro.com/articles/cache/a238.asp|url-status=live}}</ref> Stewart himself describes the show's coverage of the [[2000 United States presidential election recount in Florida|2000 election recount]] as the point at which the show found its editorial voice. "That's when I think we tapped into the emotional angle of the news for us and found our editorial footing," he says.<ref>{{cite news|author=Flaherty, Mike|url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117998822.html |title=Stewart has real flair for fake news|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=January 20, 2009|access-date=January 22, 2009}}</ref> Following the [[September 11th attacks]], ''The Daily Show'' went off the air for nine days. Upon its return, Stewart opened the show with a somber monologue, that, according to Jeremy Gillick and Nonna Gorilovskaya, addressed both the absurdity and importance of his role as a comedian. Commented Stewart:

{{blockquote|They said to get back to work, and there were no jobs available for a man in the fetal position. ...We sit in the back and we throw spitballs&nbsp;– never forgetting the fact that it is a luxury in this country that allows us to do that. ...The view from my apartment was the World Trade Center. Now it's gone. They attacked it. This symbol of American ingenuity and strength and labor and imagination and commerce and it is gone. But you know what the view is now? The Statue of Liberty. The view from the south of Manhattan is now the Statue of Liberty. You can't beat that.<ref name="Moment" />|Jon Stewart, Thursday, September 20, 2001, broadcast}}

Gillick and Gorilovskaya point to the September 11 attacks and the beginning of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq as the point at which Jon Stewart emerged as a trusted national figure. Robert Thompson, the director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture at Syracuse University, recalled of this period, "When all the news guys were walking on eggshells, Jon was hammering those questions about WMDs."<ref name="Moment">{{cite journal|last1=Gillick |first1=Jeremy |last2=Gorilovskaya |first2=Nonna |name-list-style=amp |url=http://www.momentmag.com/Exclusive/2008/12/JonStewart.html |title=Meet Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz (aka) Jon Stewart: The Wildly Zeitgeisty Daily Show Host |journal=[[Moment (magazine)|Moment]] |date=November–December 2008 |access-date=June 8, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531094324/http://www.momentmag.com/Exclusive/2008/12/JonStewart.html |archive-date=May 31, 2011 }}</ref>

==== Broadening the role of the correspondent ====
During Stewart's tenure, the role of the correspondent broadened to encompass not only field segments but also frequent in-studio exchanges. Under Kilborn, Colbert says that his work as a correspondent initially involved "character driven [field] pieces—like, you know, guys who believe in Bigfoot." However, as the focus of the show has become more news-driven, correspondents have increasingly been used in studio pieces, either as experts discussing issues at the anchor desk or as field journalists reporting from false locations in front of a green screen. Colbert says that this change has allowed correspondents to be more involved with the show, as it has permitted them to work more closely with the host and writers.<ref name="Colbert interview"/>

==== Popularity and critical respect ====
The show's 2000 and 2004 election coverage, combined with a new satirical edge, helped to catapult Stewart and ''The Daily Show'' to new levels of popularity and critical respect.<ref>{{cite news|author=Goodman, Tim|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/10/29/DDGSO9HI5F17.DTL|title=Jon Stewart, seriously, here to stay|work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|date=October 29, 2004|access-date=July 14, 2008|archive-date=February 20, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220172146/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2004%2F10%2F29%2FDDGSO9HI5F17.DTL|url-status=live}}</ref> Since Stewart became host, the show has won 23 [[Primetime Emmy Award]]s and three [[Peabody Awards]], and its ratings steadily increased. In 2003, the show was averaging nearly a million viewers, an increase of nearly threefold since the show's inception as Comedy Central became available in more households.<ref>{{cite news|author=Levin, Gary|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2003-10-06-daily-show_x.htm|title=Stewart elects to skewer recall live on 'Daily Show'|work=USA Today|date=October 6, 2003|access-date=July 4, 2008|archive-date=February 20, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220230946/http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2003-10-06-daily-show_x.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> By September 2008, the show averaged nearly two million viewers per night.<ref>{{cite news|last=Starr|first=Michael|url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/09252008/tv/jons_got_game_130617.htm|title=Jon's Got Game|date=September 25, 2008|work=[[New York Post]]|access-date=January 26, 2009|archive-date=February 20, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220171358/http://www.nypost.com/seven/09252008/tv/jons_got_game_130617.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> [[United States Senate career of Barack Obama|Senator Barack Obama]]'s interview on October 29, 2008, pulled in 3.6&nbsp;million viewers.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/oct/31/ustelevision-barackobama|title=Barack Obama gives Daily Show biggest ever audience|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=November 1, 2008|location=London|first=Leigh|last=Holmwood|date=October 31, 2008|quote=Obama's interview, which aired between 11pm and 11.30pm, EST, pulled in 3.6 million viewers in the US – beating the show's previous high when the Democrat presidential candidate's wife Michelle appeared on October 8 by 600,000 viewers.|archive-date=September 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130903081512/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/oct/31/ustelevision-barackobama|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== In the political spectrum ====
The move towards greater involvement in political issues and the increasing popularity of the show in certain key demographics have led to examinations of where the views of the show fit in the political spectrum. [[Adam Clymer]], among many others, argued in 2004 that ''The Daily Show'' was more critical of Republicans than Democrats under Stewart.<ref name=Wilson>{{cite news|author=Wilson, Brad|publisher=Fox News|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,126226,00.html|title=Late-Night Leaning?|date=July 20, 2004|access-date=June 9, 2007|archive-date=February 20, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220224735/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,126226,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Stewart, who voted Democratic in the 2004 presidential election,<ref>{{cite news|title=No Joke: Jon Stewart Takes Aim At 24-Hour Cable News 'Beast'|author=Kurtz, Howard|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/08/25/ST2008082503384.html|date=August 28, 2008|access-date=April 23, 2011|archive-date=September 1, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120901070725/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/08/25/ST2008082503384.html|url-status=live}}</ref> acknowledged that the show had a more liberal point of view, but that it was not "a liberal organization" with a political agenda and its duty first and foremost was to be funny. He acknowledged that the show is not necessarily an "equal opportunity offender", explaining that Republicans tended to provide more comedic fodder because "I think we consider those with power and influence targets and those without it, not."<ref name=tease>{{cite news|author=Younge, Gary|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/oct/01/usa.television|title=Such A Tease|access-date=April 10, 2007|location=London|date=October 1, 2005|archive-date=August 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829182337/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/oct/01/usa.television|url-status=live}}</ref> In an interview in 2005, when asked how he responded to critics claiming that ''The Daily Show'' is overly liberal, Stephen Colbert, also a self-proclaimed Democrat,<ref>{{cite magazine|title=''Show'' Off|author=Bierly, Mandi|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,677356,00.html|date=August 13, 2004|access-date=April 23, 2011|archive-date=June 2, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110602151624/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,677356,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> said in an interview during the Bush administration, when the Republicans held a majority in the House and Senate: "We are liberal, but Jon's very respectful of the Republican guests, and, listen, if liberals were in power it would be easier to attack them, but Republicans have the executive, legislative and judicial branches, so making fun of Democrats is like kicking a child, so it's just not worth it."<ref>{{cite web|author1=Berkowitz, Elana |author2=Schiller, Amy |name-list-style=amp |publisher=[[Campus Progress]] |url=http://www.campusprogress.org/features/375/five-minutes-with-stephen-colbert |title=Five Minutes With: Stephen Colbert |access-date=June 6, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070610094217/http://campusprogress.org/features/375/five-minutes-with-stephen-colbert |archive-date=June 10, 2007 }}</ref>

Stewart was critical of [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] politicians for being weak, timid, or ineffective. He said in an interview with Larry King, prior to the 2006 elections, "I honestly don't feel that [the Democrats] make an impact. They have forty-nine percent of the vote and three percent of the power. At a certain point you go, 'Guys, pick up your game.'"<ref name=transcripts1>{{cite news|url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0602/27/lkl.01.html|title=Larry King Live Transcript: Interview With Jon Stewart|publisher=CNN|date=February 27, 2006|access-date=July 12, 2008|archive-date=May 12, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512153241/http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0602/27/lkl.01.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He has targeted them for failing to effectively stand on some issues, such as the war in Iraq, describing them as "incompetent" and "unable... to locate their asses, even when presented with two hands and a special ass map."<ref>{{cite web|work=The Daily Show|url=http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=83638&title=withdrawal-method|title=Withdrawal Method|date=March 13, 2007|access-date=August 22, 2008|archive-date=April 5, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080405233320/http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=83638&title=withdrawal-method|url-status=live}}</ref>

Karlin, then the show's executive producer, said in a 2004 interview that while there is a collective sensibility among the staff which, "when filtered through Jon and the correspondents, feels uniform," the principal goal of the show is comedy. "If you have a legitimately funny joke in support of the notion that gay people are an affront to God, we'll put that motherfucker on!"<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Zulkey|url=http://www.zulkey.com/diary_archive_111904.html|title=The Ben Karlin Interview: Just Under Twenty Questions|access-date=June 9, 2007|archive-date=August 11, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070811210755/http://www.zulkey.com/diary_archive_111904.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

On September 15, 2003, Senator [[John Edwards]] became the first candidate to announce that they were running for president on the show, causing Jon Stewart to jokingly inform him that their show was "fake" and he might have to re-announce elsewhere.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Comedy Central |url=http://www.cc.com/video-clips/3gj7dr/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-intro---john-edwards |title=Daily Show intro with John Edwards, 9-15-2003 |date=September 16, 2003 |access-date=March 25, 2018 |archive-date=March 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326064031/http://www.cc.com/video-clips/3gj7dr/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-intro---john-edwards |url-status=live }}</ref> On November 17, 2009, Vice President Joe Biden appeared on the show, making him the first sitting vice president to do so.<ref>{{cite news|last=Franke|first=Garance|url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/11/biden-on-the-daily-show.html?wprss=44|title=Biden sits down with Stewart on 'The Daily Show'|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=November 18, 2009|access-date=November 20, 2010|archive-date=January 12, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112115618/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/11/biden-on-the-daily-show.html?wprss=44|url-status=live}}</ref> On October 27, 2010, President Barack Obama became the first sitting U.S. president to be interviewed on the show, wherein Obama commented he "loved" the show.<ref>{{cite web|last=Rose|first=Rachel|url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20101028/el_yblog_upshot/obama-makes-historic-appearance-on-daily-show|title=Obama appears on 'The Daily Show'|publisher=Yahoo News |access-date=November 20, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101104044421/http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20101028/el_yblog_upshot/obama-makes-historic-appearance-on-daily-show <!-- Added by H3llBot -->|archive-date=November 4, 2010}}</ref> Obama took issue with Stewart's suggestion that his health care program was "timid."<ref>{{cite web|title=Laughs in short supply as Barack Obama gets serious on The Daily Show|date=October 28, 2010|author=MacAskill, Ewen|access-date=April 23, 2011|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/oct/28/barack-obama-jon-stewart-the-daily-show|work=[[The Guardian]]|archive-date=September 17, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130917130028/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/oct/28/barack-obama-jon-stewart-the-daily-show|url-status=live}}</ref>

After the [[United States Senate]] failed to pass and the media failed to cover the [[James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act]], which would provide health monitoring and financial aid to sick first responders of the [[September 11 attacks]], Stewart dedicated the entire December 16, 2010, broadcast to the issue. During the next week, a revived version of the bill gained new life, with the potential of being passed before the winter recess.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://swampland.time.com/2010/12/20/did-jon-stewart-turn-the-tide-on-the-911-first-responders-bill/ | title=Did Jon Stewart Turn the Tide on the 911 First Responders Bill? | magazine=Time | date=December 20, 2010 | last1=Newton-Small | first1=Jay }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/134433-new-york-senators-see-breakthrough-on-911-healthcare-bill/ | title=New York's dem senators see breakthrough on 9/11 healthcare bill | newspaper=The Hill | date=December 20, 2010 | last1=Bolton | first1=Alexander }}</ref> Stewart was praised by both politicians and affected first responders for the bill's passage. According to [[Syracuse University]] professor of television, radio and film Robert J. Thompson, "Without him, it's unlikely it would've passed. I don't think [[Brian Williams]], [[Katie Couric]] or [[Diane Sawyer]] would've been allowed to do this."<ref>"Stewart Wields His Political Power", ''[[TV Guide]]'', January 10, 2011, page 9</ref>

==== Writers' strike ====
Due to the [[2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike]], the show went on [[wikt:hiatus|hiatus]] on November 5, 2007. Although the strike continued until February 2008, the show returned to air on January 7, 2008, without its staff of writers. In solidarity with the writers, the show was referred to as '''''A Daily Show with Jon Stewart''''' rather than ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,'' until the end of the strike.<ref name="Introducing A Daily Show">{{cite episode|url=http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/l4eiq9/introducing-a-daily-show|title=Introducing A Daily Show|series=The Daily Show|airdate=January 7, 2008|season=13|access-date=August 7, 2015|archive-date=November 4, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101104044421/http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20101028/el_yblog_upshot/obama-makes-historic-appearance-on-daily-show|url-status=live}}</ref> As a member of the [[Writers Guild of America, East|Writers Guild of America]], Stewart was barred from writing any material for the show himself which he or his writers would ordinarily write.<ref>{{cite news|title=Daily Show to return in January|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7155335.stm|publisher=BBC News Online|date=December 21, 2007|access-date=February 1, 2008|archive-date=December 24, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071224095253/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7155335.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> As a result, Stewart and the correspondents largely [[Ad libitum|ad-libbed]] the show around planned topics.<ref>{{cite web|last=Finn|first=Natalie|title=''Daily Show'', ''Colbert'' returning|url=http://uk.eonline.com/uberblog/b57052_Daily_Show_Colbert_Returning.html|publisher=[[E!]]|date=December 20, 2007|access-date=February 1, 2008|archive-date=March 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220304095533/https://www.eonline.com/news/57052/daily_show_colbert_returning|url-status=live}}</ref> 

In an effort to fill time while keeping to the strike-related restrictions, the show aired or re-aired some previously recorded segments, and Stewart engaged in [[Who Made Huckabee?|a briefly recurring mock feud]] with fellow late-night hosts [[Stephen Colbert (character)|Stephen Colbert]] and [[Conan O'Brien]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.today.com/popculture/conan-stewart-colbert-unite-mock-feud-1c9416751 | title=Conan, Stewart, Colbert unite in mock feud | date=February 5, 2008 }}</ref> The strike officially ended on February 12, 2008, with the show's writers returning to work the following day, at which point the title of ''The Daily Show'' was restored.<ref>{{cite news|last=Stelter|first=Brian|title=Scripts Reappear on 'Daily Show'|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/18/business/media/18teleprompTer.html?pagewanted=all|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=February 18, 2008|access-date=July 14, 2008|archive-date=April 16, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416044429/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/18/business/media/18teleprompTer.html?pagewanted=all|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== Stewart's absence in 2013 ====
Starting in June 2013, Jon Stewart took a twelve-week break to direct ''[[Rosewater (film)|Rosewater]]'', a drama about a journalist jailed by Iran for four months. Show writer [[John Oliver]] replaced Stewart at the anchor desk for two months, to be followed by one month of reruns.<ref name=Luippold>{{cite web|last=Luippold|first=Ross|title=Jon Stewart Taking Hiatus From 'Daily Show' To Direct Film, 'Rosewater,' This Summer|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/05/jon-stewart-taking-hiatus-from-daily-show-to-direct-film-rosewater-this-summer_n_2812933.html?ir=Comedy|work=Huffington Post|access-date=March 6, 2013|date=March 5, 2013|archive-date=March 6, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130306033943/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/05/jon-stewart-taking-hiatus-from-daily-show-to-direct-film-rosewater-this-summer_n_2812933.html?ir=Comedy|url-status=live}}</ref> Oliver received positive reviews for his hosting,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-john-oliver-ends-daily-show-host-20130816,0,6472461.story|author=Blake, Meredith|title=John Oliver signs off as 'Daily Show' host|work=Los Angeles Times|date=August 16, 2013|access-date=August 18, 2013|archive-date=August 18, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130818012559/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-john-oliver-ends-daily-show-host-20130816,0,6472461.story|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/john-oliver-kept-jon-stewarts-607418|title=John Oliver Kept Jon Stewart's 'Daily Show' Ratings High While Keeping His Seat Warm|work=Hollywood Reporter|date=Aug 15, 2013|access-date=August 18, 2013|author=O'Connell, Michael|archive-date=August 18, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130818072421/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/john-oliver-kept-jon-stewarts-607418|url-status=live}}</ref> leading to his departure from the show in December 2013<ref>{{Cite episode|title=DECEMBER 19, 2013 – JONAH HILL |url=http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/le2xsr/a-john-oliver-retrospective |access-date=May 29, 2014 |series=The Daily Show with Jon Stewart |network=Comedy Central |date=December 9, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140530025005/http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/le2xsr/a-john-oliver-retrospective |archive-date=May 30, 2014 }}</ref> for his own show ''[[Last Week Tonight with John Oliver]]'', which debuted April 27, 2014, on [[HBO]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Patten|first=Dominic|title=HBO Sets Name & Date For John Oliver Debut|url=https://www.deadline.com/2014/02/hbo-sets-name-date-for-john-oliver-debut/|access-date=February 12, 2014|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=February 12, 2014|archive-date=February 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140214111313/http://www.deadline.com/2014/02/hbo-sets-name-date-for-john-oliver-debut/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== Jon Stewart's departure ====
[[File:Barack Obama on the Daily Show July 21, 2015.jpg|thumb|[[Barack Obama]] made his final appearance on the show with Jon Stewart as host on July 21, 2015]]
On February 10, 2015, Stewart announced that he would be leaving the show later in the year. Comedy Central indicated in a statement that ''The Daily Show'' would continue without Stewart, saying it would "endure for years to come".<ref name="O'Neal">{{cite news|last1=O'Neal|first1=Sean|title=Jon Stewart says he's leaving The Daily Show|url=https://www.avclub.com/article/jon-stewart-says-hes-leaving-daily-show-215070|access-date=February 11, 2015|publisher=[[The A.V. Club]]|date=February 10, 2015|archive-date=February 11, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211021610/http://www.avclub.com/article/jon-stewart-says-hes-leaving-daily-show-215070|url-status=live}}</ref>

Stewart's final episode aired on August 6 as an hour-long special in three segments. The first featured a reunion of a majority of the correspondents and contributors from throughout the show's history as well as a pre-recorded "anti-tribute" (mocking Stewart) from various frequent guests and "friends" of the show. This included [[Bill O'Reilly (political commentator)|Bill O'Reilly]], [[Hillary Clinton]], [[John McCain]], [[Lindsey Graham]], [[Chris Christie]], [[John Kerry]], and [[Chuck Schumer]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/2015/8/7/9114919/jon-stewart-daily-show-last-moment-of-zen|title=Watch: Jon Stewart's final Daily Show signoff and last moment of Zen|first=Alex|last=Abad-Santos|date=August 7, 2015|website=Vox|access-date=March 4, 2019|archive-date=April 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402104614/https://www.vox.com/2015/8/7/9114919/jon-stewart-daily-show-last-moment-of-zen|url-status=live}}</ref> The second segment featured a pre-recorded tour of the Daily Show production facility and studio introducing all of the show's staff and crew. The final segment featured a short farewell speech from Stewart followed by the final "Moment of Zen" (being 'his own' moment of zen): a performance of "[[Land of Hope and Dreams]]" and "[[Born to Run (Bruce Springsteen song)|Born to Run]]" by [[Bruce Springsteen]] and the [[E Street Band]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://wror.com/2018/09/23/flashback-bruce-springsteen-e-street-band-provide-final-moment-zen-daily-show-2/ | title=FLASHBACK: Bruce Springsteen & the e Street Band Provide Final "Moment of Zen" on 'The Daily Show' | date=September 23, 2018 }}</ref>

=== Trevor Noah's tenure (2015–2022) ===
[[File:The Daily Show with Trevor Noah.png|thumb|First logo used for Noah's tenure until September 2021.<ref name="deadline2021">{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/09/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-moves-into-new-studio-1234831740/|title='The Daily Show With Trevor Noah' Moves Into New Studio Following Summer Hiatus|first1=Peter|last1=White|date=September 13, 2021}}</ref>]]
[[File:Trevor Noah at Parx Casino (42044443160) (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Trevor Noah]] was the show's host from 2015 until 2022.]]
On March 30, 2015, it was announced that [[Trevor Noah]] would replace Stewart as host of ''The Daily Show''.<ref name="Noah">{{cite news|last=Itzkoff|first=Dave|title=Trevor Noah to Succeed Jon Stewart on 'The Daily Show'|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/31/arts/television/trevor-noah-to-succeed-jon-stewart-on-the-daily-show.html?src=twr&_r=1|access-date=March 30, 2015|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=March 30, 2015 |archive-date=April 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150401014324/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/31/arts/television/trevor-noah-to-succeed-jon-stewart-on-the-daily-show.html?src=twr&_r=1|url-status=live}}</ref> Shortly after his announcement, it was revealed that [[Amy Schumer]], [[Louis C.K.]], [[Amy Poehler]], and [[Chris Rock]] were all considered for the job.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2015/09/28/these-stars-turned-down-the-chance-to-host-the-daily-show-heres-why-they-said-no/|title=These stars turned down the chance to host 'The Daily Show' — here's why they said no|last=Yahr|first=Emily|date=September 28, 2015|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=September 28, 2015|archive-date=February 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201074407/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2015/09/28/these-stars-turned-down-the-chance-to-host-the-daily-show-heres-why-they-said-no/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bustle.com/articles/113658-who-rejected-the-daily-show-trevor-noah-alludes-to-female-comedians-who-passed-on-his-job|title=Who Rejected 'The Daily Show'? Trevor Noah Alludes To Female Comedians Who Passed On His Job|last=Carra|first=Mallory|date=September 28, 2015|website=[[Bustle (magazine)|Bustle]]|access-date=September 28, 2015|archive-date=October 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003054631/http://www.bustle.com/articles/113658-who-rejected-the-daily-show-trevor-noah-alludes-to-female-comedians-who-passed-on-his-job|url-status=live}}</ref> His first show was on September 28, 2015,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mitovich |first=Matt Webb |date=2022-09-30 |title=Trevor Noah Exiting The Daily Show, Says 'I Feel Like It's Time' |url=https://tvline.com/2022/09/29/trevor-noah-leaving-the-daily-show-announcement-video/ |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=TVLine |language=en-US}}</ref> with comedian [[Kevin Hart]] as his first guest. Noah's premiere episode was simulcast by [[Viacom (2005–present)|Viacom]] on Comedy Central, the [[Nick at Nite]] block on [[Nickelodeon]], [[Spike (TV network)|Spike]], [[MTV]], [[MTV2]], [[mtvU]], [[VH1]], [[VH1 Classic]], [[BET]], [[BET Her|Centric]], [[CMT (U.S. TV channel)|CMT]], [[TV Land]], [[Logo TV]], and the [[NickMom]] block on the [[Nick Jr. Channel]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://press.cc.com/press-release/2015/09/29/press-the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-scores-reach-of-7-5-million-viewers-premiere-night|title=The Daily Show with Trevor Noah scores reach of 7.5 million viewers across its premiere night simulcast|publisher=[[Comedy Central]]|date=2015-09-29|work=press-release|access-date=2017-09-17|archive-date=September 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918110449/http://press.cc.com/press-release/2015/09/29/press-the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-scores-reach-of-7-5-million-viewers-premiere-night|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = https://deadline.com/2015/09/trevor-noah-ratings-daily-show-debut-3-4-million-comedy-central-1201557528/|title = Trevor Noah's 'The Daily Show' Unveiling Logs 1.1M on Comedy Central, 3.4M Across Viacom Simulcast|date = September 29, 2015|access-date = September 16, 2021|archive-date = September 16, 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210916084629/https://deadline.com/2015/09/trevor-noah-ratings-daily-show-debut-3-4-million-comedy-central-1201557528/|url-status = live}}</ref>

On September 14, 2017, it was announced that Comedy Central had extended Trevor Noah's contract as host of ''The Daily Show'' for five years, through 2022.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/14/arts/television/trevor-noah-comedy-central-contract.html|title=Trevor Noah Extends Comedy Central Contract Through 2022|last=Itzkoff|first=Dave|date=2017-09-14|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=2017-09-23|language=en-US|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112025939/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/14/arts/television/trevor-noah-comedy-central-contract.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Ratings declined by about 37 percent at the start of Noah's tenure. They gradually increased from there, only to fall to the lowest ratings in 15 years in 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-monday-cable-originals-network-finals-1-20-2020.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200123132323/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-monday-cable-originals-network-finals-1-20-2020.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 23, 2020|title=Top 150 Monday Cable Originals: 1.20.20|author=Mitch Metcalf|work=Showbuzz Daily|date=January 21, 2020|access-date=January 21, 2020}}</ref>

On September 29, 2022, during a taping of the show, Noah announced that he would step down as the host of ''The Daily Show'' so he could focus on his standup career and touring.<ref name="CBSNewsResignation"/> On October 2, 2022, it was confirmed that the show will continue on Comedy Central after Noah leaves.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/the-daily-show-will-continue-comedy-central-without-trevor-noah-1235231550|title='The Daily Show' Will Continue (on Comedy Central) Without Trevor Noah|first=Lesley|last=Goldberg|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=October 2, 2022|access-date=October 2, 2022}}</ref> On October 12, 2022, it was announced that Noah's final episode would air on December 8.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/10/trevor-noah-sets-date-for-daily-show-exit-1235143145/|title=Trevor Noah Sets Date For 'The Daily Show' Exit|first=Peter|last=White|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=October 12, 2022|access-date=October 12, 2022}}</ref> On October 18, 2022, it was announced that Comedy Central may replace Noah with more than one comedian.<ref>{{Cite web |last=White |first=Peter |date=2022-10-18 |title=The Dish: 'The Daily Show' Considers Hosting Duos & Trios As It Plots Post-Trevor Noah Course With Correspondents In Line For Promotion |url=https://deadline.com/2022/10/the-daily-show-considers-hosting-duos-trios-1235147605/ |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>

==== Differences between Stewart's version and Noah's version ====
In addition to changes in the tone of the show, Noah has also implemented stylistic changes to the show, with an updated set,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2015/09/trevor-noah-daily-show-is-ready-for-2016-214068|title=Trevor Noah: 'Daily Show' is ready for 2016|date=September 25, 2015|work=Politico|access-date=August 26, 2016|archive-date=February 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170228201429/http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2015/09/trevor-noah-daily-show-is-ready-for-2016-214068|url-status=live}}</ref> new graphics<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.troika.tv/the-daily-show-identity/|title=The Daily Show Identity|work=Troika|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160901172911/http://www.troika.tv/the-daily-show-identity/|archive-date=September 1, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref> and his monologue sometimes taking place while standing in front of a screen as opposed to sitting at the desk. Noah also increased the usage of more millennial-based references, impersonations and characterizations for his comedy on the show, due to his younger demographic and his ability to speak in multiple accents and eight languages.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.birminghampost.co.uk/whats-on/comedy-gigs/south-african-comedian-trevor-noah-6319931 |title=South African comedian Trevor Noah to play Birmingham's Glee Club |last=Laws |first=Roz |date=November 22, 2013 |work=birminghampost |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150327083710/http://www.birminghampost.co.uk/whats-on/comedy-gigs/south-african-comedian-trevor-noah-6319931 |archive-date=March 27, 2015 }}</ref>

The debut of ''The Daily Show with Trevor Noah'' brought along three new correspondents: [[Roy Wood Jr.]], [[Desi Lydic]] and [[Ronny Chieng]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.ew.com/article/2015/09/02/daily-show-ronny-chieng-desi-lydic-roy-wood-jr-correspondents-trevor-noah|title=The Daily Show adds Ronny Chieng, Desi Lydic, and Roy Wood Jr. as correspondents|date=September 2, 2015|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=January 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115011204/https://ew.com/article/2015/09/02/daily-show-ronny-chieng-desi-lydic-roy-wood-jr-correspondents-trevor-noah/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Additional correspondents were added in 2017. [[Michael Kosta]] became the Senior Constitutional Correspondent and Senior American Correspondent on July 11, 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-07-11 |title='The Daily Show' Adds Michael Kosta to News Team |url=https://www.thewrap.com/daily-show-michael-kosta-news-team/ |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=The Wrap |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Dulcé Sloan]] became the Senior Fashion Correspondent on September 7, 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stanhope |first=Kate |date=2017-09-05 |title='The Daily Show' Adds Dulce Sloan as New Correspondent |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/daily-show-adds-dulce-sloan-as-new-correspondent-1035147/ |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref>

In January 2016, ''The Daily Show with Trevor Noah'' started to use a modified version of the show's previous theme, remixed by [[Timbaland]] and King Logan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/trevor-noah-premieres-new-version-852152|title=Trevor Noah Premieres New Version of 'Daily Show' Theme Song Produced by Timbaland|date=January 5, 2016|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=November 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191121163426/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/trevor-noah-premieres-new-version-852152|url-status=live}}</ref>

Noah also avoided talking too much about [[Fox News]], as Stewart was previously known for. "''The Daily Show'' was based on an emerging 24 hour news cycle, that’s everything it was, that’s what inspired ''The Daily Show''. Now you look at news and it’s changed. It’s no longer predicated around 24 hour news. There are so many different choices. Half of it is online now. Now you’ve got the [[Gawker]]s, the [[BuzzFeed]]s. The way people are drawing their news is soundbites and headlines and click-bait links has changed everything. The biggest challenge is going to be an exciting one I'm sure is how are we going to bring all of that together looking at it from a bigger lens as opposed to just going after one source—which was historically Fox News," Noah said at a press conference before the show's debut.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/29/trevor-noah-daily-show-fox |title=Trevor Noah reveals Daily Show changes (including less Fox News bashing) |date=July 29, 2015 |last=Hibberd |first=James |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=April 17, 2020 |archive-date=December 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222102109/https://ew.com/article/2015/07/29/trevor-noah-daily-show-fox/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==== Stewart visits ''The Daily Show with Trevor Noah''; Jordan Klepper guest hosts ====
On December 8, 2015, former host Jon Stewart returned to ''The Daily Show'' for the first time in an extended-length show to return attention to extending the [[James Zadroga]] 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, otherwise referred to as 9/11 First Responders Bill, which Stewart explained had been blocked by [[Paul Ryan]] and [[Mitch McConnell]] for political reasons.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://money.cnn.com/2015/12/08/media/jon-stewart-daily-show-trevor-noah-first-responders/|title=Jon Stewart returns to 'Daily Show' to give attention to 9/11 bill|last=Pallotta|first=Frank|date=December 8, 2015|work=CNNMoney|access-date=August 3, 2020|archive-date=November 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108165931/https://money.cnn.com/2015/12/08/media/jon-stewart-daily-show-trevor-noah-first-responders/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/08/arts/television/jon-stewart-returns-to-the-daily-show-for-zadroga-act.html|title=Jon Stewart Returns to 'The Daily Show' as a Guest|date=December 8, 2015|work=The New York Times|access-date=February 18, 2017|archive-date=December 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161212082747/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/08/arts/television/jon-stewart-returns-to-the-daily-show-for-zadroga-act.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On October 20, 2016, Noah was unable to host a scheduled taping of ''The Daily Show'' due to illness,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Noah|first1=Trevor|title=Instagram video by Trevor Noah • Oct 21, 2016 at 12:18pm UTC|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BL0x9hKB4qE |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/trevornoah/1365936318768974468 |archive-date=2021-12-23 |url-access=subscription|website=Instagram}}{{cbignore}}</ref> so correspondent [[Jordan Klepper]] guest hosted.

On November 16, 2017, Stewart once again returned to ''The Daily Show'', in part as a parody of the robocalls of fake ''Washington Post'' reporter "Bernie Bernstein" and to promote ''[[Night of Too Many Stars]]'' on [[HBO]].

==== ''The Daily Social Distancing Show'', expansion, move to Times Square ====
In March 2020 due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|COVID-19 pandemic]], the show suspended production. On March 18, 2020, Comedy Central began to release [[webisode]]s of ''The Daily Show'' produced remotely from Noah's home, entitled ''The Daily [[Social distancing|Social Distancing]] Show''. This format moved to television beginning March 23.<ref>{{cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=March 21, 2020|title='The Daily Social Distancing Show with Trevor Noah' To Air On Comedy Central During Coronavirus Pandemic|url=https://deadline.com/2020/03/the-daily-social-distancing-show-with-trevor-noah-comedy-central-coronavirus-pandemic-1202889491/|access-date=March 21, 2020|work=Deadline|archive-date=April 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406174112/https://deadline.com/2020/03/the-daily-social-distancing-show-with-trevor-noah-comedy-central-coronavirus-pandemic-1202889491/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Vulture">{{cite web|author=Wright, Megh|date=April 8, 2020|title=How the Late-Night Shows Are Handling Coronavirus Quarantine|url=https://www.vulture.com/amp/2020/04/late-night-shows-nyc-coronavirus.html|access-date=May 20, 2020|archive-date=November 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117205238/https://www.vulture.com/amp/2020/04/late-night-shows-nyc-coronavirus.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Following the cancellation of ''[[Lights Out with David Spade]], The Daily Show'' expanded into a 45-minute format beginning April 27, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Steinberg|first1=Brian|date=2020-04-27|title=Trevor Noah's 'Daily Show' Will Expand to 45 Minutes|url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/daily-show-trevor-noah-expand-45-minutes-1234590702/|access-date=2020-07-08|website=Variety|language=en|archive-date=May 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516123408/https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/daily-show-trevor-noah-expand-45-minutes-1234590702/|url-status=live}}</ref> In July 2020, Comedy Central head Chris McCarthy told ''Vulture'' that there were plans to possibly extend the show to an hour-long format by the end of the year.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Adalian|first=Josef|date=2020-07-07|title=The Remaking of Comedy Central|url=https://www.vulture.com/article/comedy-central-reinvention-chris-mccarthy-profile.html|access-date=2020-07-08|website=Vulture|language=en-us|archive-date=July 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707192918/https://www.vulture.com/article/comedy-central-reinvention-chris-mccarthy-profile.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In May 2020, ''The Daily Show'' won the 2020 Webby Award for Humor in the category Social.<ref name="Kastrenakes">{{cite web |last1=Kastrenakes |first1=Jacob |title=Here are all the winners of the 2020 Webby Awards |url=https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/20/21263445/2020-webby-awards-winners-lil-nas-x-nasa-jon-krasinski |website=The Verge |access-date=22 May 2020 |language=en |date=20 May 2020 |archive-date=May 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200521205535/https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/20/21263445/2020-webby-awards-winners-lil-nas-x-nasa-jon-krasinski |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:The Daily Show with Trevor Noah 2021 logo.svg|thumb|Second logo used for Noah's tenure until December 2022.]]
The at-home format continued until June 2021, when the show went on an extended hiatus for the summer. ''The Daily Show'' returned on September 13, 2021, with the show re-located to studios at [[ViacomCBS]]'s headquarters at [[One Astor Plaza]] in [[Times Square]] (its existing studio was being occupied by fellow Comedy Central program ''[[Tha God's Honest Truth]]'').<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=White |first=Peter |date=2021-11-02 |title='The Daily Show With Trevor Noah' To Test Out Studio Audience Return |url=https://deadline.com/2021/11/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-to-test-out-studio-audience-return-1234866100/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107060942/https://deadline.com/2021/11/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-to-test-out-studio-audience-return-1234866100/ |archive-date=November 7, 2021 |access-date=2021-11-07 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> Comedy Central stated that the show planned to preserve the "intimacy and creative elements" of the home-based episodes.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Steinberg|first=Brian|date=2021-09-13|title=Trevor Noah Brings 'Daily Show' to Times Square as TV's Late-Night Crowd Starts to Shrink|url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/trevor-noah-daily-show-return-late-night-tv-1235063095/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-19|website=Variety|language=en-US|archive-date=September 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920174037/https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/trevor-noah-daily-show-return-late-night-tv-1235063095/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Weprin|first=Alex|date=2021-09-13|title='The Daily Show' Moving to ViacomCBS Times Square HQ in Return to Studio|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/daily-show-times-square-studio-trevor-noah-1235012406/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-19|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en-US|archive-date=September 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920212311/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/daily-show-times-square-studio-trevor-noah-1235012406/}}</ref> The program continued to be filmed with no studio audience; while there were plans to reinstate an audience,<ref name=":0" /> this was delayed due to concerns regarding [[Omicron variant]].<ref name=":0" /> 

In March 2022, it was announced that ''The Daily Show'' would go on a hiatus from March 18 to accommodate Noah's hosting of the [[64th Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Awards]] on April 3. On April 11, the show returned to Studio 52 with an audience and a redesigned studio.<ref>{{cite web |last=White |first=Peter |date=March 14, 2022 |title='The Daily Show With Trevor Noah' Brings Back Audience & Returns To Longtime Studio |url=https://deadline.com/2022/03/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-brings-back-audience-moves-back-old-studio-1234977919/ |work=Deadline |accessdate=March 14, 2022}}</ref><ref name=":1" />

=== Weekly guest hosts (2023) ===
On December 6, 2022, Comedy Central announced that until the next iteration of the show, ''The Daily Show'' would feature weekly celebrity guest hosts including [[Al Franken]], [[Wanda Sykes]], [[Leslie Jones (comedian)|Leslie Jones]], [[Hasan Minhaj]], [[Sarah Silverman]], [[Chelsea Handler]], [[John Leguizamo]], [[Marlon Wayans]], [[Kal Penn]], and [[D.L. Hughley]], as well as both current and former correspondents.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/06/entertainment/chelsea-handler-leslie-jones-daily-show/index.html|title=Chelsea Handler, Leslie Jones and John Leguizamo among guest hosts to step in for Trevor Noah on 'The Daily Show'|first=Dan|last=Heching|date=December 6, 2022|website=CNN}}</ref> The show returned from hiatus on January 17 with Leslie Jones guest hosting through January 19.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://nowthisnews.com/news/the-daily-show-will-feature-guest-hosts-to-replace-trevor-noah-until-fall-2023 | title=The Daily Show Will Feature Guest Hosts to Replace Trevor Noah Until Fall 2023 | date=December 7, 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.vulture.com/article/daily-show-guest-hosts-2023.html | title=The Daily Show Will Feature Celebrity Guest Hosts Until Fall 2023 | date=December 6, 2022 }}</ref> Jones was followed by Sykes, Hughley, Handler, and Silverman, each hosting a week through February 16.<ref>{{Cite web |last=London |first=Rob |date=2023-01-05 |title='The Daily Show' Guest Host Schedule Features Leslie Jones, Kal Penn, and Sarah Silverman |url=https://collider.com/the-daily-show-guest-host-schedule/ |access-date=2023-10-26 |website=Collider |language=en}}</ref> Correspondent Dulcé Sloan had her first and last hosting gig on May 1, 2023, when it was cut short by the [[2023 Writers Guild of America strike]], bumping originally announced guest hosts Michael Kosta, [[Charlamagne Tha God]], [[Michelle Wolf]], Ronny Chieng, Lewis Black, and [[Desus Nice]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvinsider.com/1089978/the-daily-show-guest-hosts-comedy-central-trevor-noah/|title='The Daily Show' Announces More Guest Hosts Amid Ratings Upsurge Since Trevor Noah's Exit|first=Martin|last=Holmes|work=TV Insider|date=April 20, 2023|accessdate=May 2, 2023}}</ref>

On August 1, 2023, ''Variety'' reported that Minhaj was the primary possibility of a permanent replacement host.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/hasan-minhaj-daily-show-host-1235685137/|title=Hasan Minhaj Eyed For 'Daily Show' Host (EXCLUSIVE)|first=Brian|last=Stenberg|work=Variety|date=August 1, 2023|accessdate=August 2, 2023}}</ref> A day later, ''The Wrap'' reported that Penn was also a top candidate.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/kal-penn-in-the-running-the-daily-show-host/|title=Kal Penn in the Running to Take Over as 'The Daily Show' Host (Exclusive)|first=Loree|last=Seitz|work=The Wrap|date=August 2, 2023|accessdate=August 2, 2023}}</ref>

On September 27, 2023, following the 148-day strike, Comedy Central announced the show would return on October 16 with guest hosts and would not name a permanent host until 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tvline.com/casting-news/the-daily-show-new-host-announcement-2024-after-trevor-noah-1235022167/|title=''The Daily Show'' Sets Post-Strike Return Date, Reveals Timetable for New Host|first=Michael|last=Ausiello|work=TVLine|date=September 27, 2023|accessdate=September 27, 2023}}</ref>

=== Jon Stewart returns and correspondents (2024) ===
On January 24, 2024, it was announced that Jon Stewart would return as host for Monday night shows, while the remainder of the week would be hosted by the correspondents, beginning on February 12.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/jon-stewart-the-daily-show-host-1235802984/|title=Jon Stewart Returns to 'The Daily Show' as Host|first=Lacey|last=Rose|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=January 24, 2024|accessdate=January 24, 2024}}</ref>

== Correspondents, contributors and staff ==
{{Main|List of The Daily Show correspondents{{!}}List of ''The Daily Show'' correspondents|List of The Daily Show writers{{!}}List of ''The Daily Show'' writers}}
The show's correspondents have two principal roles: experts with satirical senior titles that the main host interviews about certain issues, or hosts of field reporting segments which often involve humorous commentary and interviews relating to a current issue. The current team of correspondents collectively known as "The World's Fakest News Team" (formerly known as "The Best [[wikt:fuck|F#@king]] News Team Ever") includes [[Ronny Chieng]], [[Michael Kosta]], [[Desi Lydic]], [[Dulcé Sloan]], Troy Iwata, and Grace Kuhlenschmidt.<ref name=corr_web>{{cite web|title=News Team Correspondents |url=http://www.thedailyshow.com/news-team |publisher=[[Comedy Central|Comedy Partners]] |access-date=January 31, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140131074903/http://www.thedailyshow.com/news-team |archive-date=January 31, 2014 }}</ref> Contributors appear on a less frequent basis, often with their own unique recurring segment or topic.<ref name=corr_web/> Current contributors are [[Lewis Black]] and [[Jordan Klepper]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Gordon, Devin |url=http://splitsider.com/2016/05/the-daily-show-adds-eliza-cossio-as-its-newest-contributor/ |title='The Daily Show' Adds Eliza Cossio as Its Newest Contributor |work=Splitsider|date=May 17, 2016 |access-date=October 29, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029113048/http://splitsider.com/2016/05/the-daily-show-adds-eliza-cossio-as-its-newest-contributor/ |archive-date=October 29, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Ben Karlin says that the on-air talent contribute in many ways to the material they perform, playing an integral role in the creation of their field pieces as well as being involved with their scripted studio segments, either taking part early on in the writing process or adding improvised material during the rehearsal.<ref name="Karlin chat"/>

The show has featured a number of well-known comedians throughout its run and is notable for boosting the careers of several of these. In 2006, ''The Onion'' editor-in-chief [[Scott Dikkers]] described it as a key launching pad for comedic talent, saying that "I don't know if there's a better show you could put on your resume right now."<ref>{{cite web |author=Gordon, Devin |url=http://www.newsweek.com/2006/02/13/turning-fake-news-into-real-careers.html |title=Turning Fake News Into Real Careers |work=Newsweek |date=February 13, 2006 |access-date=July 8, 2008 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305003835/http://www.newsweek.com/2006/02/13/turning-fake-news-into-real-careers.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Steve Carell, who was a correspondent between 1999 and 2005 before moving on to a movie career and starring television role in ''[[The Office (US TV series)|The Office]]'', credits Stewart and ''The Daily Show'' with his success.<ref>{{cite web|author=Carell, Steve|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/get-smart-at-apple-store-soho/id281781179?i=27324056|title=Podcast: Stephen Colbert interviews Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway|publisher=Apple|date=June 19, 2008|access-date=July 8, 2008|archive-date=June 17, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617234545/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/get-smart-at-apple-store-soho/id281781179?i=27324056|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2005, the show's longest-serving correspondent, Stephen Colbert, became the host of the spin-off ''[[The Colbert Report]]'', earning critical and popular acclaim.<ref>{{cite news |author=Coyle, Jake |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/television/2008035067_colbertreport07.html |title=Colbert's 'Report' rapport still strong |work=The Seattle Times |date=July 7, 2008 |access-date=July 8, 2008 |archive-date=June 29, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629070819/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/television/2008035067_colbertreport07.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Colbert would host the program until he was chosen to replace [[David Letterman]] as host of [[CBS]]'s ''[[Late Show (CBS TV series)|Late Show]]'' in 2015.<ref name="lateshow">{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/dorothypomerantz/2014/04/10/stephen-colbert-taking-over-david-lettermans-late-night-spot|title=Stephen Colbert Leaving Character Behind To Take Over David Letterman's Late-Night Spot|work=[[Forbes]]|access-date=April 10, 2014|archive-date=April 11, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140411213314/http://www.forbes.com/sites/dorothypomerantz/2014/04/10/stephen-colbert-taking-over-david-lettermans-late-night-spot/|url-status=live|last1=Pomerantz |first1=Dorothy }}</ref> [[Ed Helms]], a former correspondent from 2002 to 2006, also starred on NBC's ''[[The Office (U.S. TV series)|The Office]]'' and was a main character in the 2009 hit ''[[The Hangover (film)|The Hangover]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2593&p=.htm|title=Friday Report: 'Hangover' Wakes Up in First|last=Gray|first=Brandon|date=June 6, 2009|publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=June 26, 2009|archive-date=July 3, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090703195158/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2593&p=.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> 

After filling in as host during Stewart's two-month absence in the summer of 2013,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2013/03/jon-stewart-daily-show-hiatus-john-oliver-hosting-rosewater-445972/|title=UPDATE: Jon Stewart Taking Summer 'Daily Show' Hiatus To Direct First Film And "Challenge" Himself, John Oliver To Sub|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|date=2013-03-06|work=Deadline|access-date=2017-05-10|language=en-US|archive-date=July 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702021416/https://deadline.com/2013/03/jon-stewart-daily-show-hiatus-john-oliver-hosting-rosewater-445972/|url-status=live}}</ref> John Oliver went on to host his own show on HBO, ''[[Last Week Tonight with John Oliver]]''. In 2016, former correspondent [[Samantha Bee]] launched her own late-night talk show ''[[Full Frontal with Samantha Bee]]''.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Walsh |first=Samantha |date=2022-07-25 |title='Full Frontal With Samantha Bee' Has Been Canceled |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/07/full-frontal-with-samantha-bee-has-been-canceled |access-date=2022-10-18 |magazine=Vanity Fair |language=en-US}}</ref> Bee's husband [[Jason Jones (actor)|Jason Jones]], also a former correspondent, serves as executive producer for the show.<ref>{{cite web|title = Samantha Bee, Jason Jones Talk New TBS Series 'Full Frontal' and 'The Detour'|url = https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/samantha-bee-jason-jones-full-frontal-new-york-comic-con-1201614711/|website = Variety|access-date = 2016-01-22|language = en-US|first = Cynthia|last = Littleton|date = October 9, 2015|archive-date = December 21, 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171221065133/https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/samantha-bee-jason-jones-full-frontal-new-york-comic-con-1201614711/|url-status = live}}</ref> [[Hasan Minhaj]], the last correspondent hired during Stewart's tenure as host, left the show in 2018 to host ''[[Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj]]'' on [[Netflix]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2015/08/06/meet-hasan-minhaj-the-last-correspondent-hired-by-jon-stewart-for-the-daily-show/ |title=Meet Hasan Minhaj, the Last Correspondent Hired by Jon Stewart for 'The Daily Show' |work=The Village Voice |last=Pilot |first=Jessica |date=August 6, 2015 |access-date=July 30, 2021 |archive-date=August 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829183609/https://www.villagevoice.com/2015/08/06/meet-hasan-minhaj-the-last-correspondent-hired-by-jon-stewart-for-the-daily-show/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In June 2010, actress-comedian [[Olivia Munn]] began a tryout period on the show as a correspondent. Her credentials were questioned by [[Irin Carmon]] of the website [[Jezebel (website)|Jezebel]], who suggested that Munn was better known as a sex symbol than as a comedian.<ref name="Carmon">{{cite web | url=https://jezebel.com/the-daily-shows-woman-problem-5570545 | title=The Daily Show's Woman Problem | date=June 23, 2010 }}</ref> Carmon's column was denounced by Munn and the ''Daily Show''{{'s}} female writers, producers, and correspondents, 32 of whom posted a rebuttal on the show's website in which they asserted that the description of the ''Daily Show'' office given by the Jezebel piece was not accurate.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.thedailyshow.com/message|title = Women of ''The Daily Show'' speak|website = The Daily Show|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100825120017/http://www.thedailyshow.com/message|archive-date = August 25, 2010|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref name="Hepola">{{cite web | url=https://www.salon.com/2010/07/08/olivia_munn_interview/ | title=Olivia Munn: "I'm easy to hate. I get it" | date=July 8, 2010 }}</ref> Munn appeared as a ''Daily Show'' correspondent in a total of 16 episodes, from June 2010 to September 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://screenrant.com/actors-once-daily-show-correspondents-olivia-munn-ed-helms-steve-carell/ |title=10 Actors You Forgot Were Once Daily Show Correspondents |work=Screenrant |last=Persaud |first=Christine |date=June 28, 2020 |access-date=July 30, 2021 |archive-date=August 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828035209/https://screenrant.com/actors-once-daily-show-correspondents-olivia-munn-ed-helms-steve-carell/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Wyatt Cenac]] had a tumultuous tenure on the show, revealing in a July 2015 interview on ''[[WTF with Marc Maron]]'', that his departure stemmed in part from a heated argument he had with [[Jon Stewart]] in June 2011 over a bit about Republican presidential candidate [[Herman Cain]].<ref>{{cite web|work=[[Vulture.com]]|url=https://www.vulture.com/2015/07/jon-stewart-told-wyatt-cenac-to-fck-off.html|title=Jon Stewart Told Wyatt Cenac to 'F*ck Off' When He Was Challenged About Race|first=E. Alex|last=Jung|date=July 23, 2015|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=July 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200709061056/https://www.vulture.com/2015/07/jon-stewart-told-wyatt-cenac-to-fck-off.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite podcast|url=http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episodes/episode_622_-_wyatt_cenac|title=Episode 622 – Wyatt Cenac|date=July 23, 2015|work=[[WTF with Marc Maron]]|access-date=July 24, 2015|archive-date=July 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724123447/http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episodes/episode_622_-_wyatt_cenac|url-status=live}}</ref> However, Cenac did return for Stewart's final episode to bid him farewell and the two exchanged an intentionally awkward conversation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/06/wyatt-cenac-jon-stewart-daily-show|title=Wyatt Cenac showed up to say goodbye to Jon Stewart on final 'Daily Show'|date=August 6, 2015|publisher=ew.com|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=January 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115171540/https://ew.com/article/2015/08/06/wyatt-cenac-jon-stewart-daily-show/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2015/08/wyatt-cenac-daily-show-finale.html|title=Jon Stewart and Wyatt Cenac Exchanged (Nice) Words on The Daily Show Finale|date=August 7, 2015|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=June 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625005517/https://www.vulture.com/2015/08/wyatt-cenac-daily-show-finale.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/wyatt-cenac-and-jon-stewart-make-up-on-final-daily-show-2015-8|title=Jon Stewart and Wyatt Cenac cleverly showed they're 'good' on his final 'Daily Show'|website=[[Business Insider]]|access-date=October 23, 2016|archive-date=October 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161023141659/http://www.businessinsider.com/wyatt-cenac-and-jon-stewart-make-up-on-final-daily-show-2015-8|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2015/08/07/the_daily_show_finale_wyatt_cenac_showed_up_to_bid_jon_stewart_farewell.html|title=Wyatt Cenac and Jon Stewart Set Aside Their Differences for Stewart's Last Show|first=Laura|last=Bradley|date=August 7, 2015|journal=Slate|access-date=October 23, 2016|archive-date=October 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161023140217/http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2015/08/07/the_daily_show_finale_wyatt_cenac_showed_up_to_bid_jon_stewart_farewell.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Guest hosts ===
* [[Stephen Colbert]], 11 episodes (January 24, 2001, Feb 20 & 22, 2001, Mar. 26–27, 2001, Apr 3 & 5, 2001, May 2–3, 2001, March 6, 2003, and July 6, 2004)
* [[Steve Carell]], 7 episodes (February 21, 2001, Mar. 27–29, 2001, Apr 2 & 4, 2001, and May 1, 2001)
* [[Nancy Carell|Nancy Walls]], 2 episodes (February 21, 2001, and March 29, 2001)
* [[Vance DeGeneres]], 2 episodes (Feb. 26–27, 2001)
* [[Mo Rocca]], 1 episode (February 27, 2001)
* [[Rob Corddry]], 1 episode (February 9, 2006)
* [[John Oliver]], 33 episodes (June 10, 2013 to August 15, 2013, and November 13, 2014)
* [[Samantha Bee]] and [[Jason Jones (actor)|Jason Jones]], 1 episode (October 7, 2014)
* [[Jordan Klepper]], 5 episodes (October 20, 2016 and April 17–20, 2023; see also below)

After Trevor Noah's departure from ''The Daily Show'' at the end of 2022, the program engaged a series of guest hosts beginning in January 2023, each of which hosted four episodes. A permanent replacement has not been named {{as of|November 2023|lc=yes}} and not expected to be until well into 2024.<ref name="2023 guest hosts (tranche 2)">{{Cite news |last=Petski |first=Denise |date=2023-02-08 |title='The Daily Show': Comedy Central Sets Dates For Guest Hosts Hasan Minhaj, Marlon Wayans, Kal Penn, Al Franken & John Leguizamo |url=https://deadline.com/2023/02/the-daily-show-comedy-central-dates-guest-hosts-hasan-minhaj-marlon-wayans-kal-penn-al-franken-john-leguizamo-1235253716/ |access-date=2023-02-28 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Leslie Jones (comedian)|Leslie Jones]], 8 episodes (January 16–19 and November 13–16, 2023)<ref name="2023 guest hosts (tranche 1)">{{Cite news |last=Haneline |first=Amy |title=Who is hosting 'The Daily Show' now? See the guest-hosts taking over for Trevor Noah |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2023/01/17/daily-show-guest-hosts-trevor-noah-leaving/11068205002/ |access-date=2023-02-28 |website=USA Today |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Wanda Sykes]], 4 episodes (January 23–26, 2023)<ref name="2023 guest hosts (tranche 1)"/>
* [[D.L. Hughley]], 4 episodes (January 30 – February 2, 2023)<ref name="2023 guest hosts (tranche 1)"/>
* [[Chelsea Handler]], 4 episodes (February 6–9, 2023)<ref name="2023 guest hosts (tranche 1)"/>
* [[Sarah Silverman]], 8 episodes (February 13–16 and November 6–9, 2023)<ref name="2023 guest hosts (tranche 1)"/>
* [[Hasan Minhaj]], 4 episodes (February 27 – March 2, 2023)<ref name="2023 guest hosts (tranche 2)"/>
* [[Marlon Wayans]], 4 episodes (March 6–9, 2023)<ref name="2023 guest hosts (tranche 2)"/>
* [[Kal Penn]], 8 episodes (March 13–16 and December 11–14, 2023)<ref name="2023 guest hosts (tranche 2)"/>
* [[Al Franken]], 4 episodes (March 20–23, 2023)<ref name="2023 guest hosts (tranche 2)"/>
* [[John Leguizamo]], 4 episodes (March 27–30, 2023)<ref name="2023 guest hosts (tranche 2)"/>
* [[Roy Wood Jr.]], 4 episodes (April 3–6, 2023)<ref name="2023 guest hosts (tranche 3)">{{cite web |url=https://www.cc.com/topic/the-daily-show-guest-hosts |title= The Daily Show Guest Host Lineup|publisher= [[Comedy Central]]|access-date= 19 April 2023}}</ref>
* [[Jordan Klepper]], 6 episodes (April 17–20, November 16 and November 22, 2023)<ref name="2023 guest hosts (tranche 3)"/>
* [[Desi Lydic]], 5 episodes (April 24–27 and November 22, 2023)<ref name="2023 guest hosts (tranche 3)"/>
* [[Dulcé Sloan]], 2 episodes (May 1 and November 20, 2023)
* [[Michael Kosta]], 4 episodes (October 16–20, 2023)
* [[Ronny Chieng]], 2 episodes (October 19 and November 21, 2023)
* [[Desus Nice]], 4 episodes (October 23–26, 2023)
* [[Charlamagne Tha God]], 8 episodes (October 30 – November 2 and December 4–7, 2023)
* News Team Takeover, 3 episodes (November 20–22, 2023)
* [[Michelle Wolf]], 4 episodes (November 27–30, 2023)

== Reception ==
=== Ratings ===
{{Update section|date=August 2021}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! Season
! Nielsen Rank
! Nielsen Rating<ref name="RATINGS1">{{cite web|url= http://www.tvratingsguide.com/2017/12/before-late-night-became-trumpster-fire.html|title= The TV Ratings Guide: Before Late Night Became A Toilet of Trumpster Fire Jokes – The 1991–2015 Late Night Talk Show Ratings|access-date= April 12, 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180413185721/http://www.tvratingsguide.com/2017/12/before-late-night-became-trumpster-fire.html|archive-date= April 13, 2018|url-status= dead|df= mdy-all}}</ref>
! colspan="2" | Tied with
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 1995–96
| style="text-align:cente"| 7
| style="text-align:center" | 0.1
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="10" colspan="2" | 
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 1996–97
| style="text-align:cente" rowspan="2"| 9
| style="text-align:center" | 0.2
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 1997–98
| style="text-align:center" | 0.3
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 1998–99
| style="text-align:cente" rowspan="7"| 7
| style="text-align:center" | 0.4
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 1999–2000
| style="text-align:center" | 0.5
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 2000–01
| style="text-align:center" | 0.6
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 2001–02
| style="text-align:center" | 0.8
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 2002–03
| style="text-align:center" | 0.9
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 2003–04
| style="text-align:center" | 1.0
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 2004–05
| style="text-align:center" | 1.3
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 2005–06
| style="text-align:cente" rowspan="3"| 6
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" | 1.5
| style="text-align:center" colspan="2" | ''[[Last Call with Carson Daly]]''
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 2006–07
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" colspan="2" | 
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 2007–08
| style="text-align:center" | 1.4
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 2008–09
| style="text-align:cente" rowspan="2"| 5
| style="text-align:center" | 1.7
| style="text-align:center" colspan="2" | ''[[Jimmy Kimmel Live!]]''
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 2009–10
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" | 1.5
| style="text-align:center" | ''[[Late Night with Jimmy Fallon]]''
|''[[The Colbert Report]]''
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 2010–11
| style="text-align:cente"| 6
| style="text-align:center" colspan="2" | 
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 2011–12
| style="text-align:cente"| 4
| style="text-align:center" | 1.7
| style="text-align:center" colspan="2" | ''[[Late Night with Jimmy Fallon]]''
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 2012–13
| style="text-align:cente" rowspan="2"| 5
| style="text-align:center" | 1.6
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="3" colspan="2" | 
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 2013–14
| style="text-align:center" | 1.5
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 2014–15
| style="text-align:cente"| 6
| style="text-align:center" | 1.3
|}

[[Nielsen ratings|Television ratings]] from 2008 show that the program generally drew 1.45 to 1.6 million viewers nightly, a high figure for cable television.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2008/01/stewarts_ratings_down_15_colbe.html|title=Jon Stewart's Nielsen Ratings Down 15 Percent; Colbert's Up 11 Percent|work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|date=January 2008|access-date=March 23, 2008|archive-date=March 10, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080310040715/http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2008/01/stewarts_ratings_down_15_colbe.html|url-status=live}}</ref> By the end of 2013 The Daily Show's ratings hit 2.5 million viewers nightly.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/ratings/2013/04/04/the-daily-show-and-the-colbert-report-finish-1q-2013-as-number-1-and-number-2-among-adults-18-49-and-all-key-young-demos-795303/20130404comedycentral01/|title=Ratings - "The Daily Show" and "The Colbert Report" Finish 1Q 2013 as #1 and #2 Among Adults 18-49 and All Key Young Demos – TheFutonCritic.com|work=thefutoncritic.com|access-date=January 7, 2014|archive-date=January 7, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140107144435/http://www.thefutoncritic.com/ratings/2013/04/04/the-daily-show-and-the-colbert-report-finish-1q-2013-as-number-1-and-number-2-among-adults-18-49-and-all-key-young-demos-795303/20130404comedycentral01/|url-status=live}}</ref> In [[demographics|demographic]] terms, the viewership is skewed to a relatively young and well-educated audience compared to traditional news shows. A 2004 [[Nielsen Media Research]] study commissioned by Comedy Central put the median age at 35. During the [[2004 U.S. presidential election]], the show received more male viewers in the 18- to 34-year-old age demographic than ''[[Nightline]]'', ''[[Meet the Press]]'', ''[[Hannity & Colmes]]'' and all of the evening news broadcasts.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/03/02/apontv.stewarts.stature.ap|title=Young America's news source: Jon Stewart|date=March 2, 2004|publisher=CNN |access-date=July 22, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060403134904/http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/03/02/apontv.stewarts.stature.ap|archive-date=April 3, 2006|url-status=dead}}</ref> 

For this reason, commentators such as [[Howard Dean]] and [[Ted Koppel]] posited that Stewart served as a real source of news for young people, regardless of his intentions.<ref>{{cite episode|url=http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=114993&title=howard-dean-pt.-2|title=Howard Dean interview|series=The Daily Show|airdate=2005-06-23|season=10|access-date=July 14, 2008|archive-date=April 6, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080406071904/http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=114993&title=howard-dean-pt.-2|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=de Moraes, Lisa|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27439-2004Aug23.html|title=Seriously: Kerry on Comedy Central|date=August 24, 2004|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=July 6, 2008|archive-date=October 10, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010204857/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27439-2004Aug23.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2016, a ''[[New York Times]]'' study of the 50 TV shows with the most [[Facebook Like]]s found that ''The Daily Show'' was "most popular in cities and other more liberal-leaning areas along the coasts. Peak popularity is in San Francisco; it's least popular in Alabama".<ref name="katz20161227">{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/26/upshot/duck-dynasty-vs-modern-family-television-maps.html |title='Duck Dynasty' vs. 'Modern Family': 50 Maps of the U.S. Cultural Divide |last=Katz |first=Josh |date=2016-12-27 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=February 18, 2017 |archive-date=March 29, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170329083111/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/26/upshot/duck-dynasty-vs-modern-family-television-maps.html?_r=1 |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== As a news source ===
The show's writers reject the idea that ''The Daily Show'' has become a source of news for young people. Stewart argues that Americans are living in an "age of information [[osmosis]]" in which it is close to impossible to gain one's news from any single source, and says that his show succeeds comedically because the viewers already have some knowledge about current events. "Our show would not be valuable to people who didn't understand the news because it wouldn't make sense," he argues. "We make assumptions about your level of knowledge that... if we were your only source of news, you would just watch our show and think, 'I don't know what's happening.'"<ref>{{cite video|people=Jon Stewart|title=A Conversation with Jon Stewart|medium=Video|publisher=Harvard University|location=Harvard Institute of Politics|date=2002}}</ref>

A 2006 study published by [[Indiana University (Bloomington)|Indiana University]] tried to compare the substantive amount of information of ''The Daily Show'' against prime time network [[News broadcasting|news broadcasts]], and concluded that when it comes to substance, there is little difference between ''The Daily Show'' and other news outlets. The study contended that, since both programs are more focused on the nature of "[[infotainment]]" and ratings than on the dissemination of information, both are broadly equal in terms of the amount of substantial news coverage they offer.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Fox|first1=Julia R.|last2=Koloen|first2=Glory|last3=Sahin|first3=Volkan|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m6836/is_2_51/ai_n25010532|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708114040/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m6836/is_2_51/ai_n25010532|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-07-08|title=No joke: a comparison of substance in The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and broadcast network...|work=Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media|date=2007-06-01|access-date=August 21, 2008}}</ref>

As the lines between comedy show and news show have blurred, Jon Stewart has come under pressure in some circles to engage in more serious journalism. [[Tucker Carlson]] and ''Daily Show'' co-creator [[Lizz Winstead]] have chastised Stewart for criticizing politicians and newspeople in his solo segments and then, in interviews with the same people, rarely taking them to task face-to-face. In 2004, Winstead expressed a desire for Stewart to ask harder satirical questions, saying, "When you are interviewing a [[Richard Perle]] or a [[Henry Kissinger|Kissinger]], if you give them a pass, then you become what you are satirizing. You have a war criminal sitting on your couch—to just let him be a war criminal sitting on your couch means you are having to respect some kind of boundary."<ref name=Winstead>{{cite journal|last=Andersen|first=Kurt|year=2004|url=https://www.motherjones.com/arts/qa/2004/05/04_100.html|title=Taking Back the Dial|journal=[[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]]|issn=0362-8841|access-date=July 4, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105011632/https://www.motherjones.com/media/2004/05/taking-back-dial/|archive-date=January 5, 2018|issue=May/June 2004|url-status=live}}</ref> She has argued that ''The Daily Show''{{'s}} success and access to the youth vote should allow Stewart to press political guests harder without fearing that they will not return to the show.<ref name=Serious>{{cite news|last=Cave|first=Damien|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/24/weekinreview/24cave.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413211944/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/24/weekinreview/if-you-interview-kissinger-are-you-still-a-comedian.html|archive-date=April 13, 2016|title=Jon Stewart Gets Serious: If You Interview Kissinger, Are You Still a Comedian?|work=The New York Times|issn=1553-8095|oclc=1645522|date=October 24, 2004|access-date=July 5, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2010, Winstead had changed her views, commenting that since 2004, Stewart did some of the hardest-hitting interviews on TV.<ref name=avclub.com>{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/article/lizz-winstead-discusses-the-most-useless-person-cu-37469|title=Lizz Winstead discusses the most useless person currently working in news media|work=avclub.com|date=January 26, 2010 |access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=February 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227213406/http://www.avclub.com/article/lizz-winstead-discusses-the-most-useless-person-cu-37469|url-status=live}}</ref> Stewart said in 2003 that he does not think of himself as a social or media critic and rejects the idea that he has any journalistic role as an interviewer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/now/transcript/transcript_stewart.html|title=Transcript: Bill Moyers Interviews Jon Stewart|work=[[NOW with Bill Moyers]]|date=July 11, 2003|access-date=July 6, 2008|archive-date=June 28, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080628053039/http://www.pbs.org/now/transcript/transcript_stewart.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

During Stewart's appearance on [[CNN]]'s [[Crossfire (U.S. TV program)|''Crossfire'']], Stewart criticized that show and said that it was "hurting America" by sensationalizing debates and enabling political [[spin (public relations)|spin]]. When co-host Carlson argued that Stewart himself had not asked John Kerry substantial questions when Kerry appeared on ''The Daily Show'', Stewart countered that it was not his job to give hard-hitting interviews and that a "fake news" comedy program should not be held to the same standards as real journalism. "You're on CNN!" Stewart said, "The show that leads into me is [[Crank Yankers|puppets making crank phone calls]]! What is wrong with you?"<ref>{{cite news|url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0410/15/cf.01.html|title=Jon Stewart's America|publisher=CNN|date=October 15, 2004|access-date=July 5, 2008|archive-date=May 25, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130525043846/http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0410/15/cf.01.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Media critic Dan Kennedy says that Stewart came off as disingenuous in this exchange because "you can't interview Bill Clinton, [[Richard A. Clarke|Richard Clarke]], Bill O'Reilly, [[Bob Dole]], etc., etc., and still say you're just a comedian."<ref name=Serious/>

A 2004 study into the effect of ''The Daily Show'' on viewers' attitudes found that participants had a more negative opinion of both President Bush and then Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry. Participants also expressed more cynical views of the electoral system and news media.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jon Stewart, Enemy of Democracy?|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/22/AR2006062201474.html|last=Morin|first=Richard|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=June 23, 2006|access-date=July 14, 2008|archive-date=March 18, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080318172109/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/22/AR2006062201474.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Political scientists Jody Baumgartner and Jonathan Morris, who conducted the study, state that it is not clear how such cynicism would affect the political behavior of the show's viewers. While disillusionment and negative perceptions of the presidential candidates could discourage watchers from voting, Baumgartner and Morris say it is also possible that discontent could prompt greater involvement and that by following the show, viewers may potentially become more engaged and informed voters, with a broader political knowledge.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.reflector.com/local/content/news/stories/2006/05/29/5_30_06__daily_show.html|title=Study focuses on the effect of ''The Daily Show'' satire|last=Ryals|first=Jimmy|publisher=[[The Daily Reflector]]|date=May 30, 2006|access-date=July 9, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060702193522/http://www.reflector.com/local/content/news/stories/2006/05/29/5_30_06__daily_show.html|archive-date=July 2, 2006|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Rachel Larris, who has also conducted an academic study of ''The Daily Show'', disputes the findings of Baumgartner and Morris. Larris argues that the study measured cynicism in overly broad terms, and that it would be extremely hard to find a causal link between viewing ''The Daily Show'' and thinking or acting in a particular way.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2006/05/24/the_daily_show_cause_and_effect.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060710214647/http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2006/05/24/the_daily_show_cause_and_effect.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 10, 2006 |last=Larris |first=Rachel Joy |publisher=[[TomPaine.com]] |title="The Daily Show" Cause And Effect |date=June 24, 2006 |access-date=August 12, 2008 }}</ref> Bloggers such as Marty Kaplan of [[The Huffington Post]] argue that so long as Stewart's comedy is grounded in truth, responsibility for increased cynicism belongs to the political and media figures themselves, not the comedian who satirizes them.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/06/27/blogophile/main1754241.shtml|last=McNamara|first=Melissa|publisher=[[CBS News]]|title=Bloggers Laugh Over Jon Stewart Study|date=June 28, 2006|access-date=July 9, 2006|archive-date=July 6, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060706154759/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/06/27/blogophile/main1754241.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>

Stewart himself says that he does not perceive his show as cynical. "It's so interesting to me that people talk about late-night comedy being cynical," he says. "What's more cynical than forming an ideological news network like [[Fox News Channel|Fox]] and calling it '[[fair and balanced]]'? What we do, I almost think, is adorable in its idealism."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/20/arts/jon-stewart-s-perfect-pitch.html|title=Jon Stewart's Perfect Pitch|last=Rich|first=Frank|work=The New York Times|issn=1553-8095|oclc=1645522|date=April 20, 2003|access-date=July 8, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815032013/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/20/arts/jon-stewart-s-perfect-pitch.html|archive-date=August 15, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Stewart has said that he does not take any joy in the failings of American government, despite the comedic fodder they provide. "We're not the guys at the [[craps]] table betting against the line," he said on ''[[Larry King Live]]''. "If government suddenly became inspiring... we would be the happiest people in the world to turn our attention to idiots like, you know, media people, no offense."<ref name=transcripts1/>

In July 2009, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine held an online poll entitled "Now that [[Walter Cronkite]] has passed on, who is America's most trusted newscaster?"<ref>{{cite web|first=Jason|last=Linkins|date=2009-08-22|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/22/time-magazine-poll-jon-st_n_242933.html|title=Online Poll: Jon Stewart Is America's Most Trusted Newsman|work=The Huffington Post|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=November 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109035331/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/22/time-magazine-poll-jon-st_n_242933.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Jon Stewart won with 44% of the vote, 15 points ahead of Brian Williams in second place with 29%.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.timepolls.com/hppolls/archive/poll_results_417.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090724143359/http://www.timepolls.com/hppolls/archive/poll_results_417.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 24, 2009 |title=Now that Walter Cronkite has passed on, who is America's most trusted newscaster? |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |access-date=November 20, 2010 |issn=0040-781X|oclc=1311479}}</ref> Stewart downplayed the results on the show stating "It was an Internet poll and I was the 'None of the above' option".{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}

In June 2013, the [[Writers Guild of America]] ranked ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'' #17 on their list of the 101 Best Written TV Series.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wga.org/writers-room/101-best-lists/101-best-written-tv-series/list|title=101 Best Written TV Series|website=Writers Guild of America West|date=June 2, 2013}}</ref>

In December 2013, [[TV Guide]] ranked it #53 on its list of the 60 Best Series of All Time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/tv-guide-magazine-60-best-series-1074962/|title=TV Guide Magazine's 60 Best Series of All Time|work=TV Guide|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=January 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115211728/http://www.tvguide.com/news/tv-guide-magazine-60-best-series-1074962/|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Effectiveness ===
In late 2004, the [[National Annenberg Election Survey]] at the [[University of Pennsylvania]] ran a study of American television viewers and found that fans of ''The Daily Show'' had a more accurate idea of the facts behind the [[U.S. presidential election, 2004|2004 presidential election]] than most others, including those who primarily got their news through the national network evening newscasts and through reading newspapers.<ref>National Annenberg Election Survey, ''{{cite web |url= http://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/naes/2004_03_late-night-knowledge-2_9-21_pr.pdf|title=Daily Show viewers knowledgeable about presidential campaign, National Annenberg Election Survey shows |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20050308165738/http://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/naes/2004_03_late-night-knowledge-2_9-21_pr.pdf|archive-date=March 8, 2005}}'', press release, September 21, 2004. PDF file.</ref> However, in a 2004 campaign survey conducted by the Pew Research Center those who cited comedy shows such as ''The Daily Show'' as a source for news were among the least informed on campaign events and key aspects of the candidates' backgrounds while those who cited the Internet, [[National Public Radio]], and news magazines were the most informed. Even when age and education were taken into account, the people who learned about the campaigns through the Internet were still found to be the most informed, while those who learned from comedy shows were the least informed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://people-press.org/report/200/cable-and-internet-loom-large-in-fragmented-political-news-universe|title=Cable and Internet Loom Large in Fragmented Political News Universe|date=January 11, 2004|publisher=[[Pew Research Center]]|access-date=October 24, 2006|archive-date=March 10, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110310054119/http://people-press.org/report/200/cable-and-internet-loom-large-in-fragmented-political-news-universe|url-status=live}}</ref>

In a survey released by the Pew Research Center in April 2007, viewers who watch ''The Daily Show'' tend to be more knowledgeable about news than audiences of other news sources. Approximately 54% of ''The Daily Show'' viewers scored in the high knowledge range, followed by [[Jim Lehrer]]'s program at 53% and [[The O'Reilly Factor|Bill O'Reilly's program]] at 51%, significantly higher than the 34% of network morning show viewers. The survey shows that changing news formats have not made much difference on how much the public knows about national and international affairs, but adds that there is no clear connection between news formats and what audiences know.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://people-press.org/report/319/public-knowledge-of-current-affairs-little-changed-by-news-and-information-revolutions|title=Summary of Findings: Public Knowledge of Current Affairs Little Changed by News and Information Revolutions|publisher=[[Pew Research Center]]|date=April 2007|access-date=August 15, 2007|archive-date=March 10, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110310052143/http://people-press.org/report/319/public-knowledge-of-current-affairs-little-changed-by-news-and-information-revolutions|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Project for Excellence in Journalism]] released a content analysis report suggesting that ''The Daily Show'' comes close to providing the complete daily news.<ref>{{cite news|last=Eggerton|first=John|title=PEJ: 'The Daily Show' Borders on News Show|url=http://noownews.com/category/latest-pakistani-talk-shows-online/|work=noownews &|date=May 8, 2008|access-date=May 8, 2008|archive-date=December 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202090841/http://noownews.com/category/latest-pakistani-talk-shows-online/|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Episodes ==
{{Main|List of The Daily Show episodes{{!}}List of ''The Daily Show'' episodes}}

== Awards and nominations ==
{{Main|List of awards and nominations received by The Daily Show{{!}}List of awards and nominations received by ''The Daily Show''}}
Under host Jon Stewart, ''The Daily Show'' rose to critical acclaim. It has received two [[Peabody Award]]s for its coverage of the [[The Daily Show: Indecision 2000|2000]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://peabodyawards.com/award-profile/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-indecision-2000/ | title=The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: Indecision 2000 }}</ref> and [[The Daily Show: Indecision 2004|2004 presidential elections]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://peabodyawards.com/award-profile/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-indecision-2004/ | title=The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: Indecision 2004 }}</ref> Between 2001 and 2015, it has been awarded 24 [[Primetime Emmy Award]]s in the categories of [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series|Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Series]] (winner for 10 consecutive years from 2003 to 2012) and [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program|Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music, or Comedy Program]], and a further seven nominations. The show has also been honored by [[GLAAD Media Awards|GLAAD]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hayes |first=Dade |date=2017-05-07 |title=Debra Messing, Trevor Noah, Oxygen's 'Strut' Honored at GLAAD NY Awards |url=https://deadline.com/2017/05/messing-noah-win-ny-glaad-awards1202086207-1202086207/ |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> the [[Television Critics Association]], and the [[Satellite Awards]]. ''[[America (The Book)]]: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction'', the 2004 bestseller written by Stewart and the writing staff of ''The Daily Show'', was recognized by [[Publishers Weekly]] as its "Book of the Year", and its abridged audiobook edition received the 2005 [[Grammy Award]] for [[Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album|Best Comedy Album]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115147/awards|title=Awards for The Daily Show|publisher=IMDb|access-date=July 13, 2008|archive-date=February 15, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215030010/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115147/awards|url-status=live}}</ref> 

In September 2010, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine selected the series as one of "The 100 Best TV Shows of All-TIME".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://time.com/collection/all-time-100-tv-shows/ | title=All-TIME 100 TV Shows }}</ref> In 2015, the show received its third [[Peabody Award]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.peabodyawards.com/stories/story/the-peabody-30 |title=The Peabody 30 – Complete Winner's List |date=May 3, 2016 |access-date=February 28, 2020 |archive-date=February 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221192124/http://www.peabodyawards.com/stories/story/the-peabody-30 |url-status=live }}</ref> for the show's "lasting impact on political satire, television comedy and even politics itself."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.peabodyawards.com/stories/story/2015-individual-and-institutional-honorees|title=2015 Individual and Institutional Honorees|website=www.peabodyawards.com|date=April 12, 2016|access-date=January 13, 2017|archive-date=April 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415135926/http://www.peabodyawards.com/stories/story/2015-individual-and-institutional-honorees|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Global editions ==
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''The Daily Show'' airs on various networks worldwide; in addition, an edited version of the show called ''The Daily Show: Global Edition'' was produced each week specifically for overseas audiences until mid-2020. It has been airing outside of the U.S. on [[CNN International]] and other overseas networks since September 2002.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117998817.html |title=Daily Show Moments That Mattered|author=Staff writer|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=January 20, 2009|access-date=January 22, 2009}}</ref> This edition runs for a half-hour and contains a selection of segments, including one guest interview from the preceding week's shows, usually from the Monday or Tuesday episode. Noah provides an exclusive introductory monologue in front of an audience, usually about the week's prevalent international news story, and closing comments without an audience present.<ref name=global>{{cite news|url=http://articles.nydailynews.com/2002-07-10/entertainment/18203515_1_cnn-international-rena-golden-jon-stewart|title=Jon Stewart's Comedy is Going Global|last=Petrozzello|first=Donna|work=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]|location=New York |date=July 10, 2002|access-date=July 8, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730133229/http://articles.nydailynews.com/2002-07-10/entertainment/18203515_1_cnn-international-rena-golden-jon-stewart|archive-date=July 30, 2012}}</ref> When aired on CNN International, the broadcast is prefaced by a written disclaimer: "The show you are about to watch is a news parody. Its stories are not fact checked. Its reporters are not journalists. And its opinions are not fully thought through."{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}

Since February 27, 2017, ''The Daily Show with Trevor Noah'' has been regularly simulcast on [[Black Entertainment Television]].

Between 2001 and 2006, [[Westwood One (1976–2011)|Westwood One]] broadcast small, ninety-second portions of the show to various radio stations across America.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.allbusiness.com/services/business-services-miscellaneous-business/4818518-1.html|title=Inside Media: News of the Market|last=Torpey-Kemph|first=Anne|publisher=Mediaweek|date=February 12, 2002|access-date=October 31, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071225013417/http://www.allbusiness.com/services/business-services-miscellaneous-business/4818518-1.html|archive-date=December 25, 2007}}</ref>

In Canada, ''The Daily Show'' was aired on [[The Comedy Network]] (a cable channel similar to Comedy Central), in simulcast with the Comedy Central airing, as well as on the [[CTV Television Network|CTV]] broadcast network at 12:05&nbsp;a.m. local time, following late local newscasts. After the [[2023 Writers Guild of America strike]], The Daily Show has not been shown on any TV channel in Canada.

In the United Kingdom and Ireland, the digital television channel [[More4]] used to broadcast episodes of ''The Daily Show'' Tuesday through Friday evenings with the ''Global Edition'', which is uncensored, airing on Mondays; regular episodes air the evening following their U.S. airing. More4 was the first international broadcaster to syndicate entire ''Daily Show'' episodes, though they made edits to the program due to content, language, length or commercial references. The program was also available to watch via the internet [[video on demand]] service [[4oD]]. However, the 'toss' to ''The Colbert Report'' was usually included even though it was aired on [[Fox (UK and Ireland)|FX]], another channel.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.fxuk.com/shows/the-colbert-report | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091006082604/http://www.fxuk.com/shows/the-colbert-report | archive-date=October 6, 2009 | title=Stream Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, Nat Geo }}</ref> In addition, the placement of commercial breaks followed the UK format, with one break midway through the show rather than several short breaks at various points. When ''The Daily Show'' was on hiatus, either re-runs or alternative content were aired. Since January 2011, only the Global Edition is broadcast.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/dec/20/more4-daily-show-stewart|title=More4 cuts back The Daily Show to one episode a week|work=The Guardian|date=December 21, 2010|access-date=December 16, 2016|archive-date=March 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301214253/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/dec/20/more4-daily-show-stewart|url-status=live}}</ref>
In July 2012 [[Comedy Central (UK and Ireland)|Comedy Central]] announced that ''The Daily Show'' would be shown on [[Comedy Central Extra]] in the same format as previously on More4, with episodes shown 24 hours after airing in the U.S.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comedycentral.co.uk/news/the-daily-show-starts-comedy-central-extra-july-2012-9e3c7d90/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120629044208/http://www.comedycentral.co.uk/news/the-daily-show-starts-comedy-central-extra-july-2012-9e3c7d90 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 29, 2012 |title=Articles, Quizzes, Competitions – Comedy Central |work=Comedy Central UK }}</ref> The show aired on the channel from July 2012 to April 2015.

The Global Edition of the week of July 20, 2011, was not aired in the UK as it included a segment mocking [[Rupert Murdoch]]'s appearance before the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee in relation to the [[News International phone hacking scandal]].<ref name="ukban">{{Cite news |title=No Joke: UK Anti-Satire Law Means Daily Show's Parliament Coverage Is Banned In England |url=http://www.mediaite.com/tv/no-joke-uk-anti-satire-law-means-daily-show%E2%80%99s-parliament-coverage-is-banned-in-england/ |publisher=[[Mediaite]] |date=July 29, 2011 |first=Josh |last=Feldman |access-date=July 29, 2011 |archive-date=March 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220304095539/https://www.mediaite.com/tv/no-joke-uk-anti-satire-law-means-daily-show%e2%80%99s-parliament-coverage-is-banned-in-england/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Parliamentary rules ban parliamentary proceedings from being broadcast in a satirical context.<ref name="ukban" /> Stewart dedicated a segment of the show on August 2, 2011, to lampooning the censorship of the episode in Britain.<ref>{{cite news |title=Jon Stewart Responds To Being Banned In The UK: 'Are You Not Allowed To Praise England In England?' |url=http://www.mediaite.com/tv/jon-stewart-responds-to-being-banned-in-the-uk-are-you-not-allowed-to-praise-england-in-england/ |publisher=[[Mediaite]] |date=August 2, 2011 |first=Frances |last=Martel |access-date=August 3, 2011 |archive-date=November 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112180414/http://www.mediaite.com/tv/jon-stewart-responds-to-being-banned-in-the-uk-are-you-not-allowed-to-praise-england-in-england/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In May that year, ''The Daily Show'' mocked the ban on using footage of the [[Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton|Royal Wedding]] in a satirical context with an animated video that showed [[Paddington Bear]], [[Gollum]] and [[Adolf Hitler]] as guests at the wedding, and depicted its attendants engaging in various forms of violent and sexual behavior.<ref>{{cite news |title=Exclusive: The Daily Show Covers the Royal Wedding Uncensored |url=http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/2011/05/04/exclusive-the-daily-show-covers-the-royal-wedding-uncensored/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110505035911/http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/2011/05/04/exclusive-the-daily-show-covers-the-royal-wedding-uncensored/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 5, 2011 |publisher=Comedy Central |date=May 4, 2011 |first=Matt |last=Tobey |access-date=July 29, 2011}}</ref> Stewart later discussed the ban with guest [[Keira Knightley]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Jon Stewart: Royal Decree Against Satire Prevented Daily Show From Using Royal Wedding Footage |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/kate-middleton-jon-stewart-prince-william-royal-wedding-daily-show-video-2011-5 |work=[[Business Insider]] |date=May 10, 2011 |first=Noah |last=Davis |access-date=July 29, 2011 |archive-date=July 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714073448/http://www.businessinsider.com/kate-middleton-jon-stewart-prince-william-royal-wedding-daily-show-video-2011-5 |url-status=live }}</ref>

''The Daily Show'' used to be aired in [[India]] on [[Comedy Central (India)|Comedy Central India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://splitsider.com/2013/05/india-briefly-banned-comedy-central-for-being-derogatory-to-women/|title=India Briefly Banned Comedy Central for Being Derogatory to Women|work=Splitsider|access-date=June 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622043750/http://splitsider.com/2013/05/india-briefly-banned-comedy-central-for-being-derogatory-to-women|archive-date=June 22, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

''The Daily Show'' aired on Australian [[Pay TV]] channel, [[The Comedy Channel]], weeknights at 6:30pm. [[Free-to-air]] digital channel [[ABC2]] began broadcasting the show without commercial breaks in March 2010, but discontinued in January 2011 when [[The Comedy Channel]] obtained exclusive rights;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2011/01/colbert-report-daily-show-abc2-update.html|title=Colbert Report / Daily Show: ABC2 Update|date=January 5, 2011|website=TV Tonight|access-date=December 20, 2019|archive-date=December 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191220203409/https://tvtonight.com.au/2011/01/colbert-report-daily-show-abc2-update.html|url-status=live}}</ref> episodes were also available on the network's online service [[ABC iView]] shortly after airing.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://blogs.abc.net.au/abc_tv/2010/03/abc2-gives-you-the-news-youll-want-to-choose-the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100308142458/http://blogs.abc.net.au/abc_tv/2010/03/abc2-gives-you-the-news-youll-want-to-choose-the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart.html | archive-date=March 8, 2010 | title=ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) }}</ref> [[The Comedy Channel]] (as well as ABC2 during 2010) used to air the show together with ''The Colbert Report'', and both air the ''Global Edition'' on Mondays and the regular edition Tuesday through Friday. The ''Global Edition'' was previously shown weekend late nights on [[SBS One|SBS]] before moving to [[Network TEN]]. The show now airs on [[10 Shake]] (owned by Comedy Central parent [[ViacomCBS]]).

In North Africa and the Middle East, the Daily Show was broadcast on [[Showtime Arabia]] starting in 2008 and ending in 2015. When the show transitioned under Noah, OSN decided to wait a bit before airing the new show.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenational.ae/arts-lifestyle/television/20150914/daily-show-with-trevor-noah-will-not-screen-on-osn|title=Daily Show with Trevor Noah will not screen on OSN – The National|date=September 14, 2015 |access-date=January 11, 2017|archive-date=January 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113080958/http://www.thenational.ae/arts-lifestyle/television/20150914/daily-show-with-trevor-noah-will-not-screen-on-osn|url-status=live}}</ref> Now, the Global Edition of Noah's show is broadcast on OSN's Comedy Central HD channel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arabianbusiness.com/osn-brings-comedy-central-middle-east-630908.html|title=OSN brings Comedy Central to Middle East|access-date=January 11, 2017|archive-date=January 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113123116/http://www.arabianbusiness.com/osn-brings-comedy-central-middle-east-630908.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Episodes are often edited if they contain topics deemed inappropriate for the region.

Episodes of the U.S. version are also available online the next day at Comedy Central's official ''Daily Show'' website, although this service is not available in all countries. However, clips for UK and Ireland viewers became available on the UK Comedy Central website in December 2011.<ref>{{cite news|last=Mann|first=Andrea|title='The Daily Show' Clips Now Available In The UK! Hoorah!|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/01/04/the-daily-show-clips-uk_n_1182783.html?ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false|access-date=March 2, 2012|newspaper=Huffington Post UK|date=January 5, 2012|archive-date=October 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017132357/http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/01/04/the-daily-show-clips-uk_n_1182783.html?ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== ''The Daily Show: Nederlandse Editie'' ===
An official Dutch version of the show called ''{{lang|nl|The Daily Show: Nederlandse Editie}}'' (''The Daily Show: Dutch Edition'') premiered on the Dutch Comedy Central on January 31, 2011. The program is similar to the original, except with Dutch news and a Dutch view on international news. The show is hosted by comedian Jan-Jaap van der Wal, who was a team captain on ''[[Dit was het nieuws]]'', the Dutch edition of ''[[Have I Got News For You]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.comedycentral.nl/news/the-daily-show/ |title=The Daily Show: Nederlandse Editie |publisher=Comedy Central |access-date=March 30, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110110035136/http://www.comedycentral.nl/news/the-daily-show |archive-date=January 10, 2011 }}</ref> The first episode featured a guest appearance by Jon Stewart (recorded at the New York studio), who gave his official blessing for the show.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://comedycentral-nl.mtvnimages.com/jj_john_stewart.jpg|title=Jan-Jaap van der Wal with Jon Stewart|publisher=Comedy Central|access-date=March 30, 2011|archive-date=July 14, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714130039/http://comedycentral-nl.mtvnimages.com/jj_john_stewart.jpg|url-status=live}}</ref> This is also the first and still only franchise of ''The Daily Show''. The 'Dutch Edition' didn't make it past the test run of 12 episodes due to lack of viewers.

== Spin-offs ==
=== ''The Colbert Report'' ===
{{Main|The Colbert Report{{!}}''The Colbert Report''}}
A spin-off, ''The Colbert Report'', was announced in early May 2005. The show starred former correspondent Stephen Colbert, and served as Comedy Central's answer to the programs of media pundits such as Bill O'Reilly. Colbert, Stewart, and Ben Karlin developed the idea for the show based on a series of faux television commercials that had been created for an earlier ''Daily Show'' segment. They pitched the concept to Comedy Central chief Doug Herzog, who agreed to run the show for eight weeks without first creating a pilot.<ref name=TCR>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2005-10-13-colbert_x.htm|title=First 'Stewart', Now 'Colbert'|last=Levin|first=Gary|work=USA Today|date=October 13, 2005|access-date=July 8, 2008|archive-date=May 27, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080527211926/http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2005-10-13-colbert_x.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> ''The Colbert Report'' premiered on October 17, 2005, and aired following ''The Daily Show'' for nine years. Initial ratings satisfied Comedy Central and less than three weeks after its debut the show was renewed for a year.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.backstage.com/bso/news_reviews/multimedia/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001433787 |title=Comedy Central Extends 'Colbert Report' |last=Speight |first=Kimberly |work=Back Stage |date=November 3, 2005 |access-date=July 8, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220084016/http://www.backstage.com/bso/news_reviews/multimedia/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001433787 |archive-date=February 20, 2009 }}</ref> ''The Colbert Report'' was produced by Jon Stewart's production company, [[Busboy Productions]].

In 2014 it was announced that Colbert would leave Comedy Central to host ''[[The Late Show with Stephen Colbert]]'' on [[CBS]] in 2015, following the retirement of [[David Letterman]].<ref name="A Successor to Colbert Is Named">{{cite news|last1=Carter|first1=Bill|title=A Successor to 'Colbert' Is Named|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/10/business/media/larry-wilmore-to-take-place-of-stephen-colbert-on-comedy-central.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 9, 2014 |access-date=December 11, 2014|archive-date=May 10, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140510181053/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/10/business/media/larry-wilmore-to-take-place-of-stephen-colbert-on-comedy-central.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[The final episode of The Colbert Report|The final episode of ''The Colbert Report'']] aired on December 18, 2014.

=== ''The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore'' ===
{{Main|The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore{{!}}''The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore''}}
On May 9, 2014, it was announced that [[Larry Wilmore]] had been selected to host a show on Comedy Central to serve as a replacement for ''The Colbert Report''. On January 19, 2015, Wilmore began hosting ''The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore'', a [[Late night television|late-night]] [[Panel discussion|panel]] [[Late-night talk show|talk show]]. It was produced by Busboy Productions. On August 15, 2016, Comedy Central announced that Wilmore's show had been cancelled. The show ended on August 18, 2016, with a total of 259 episodes.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/16/business/media/comedy-central-cancels-larry-wilmores-late-night-show.html|title=Comedy Central Cancels Larry Wilmore's Late-Night Show|date=August 16, 2016|work=The New York Times|access-date=February 18, 2017|archive-date=January 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126003759/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/16/business/media/comedy-central-cancels-larry-wilmores-late-night-show.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== ''The Opposition with Jordan Klepper'' ===
{{Main|The Opposition with Jordan Klepper{{!}}''The Opposition with Jordan Klepper''}}
On April 4, 2017, Comedy Central announced a brand-new spinoff to occupy the 11:30&nbsp;p.m. time slot which had not had an original show since the canceling of ''The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore''. ''The Daily Show'''s senior correspondent [[Jordan Klepper]] was enlisted as host, with Klepper, Stuart Miller, and Trevor Noah serving as executive producers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/04/daily-show-spinoff-jordan-klepper-comedy-centralr-1130-pm-slot-1202060672/|title=Comedy Central Sets 'Daily Show' Spinoff Starring Jordan Klepper For 11:30 PM Slot|date=April 4, 2017|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=October 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030090134/https://deadline.com/2017/04/daily-show-spinoff-jordan-klepper-comedy-centralr-1130-pm-slot-1202060672/|url-status=live}}</ref> The show intends to "satirize the hyperbolic, conspiracy-laden noise machine that is the alternative-media landscape on both the [[Alternative media (U.S. political right)|right]] and [[Alternative media (U.S. political left)|left]]."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://press.cc.com/press-release/2017/07/25/press-the-opposition-with-jordan-klepper-launches-monday-september-25-at-1130-pm|title=PRESS – The Opposition with Jordan Klepper Launches Monday September 25 at 1130 PM|date=July 25, 2017|work=Comedy Central|access-date=October 15, 2017|archive-date=December 25, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071225013417/http://www.allbusiness.com/services/business-services-miscellaneous-business/4818518-1.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The show aired from September 25, 2017, to June 28, 2018. Comedy Central announced that Klepper would be hosting a new primetime weekly talk show, ''[[Klepper (TV series)|Klepper]]'', which debuted in 2019.

=== The Daily Show With Trevor Noah: Ears Edition ===
In February 2018, Comedy Central launched a 5 episode mini series podcast. It offered fans a more unique way to interact with the show give it was top viewed media.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Haring |first=Bruce |date=2019-12-20 |title=‘The Daily Show With Trevor Noah’ Launches New Podcast Miniseries |url=https://deadline.com/2019/12/the-daily-show-trevor-noah-podcast-miniseries-launch-1202814538/ |access-date=2024-01-31 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Books ===
* ''The Daily Show's Five Questions from Comedy Central'', published in 1998, is a book written by [[Craig Kilborn]] and other writers of ''The Daily Show'' that contains new material from the "Five Questions" segment.
* ''[[America (The Book)]]: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction'', published in 2004, is a book written by [[Jon Stewart]] and other writers of ''The Daily Show'' that parodies and satirizes American politics and worldview.
* ''[[Earth (The Book)]]: A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race'', published in 2010, is a book written by [[Jon Stewart]] and other writers of ''The Daily Show'' and is similar in style to ''America (The Book)'', but focuses on planet and human culture instead of the history of America.
* ''The Daily Show (The Book): An Oral History as Told by Jon Stewart, the Correspondents, Staff and Guests'', published in 2016, is a book written by Chris Smith, a contributing editor at [[New York Magazine]], and other members of the ''Daily Show'' family. The book chronicles the 16 years of ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart''.
* ''The Donald J. Trump Presidential Twitter Library'', published in 2018, is a book written by [[Trevor Noah]] and other writers of ''The Daily Show'' that parodies and satirizes President [[Donald Trump]]'s usage of his [[Donald Trump on social media|Twitter account]].

=== Unofficial spin-offs ===
''The Daily Show''{{'}}s satirical format has inspired international versions unaffiliated with Comedy Central.
* In [[Algeria]], The Daily Show broadcast of Comedy Central Algeria Presented by Abdelkarim Derraji, The Algerian Comedian on Social Media It premiered in June 2021.
* In [[Iran]], the [[Persian language|Persian-language]] satire program ''[[Parazit]]'' (meaning "static") was directly inspired by ''The Daily Show'' with the hosts even making a guest appearance on the January 20, 2011, episode of ''The Daily Show''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Buck|first=James|title=When the Iranian Daily Show met 'The Daily Show,' it was a match made in social media heaven|url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/blog-post/2011/01/when_the_iranian_daily_show_me.html|access-date=May 25, 2012|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=January 21, 2011|archive-date=May 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529035409/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/blog-post/2011/01/when_the_iranian_daily_show_me.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Parazit was later succeeded by [[OnTen]] debuting on May 11, 2012.
* In [[Germany]], the ''[[heute-show]]'' has aired on [[ZDF]] since 2009.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tagesspiegel.de/medien/fernsehkritik-oliver-welkes-heute-show-funktionierte/1523474.html|title=Fernsehkritik: Oliver Welkes "heute Show" funktionierte – Medien – Tagesspiegel|work=tagesspiegel.de|date=May 27, 2009|language=de|access-date=May 28, 2012|archive-date=October 2, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002115600/http://www.tagesspiegel.de/medien/fernsehkritik-oliver-welkes-heute-show-funktionierte/1523474.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The name is derived from the main ZDF news program [[heute]] (which means "today").
* In [[Egypt]], the show ''[[Al Bernameg]]'' was modeled after ''The Daily Show'' as well. Host [[Bassem Youssef (television host)|Bassem Youssef]] even imitated Jon Stewart's mannerisms, such as using his mug as a comedic prop.<ref>{{cite news|last=Marz|first=Willem|title=Bassem Youssef: Egypt's Jon Stewart|url=http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-03-29/bassem-youssef-egypts-jon-stewart|access-date=May 25, 2012|newspaper=BusinessWeek|date=March 29, 2012|archive-date=October 1, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141001034830/http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-03-29/bassem-youssef-egypts-jon-stewart|url-status=dead}}</ref> Youssef has appeared as a guest on The Daily Show multiple times.
* In [[India]], ''[[On Air With AIB]]'' was modeled after The Daily Show, SNL, and Last Week Tonight.
* In [[Indonesia]], ''Republik Mimpi'' was modeled after The Daily Show and [[Spitting Image]]<ref name="Republik Mimpi Episodes">{{cite web |title=Republik Mimpi Episodes |url=https://sea.lib.niu.edu/islandora/object/SEAImages%3Armp- |website=Southeast Asia Digital Library |publisher=Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University |access-date=23 June 2022}}</ref>
* In [[Iraq]], ''[[Albasheer Show]]'' is a reduced version (with no celebrity interviews) and is hosted by the Iraqi journalist/comedian Ahmad Al-Basheer; commenting and criticizing local political issues.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}
* In [[Israel]], the ''Daily Show'' was one of the main inspirations for ''[[Eretz Nehederet]]'', a popular Israeli satire.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kraft|first1=Dina|title=Satire That Spares Nothing, Not Even God and Country|work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/02/international/middleeast/02telaviv.html|access-date=May 28, 2016|agency=The New York Times|date=January 27, 2017|archive-date=January 26, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126060829/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/02/international/middleeast/02telaviv.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* In [[Portugal]], during the 2009 legislative election campaign, Portuguese comedy group [[Gato Fedorento]] hosted ''Gato Fedorento Esmiúça os Sufrágios'', a satirical news show modeled after ''The Daily Show''{{'}}s election coverage segments, which attracted immediate public attention after securing the key political candidates as guests.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.publico.pt/temas/jornal/gato-fedorento-em-versao-daily-show--entram-na-campanha-eleitoral-17754273|title=Gato Fedorento em versão Daily Show entram na campanha eleitoral|author=Joana Amaral Cardoso|work=PÚBLICO|date=September 8, 2009 |access-date=June 23, 2014|archive-date=December 13, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213013919/http://www.publico.pt/temas/jornal/gato-fedorento-em-versao-daily-show--entram-na-campanha-eleitoral-17754273|url-status=live}}</ref>
* In [[Croatia]], ''Montirani proces'', a short-lived satirical program, heavily inspired by ''The Daily Show'', ran for only six episodes in 2016,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://montiraniproces.hrt.hr/emisije |title=Emisije |last=NewsBar |website=Montirani proces |access-date=2016-05-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160531205309/http://montiraniproces.hrt.hr/emisije |archive-date=May 31, 2016 }}</ref> before being controversially cancelled by the newly appointed conservative administration of the [[Croatian Radiotelevision]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vecernji.hr/hrvatska/hrt-ukinuo-montirani-proces-i-nece-ga-vise-snimati-1068948|title=HRT ukinuo 'Montirani proces' i neće ga više snimati|website=Večernji.hr|access-date=May 28, 2016|archive-date=April 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426223304/http://www.vecernji.hr/hrvatska/hrt-ukinuo-montirani-proces-i-nece-ga-vise-snimati-1068948|url-status=live}}</ref>
* In [[Armenia]]: ''ArmComedy'' is an [[Armenia]]n comedy show first aired in March 2012. It is aired thrice a week on ArmNews TV channel. Started as a satirical news website it later evolved into a web series on CivilNet Internet TV channel. After two years creators of the show were invited to expand to network television. "<ref name="mediaam">{{cite news|title=ArmComedy Satirical News Site Makes the Move to Television|url=http://m.media.am/en/Armcomedy-Armnews|access-date=February 25, 2012|date=February 25, 2012|agency=Media.am|archive-date=May 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503222406/http://m.media.am/en/Armcomedy-Armnews|url-status=live}}</ref> ''ArmComedy'' became the "first satiric news show in Armenia dripped in political humor and wit, reporting the real news with a different perspective.".<ref name="armenianow">{{cite news|title=Laughing All the Way to the Polls: Satirical TV show seen as first-of-its-kind approach to Armenian presidential campaign|url=http://armenianow.com/vote_2013/43497/armcomedy_show_armenia_presidential_elections_2013|access-date=March 23, 2013|date=February 15, 2013|agency=ArmeniaNow|archive-date=February 18, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130218055915/http://www.armenianow.com/vote_2013/43497/armcomedy_show_armenia_presidential_elections_2013|url-status=live}}</ref> Every episode of ArmComedy is written and hosted by Armenian comedians [[Narek Margaryan]] and Sergey Sargsyan. It has been dubbed in press as "Armenia's version of The Daily Show".<ref name="SplitSider">{{cite news|title=Watch Conan O'Brien's Delightful Appearance on Armenia's Version of 'The Daily Show'|url=http://splitsider.com/2015/10/watch-conan-obriens-delightful-appearance-on-armenias-version-of-the-daily-show/|access-date=October 15, 2015|date=October 15, 2015|agency=SplitSider|archive-date=October 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016124552/http://splitsider.com/2015/10/watch-conan-obriens-delightful-appearance-on-armenias-version-of-the-daily-show/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* In [[Ukraine]], ''ChistoNEWS'' is a [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] comedy show first aired in March 2012.
* In the [[United Kingdom]], ''[[The Mash Report]]'' is a British version of the format, hosted by [[Nish Kumar]].
* In [[Belgium]], ''[[De ideale wereld]]'', Will be hosted by [[Ella leyers]] next season.

== See also ==
* [[Comedy Central's Indecision 2000|''The Daily Show'': Indecision 2000]]
* [[The Daily Show: Indecision 2004|''The Daily Show'': Indecision 2004]]
* [[The Daily Show: Indecision 2006|''The Daily Show'': Indecision 2006]]
* [[Comedy Central's Indecision 2008]]
* [[Jon Stewart–Jim Cramer conflict]]
* ''[[Inside Washington]]''
* [[List of The Daily Show episodes|List of ''The Daily Show'' episodes]]
* [[List of The Daily Show writers|List of ''The Daily Show'' writers]]
* ''[[Real Time with Bill Maher]]''
* ''[[Washington Week]]''
* ''[[Who Made Huckabee?]]''

== References ==
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== Further reading ==
* Baym, Geoffrey. "[https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20080625070407/http://tigger.uic.edu/depts/pols/PolComConf/BaymTheDailyShow.pdf The Daily Show and the reinvention of political journalism]". Paper presented at the annual Pre-APSA Conference on Political Communication, Chicago, September 1, 2004.
* Goodnow, Trischa. (ed.). ''The Daily Show and Rhetoric: Arguments, Issues, and Strategies''. (Lexington Books, 2011) {{ISBN|978-0-7391-5003-0}}.
* Holt, Jason. (ed.). ''The Daily Show and Philosophy: Moments of Zen in the Art of Fake News''. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2007) {{ISBN|978-1-4051-6314-9}}.
* Jones, Jeffrey P. [https://web.archive.org/web/20040814091446/http://www.rowmanlittlefield.com/Catalog/SingleBook.shtml?command=Search&db=%5EDB%2FCATALOG.db&eqSKUdata=0742530884 ''Entertaining Politics: New Political Television and Civic Culture'']. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005.
* Rocca, Mo. [http://www.newsweek.com/id/85681 "Report from Philly: What's Wrong with Rabble Rousing? A Correspondent for 'The Daily Show with Jon Stewart' Tried His Best to Ruffle Feathers at the Convention. A Web Exclusive by Mo Rocca"]. ''[[Newsweek]]''. August 14, 2000.
* Smith, Chris. ''The Daily Show (The Book): An Oral History as Told by Jon Stewart, the Correspondents, Staff and Guests''. New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2016, {{ISBN|978-1-4555-6538-2}}.

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