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The Daily Show: Mondays with Jon Stewart
Also known asThe Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Genre
Created by
Written bySee List of The Daily Show writers
Directed byDavid Paul Meyer
Presented byJon Stewart
StarringSee Lists of The Daily Show correspondents
Theme music composerBob Mould
Opening theme"Dog on Fire", performed by They Might Be Giants. Remix arranged by Timbaland and King Logan.
Country of originUnited States
No. of episodes1 (as of February 12, 2024) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer
  • Jill Katz (2015–present)
  • Jennifer Flanz (2013–present)
Other producers:
Production locationNEP Studio 52, New York City (2005–2020, 2022–present)
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)
Running time
  • 22 min. (1996–2020)
  • 45 min. (2020–present)
Production companyMTV Entertainment Studios
Original release
NetworkComedy Central
Paramount+
ReleaseFebruary 12, 2024 (2024-02-12) –
present
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The Daily Show: Mondays with Jon Stewart, also known as The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, is an American late-night talk and satirical news television program. It airs each Monday on Comedy Central with release shortly after on Paramount+.

The show is hosted by Jon Stewart, who previously hosted The Daily Show from 1999 to 2015, making the show more strongly focused on political satire and news satire, in contrast with the pop culture focus during Craig Kilborn's tenure.[1]

In September 2022, Stewart's successor, Trevor Noah, announced he would step down as the host of The Daily Show.[2] His last episode as host was on December 8, 2022. On 24 January 2024, It was announced that Stewart would return to host Monday night shows starting February 12, 2024 and through the fall elections.[3][4]

Background[edit]

Jon Stewart's first tenure[edit]

Main article: The Daily Show
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.[5] Stewart had previously hosted Short Attention Span Theater on Comedy Central,[6] 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.[7] 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 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.[8] 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.[9][10]

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.[11] 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."[12]

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.[13] 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 election campaign with which the show dealt in its "Indecision 2000" coverage.[14][15] Stewart himself describes the show's coverage of the 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.[16] 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:

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 – 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.[17]

— 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."[17]

Broadening the role of the correspondent[edit]

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.[14]

Popularity and critical respect[edit]

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.[18] Since Stewart became host, the show has won 23 Primetime Emmy Awards 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.[19] By September 2008, the show averaged nearly two million viewers per night.[20] Senator Barack Obama's interview on October 29, 2008, pulled in 3.6 million viewers.[21]

Jon Stewart's departure[edit]

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".[22]

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, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Lindsey Graham, Chris Christie, John Kerry, and Chuck Schumer.[23] 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" by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.[24]

End of Noah's tenure, Guest hosts[edit]

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, Hasan Minhaj, Sarah Silverman, Chelsea Handler, John Leguizamo, Marlon Wayans, Kal Penn, and D.L. Hughley, as well as both current and former correspondents.[25] The show returned from hiatus on January 17 with Leslie Jones guest hosting through January 19.[26][27] Jones was followed by Sykes, Hughley, Handler, and Silverman, each hosting a week through February 16.[28] 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.[29]

Announcement of Stewart's return[edit]

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.[30]

Broadcasting milestones[edit]

Schedule[edit]

First run episodes[edit]

Times in Eastern Standard Time.

Begin date End date Nights Start End Notes
February 12, 2024 present Monday 10:00 11:00 Stewart

References[edit]

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