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Seasons: 29
Total Episodes: 3919
Creators: Madeleine Smithberg , Lizz Winstead
Networks: Comedy Central
Status: Returning Series
First Air Date: Jul 22, 1996
Recent Air Date: Apr 25, 2024
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In Production: Yes
Original Language: English
Age Rating: TV-14
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Production Companies: MTV
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Episodes
Episode 1
05 January 2009 - David Gregory
Jon wants David Gregory to explain why Brett Favre walking off his charter plane is breaking news on MSBNC.
Episode 2
06 January 2009 - Michael Wolff
Author Michael Wolff.
Episode 3
07 January 2009 - Rachel Maddow
Wyatt Cenac, Samantha Bee and John Oliver go undercover for more information on the Obama girls. Aasif Mandvi says Sanjay Gupta's appointment will be a tremendous over achievement in a community of overachievers. Rachel Maddow is insulted as an American that the Obamas can't stay in the presidential guesthouse.
Episode 4
08 January 2009 - Dana Perino
Barack Obama dines with all the living ex-presidents, and Joe the Plumber goes to Gaza. Roland Burris is turned away while trying to take his Senate seat. Dana Perino talks about her 12 days left in the White House.
Episode 5
12 January 2009 - Maxwell Kennedy
Barack Obama doesn't sound like a newly elected president. John Oliver explains Rod Blagojevich's Tennyson reference. Jason Jones learns how to be a great pundit, and Maxwell Kennedy discusses kamikaze pilots.
Episode 6
13 January 2009 - Daniel Craig
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 7
14 January 2009 - Fareed Zakaria
Marcus Schrenker is caught faking his own death. Hillary Clinton gets sleepy at her confirmation hearing. Lewis Black lists the mega corporations asking for bailouts, and Fareed Zakaria talks about terrorism in India.
Episode 8
15 January 2009 - Bethany McLean
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 9
19 January 2009 - Abderrahim Foukara
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 10
20 January 2009 - Bishop Gene Robinson
A veritable who's who of statesmen arrives for Barack Obama's historic inauguration. Jason Jones brushes off any comparisons between the Obama and Bush speeches. Wyatt Cenac reports from Obama's crazy-cool inaugural ball. Samantha Bee declares an end to frat boy humor, and Gene Robinson prays for Rick Warren.
Episode 11
21 January 2009 - David Sanger
Barack Obama watches the inaugural parade and then hits the parties. John Oliver feels the unity in DC, the news networks cover the inauguration differently, and David Sanger warns of the danger Pakistan poses.
Episode 12
22 January 2009 - Liam Neeson
Hillary Clinton frees the State Department, and Barack Obama moves to close Guantanamo Bay. Gitmo is excited to leave, but he still wants to kill you. Rush Limbaugh hopes Barack Obama fails, and Liam Neeson visits the horse stable next door.
Episode 13
26 January 2009 - President Jimmy Carter
Rod Blagojevich boycotts his own impeachment trial, Barack Obama closes down Guantanamo, and Jon gives Jimmy Carter a gift.
Episode 14
27 January 2009 - Gwen Ifill
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 15
28 January 2009 - Neil DeGrasse Tyson
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 16
29 January 2009 - P.W. Singer
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 17
02 February 2009 - Lawrence Lindsey
The Republicans pick Michael Steele as their RNC chairman, and now Wyatt Cenac is confused. The Super Bowl ads show where we are as a culture, and Lawrence Lindsey agrees with Jon's stimulus plan.
Episode 18
03 February 2009 - Dev Patel
The star of Slumdog Millionaire drops by to promote the Oscar-nominated movie.
Episode 19
04 February 2009 - Karen Greenberg
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 20
05 February 2009 - Randall Balmer
Author of God in the White House: A History: How Faith Shaped the Presidency from John F. Kennedy to George W.
Episode 21
09 February 2009 - Walter Isaacson
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 22
10 February 2009 - Thomas Ricks
Barack Obama gives thoughtful answers at a press conference. Samantha Bee meets a few robot soldiers, and Thomas Ricks says we'll be in Iraq for a long time.
Episode 23
11 February 2009 - Daniel Sperling
The author of "Two Billion Cars: Driving Toward Sustainability" draws up a road map to smarter energy policy.
Episode 24
12 February 2009 - John Sununu
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 25
23 February 2009 - Jeff Bezos
Jeff Bezos the founder of Amazon.
Episode 26
24 February 2009 - Ricky Gervais
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 27
25 February 2009 - Tom Selleck
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 28
26 February 2009 - Brian Williams
Fox News reports on a Joe Biden gaffe, and Congressman Rob Bishop opposes the "monkey bite bill." Hillary Clinton discusses poetry in Asia, and Brian Williams doesn't Twitter.
Episode 29
02 March 2009 - Harold Varmus
The Nobel Prize-winning scientist navigates the real world or research in "The Art and Politics of Science.
Episode 30
03 March 2009 - Sandra Day O'Connor
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 31
04 March 2009 - Joe Nocera
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 32
05 March 2009 - Billy Crudup
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 33
09 March 2009 - Nathaniel Frank
Author of the new book 'Unfriendly Fire: How the Gay Ban Undermines the Military and Weakens America'.
Episode 34
10 March 2009 - Craig Mullaney
West Point graduate, Rhodes Scholar, Army Ranger and author of the new book 'The Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier's Education'.
Episode 35
11 March 2009 - Paul Rudd
Actor Paul Rudd talks about his new movie 'I Love You Man'.
Episode 36
12 March 2009 - Jim Cramer
Jon and Jim Cramer prepare for their highly anticipated skirmish. Bernie Madoff pleads guilty to 11 counts of fraud. Jim Cramer admits to his mistakes, and vows to do a better job reporting the financial market.
Episode 37
16 March 2009 - Gen. Richard B. Myers
Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Richard B. Myers talks about his new book 'Eyes on the Horizon: Serving on the Front Lines of National Security'.
Episode 38
17 March 2009 - Ian McShane
Actor Ian McShane talks about his new show 'Kings'.
Episode 39
18 March 2009 - Nandan Nilekani
Jon Stewart interviews Nandan Nilekani, Author of 'Imagining India: The Idea of a Renewed Nation'.
Episode 40
19 March 2009 - Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen comes by the show to promote his new album 'Working on a Dream'.
Episode 41
30 March 2009 - Jack Cafferty
Wolf Blitzer's resident political observer takes a break from 'The Cafferty File' to discuss the latest tomfoolery in Washington D.C.
Episode 42
31 March 2009 - Seth Rogen
Actor Seth Rogen talks about his latest movie 'Observe and Report'.
Episode 43
01 April 2009 - Peter Orszag
Economist and current Director of the Office of Management and Budget under President Barack Obama, Peter Orszag is tonight's guest.
Episode 44
02 April 2009 - Tom Zoellner
Author Tom Zoellner talks about his book 'Uranium - War, Energy and the Rock That Shaped the World'.
Episode 45
06 April 2009 - Michael J. Fox
Segments: - - Guests: Actor Michael J. Fox talks about his new book Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist.
Episode 46
07 April 2009 - Jehan Sadat
Segments: - - Guests: Jehan Sadat, the widow of the assassinated Egyptian president Anwar Sadat talks about her book My Hope for Peace.
Episode 47
08 April 2009 - Rep. Nancy Pelosi
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 48
09 April 2009 - William Cohan
Segments: - - Guests: Author William Cohan talks about his new book House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street.
Episode 49
14 April 2009 - Ron Darling
Ronald Maurice Darling, Jr. is an American former right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Mets, Oakland Athletics and Montreal Expos. Darling currently works as a color commentator for national baseball coverage on TBS as well as for the Mets on both SNY and WPIX. During his 13-year career, Darling amassed a 136–116 won-loss record, with 13 shutouts. He threw 1,590 strikeouts and had a 3.87 ERA. In 1985, he was picked for the All-Star team. Darling's weak point was control; he finished seasons in the top four in base on balls three times. He was considered one of the better fielding pitchers of the time, and won a Gold Glove Award in 1989. Darling had one of the best pickoff moves among right-handers. An above-average athlete, he was sometimes used as a pinch runner. In 1989, he hit home runs in two consecutive starts.
Episode 50
15 April 2009 - Elizabeth Warren
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 51
16 April 2009 - Ben Affleck
Segments: - - Guests: Actor Ben Affleck talks about his new movie "State of Play".
Episode 52
20 April 2009 - Reza Aslan
President Obama releases the memos on America's handbook for torture. Lewis Black examines the TV networks that are reaching out to kids for Earth Day. Reza Aslan believes Al Qaeda is fighting a war of the imagination.
Episode 53
21 April 2009 - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Liberia's "Iron Lady," the first elected female head of state in Africa, discusses her new memoir, "This Child Will Be Great," with Jon.
Episode 54
22 April 2009 - Philip Alcabes
Philip Alcabes is an infectious-disease epidemiologist who talks about his new book 'Dread: How Fear and Fantasy have Fueled Epidemics from the Black Death to the Avian Flu'.
Episode 55
23 April 2009 - Richard Beeman
Author of "Plain Honest Men", Richard Beeman talks to Jon on the show tonight.
Episode 56
27 April 2009 - Christine Lagarde
France's Minister of Finance Christine Lagarde talks with Jon about the state of the global economy.
Episode 57
28 April 2009 - Clifford D. May
The President of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Clifford D. May, guest stars on tonight's show.
Episode 58
29 April 2009 - Doris Kearns Goodwin
Presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin joins Jon on the show tonight.
Episode 59
30 April 2009 - Hugh Jackman
Actor Hugh Jackman comes by on the show to talk about his new movie, X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
Episode 60
04 May 2009 - Denis Leary
Actor and star of Rescue Me, Denis Leary is on the show tonight.
Episode 61
05 May 2009 - Fareed Zakaria
Journalist and author Fareed Zakaria talks about his new book The Post-American World.
Episode 62
06 May 2009 - George Stephanopoulos
The guest on tonight's show is Chief Washington Correspondent for ABC News, George Stephanopoulos.
Episode 63
07 May 2009 - Ken Salazar
The current U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar talks to Jon tonight.
Episode 64
11 May 2009 - Frank Partnoy
Financial commentator and author of "The Match King: Ivar Kreuger, The Financial Genius Behind a Century of Wall Street Scandals", Frank Partnoy is on the show tonight.
Episode 65
12 May 2009 - Tom Hanks
Actor and star of the new movie Angels and Demons, Tom Hanks talks to Jon tonight.
Episode 66
13 May 2009 - Ambassador Husain Haqqani
Pakistan's Ambassador to the U.S. Husain Haqqani talks to Jon Stewart on the show tonight.
Episode 67
14 May 2009 - Lisa P. Jackson
EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson is talking on the show tonight.
Episode 68
18 May 2009 - Sarah Fisher
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 69
19 May 2009 - Newt Gingrich
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 70
20 May 2009 - Elizabeth Edwards
Michael Steele says gay marriage is bad for small business, and President Obama sets a national fuel efficiency standard. John Oliver defends England's moat scandal, and Elizabeth Edwards fights for health care.
Episode 71
21 May 2009 - Larry King
One of the most popular names in the television news game compares notes with Jon.
Episode 72
01 June 2009 - Bob Woodruff
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 73
02 June 2009 - P.J. O'Rourke
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 74
03 June 2009 - Michael Lewis
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 75
04 June 2009 - Will Ferrell
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 76
08 June 2009 - Gretchen Peters
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 77
09 June 2009 - Peter Schiff
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 78
10 June 2009 - Saad Mohseni
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 79
11 June 2009 - Katie Couric
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 80
15 June 2009 - Ed Helms
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 81
16 June 2009 - Tom Folsom
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 82
17 June 2009 - Peter Laufer
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 83
18 June 2009 - Mike Huckabee
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 84
22 June 2009 - Bill Russell
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 85
23 June 2009 - Larry David
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 86
24 June 2009 - Reza Aslan
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 87
25 June 2009 - Cameron Diaz
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 88
29 June 2009 - Dr. Oliver Sacks
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 89
30 June 2009 - Mike Kim
The U.S. leaves Iraq like a houseguest who broke something, and Dick Cheney complains about his own troop withdrawal timeline. Jon hands out Rippy Awards for the media's outstanding coverage of Michael Jackson's death. Mike Kim discusses his mission to help North Koreans escape to China.
Episode 90
01 July 2009 - Justin Fox
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 91
02 July 2009 - Robert Kenner
Filmmaker, "Food, Inc.
Episode 92
13 July 2009 - Rep. Barney Frank
The Massachusetts congressman discusses the new congress' legislative priorities with Jon.
Episode 93
14 July 2009 - Peter Mancall
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 94
15 July 2009 - Kathleen Sebelius
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 95
16 July 2009 - Robert Glennon
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 96
20 July 2009 - Brian Williams
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 97
21 July 2009 - Steven Chu
Interview with Energy Secretary Steven Chu.
Episode 98
22 July 2009 - Kevin Nealon
The controversy over Barack Obama's birth certificate lives on six months into his presidency. "Good Morning America" solves the mystery of Michael Jackson's lost corpse, and Kevin Nealon would never engage in autoerotic asphyxiation.
Episode 99
23 July 2009 - Sally Jenkins
The author and historian sits down with Jon to discuss a largely unknown anti-Confederacy rebellion in Civil War Mississippi.
Episode 100
27 July 2009 - Bill Kristol
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 101
28 July 2009 - Spinal Tap
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 102
29 July 2009 - John Bolton
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 103
30 July 2009 - Judd Apatow
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 104
03 August 2009 - Ronald Kessler
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 105
04 August 2009 - Rep. Henry Waxman
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 106
05 August 2009 - Paul Giamatti
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 107
06 August 2009 - Dara Torres
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 108
10 August 2009 - Douglas Brinkley
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 109
11 August 2009 - Austan Goolsbee
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 110
12 August 2009 - Jeff Sharlet
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 111
13 August 2009 - Rachel McAdams
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 112
17 August 2009 - David Cross
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 113
18 August 2009 - Christopher McDougall
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 114
19 August 2009 - Tim Gunn
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 115
20 August 2009 - Betsy McCaughey
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 116
14 September 2009 - LeBron James
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 117
15 September 2009 - Matt Damon
The award-winning actor returns to The Daily Show to discuss his new movie, "The Informant.
Episode 118
16 September 2009 - Wed, Sep 16, 2009
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 119
17 September 2009 - Thu, Sep 17, 2009
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 120
22 September 2009 - Tue, Sep 22, 2009
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 121
23 September 2009 - Wed, Sep 23, 2009
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 122
24 September 2009 - Thu, Sep 24, 2009
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 123
28 September 2009 - Mon, Sep 28, 2009
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 124
29 September 2009 - Tue, Sep 29, 2009
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 125
30 September 2009 - Wed, Sep 30, 2009
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 126
01 October 2009 - Thu, Oct 1, 2009
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 127
05 October 2009 - Mon, Oct 5, 2009
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 128
06 October 2009 - Tue, Oct 6, 2009
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 129
07 October 2009 - Wed, Oct 7, 2009
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 130
08 October 2009 - Thu, Oct 8, 2009
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 131
12 October 2009 - Mon, Oct 12, 2009
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 132
13 October 2009 - Tue, Oct 13, 2009
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 133
14 October 2009 - Wed, Oct 14, 2009
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 134
15 October 2009 - Thu, Oct 15, 2009
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 135
26 October 2009 - Mon, Oct 26, 2009
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 136
27 October 2009 - Tue, Oct 27, 2009
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 137
28 October 2009 - Wed, Oct 28, 2009
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 138
29 October 2009 - Thu, Oct 29, 2009
Comedian Wanda Sykes talks about her new show "The Wanda Sykes Show".
Episode 139
02 November 2009 - Mon, Nov 2, 2009
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 140
03 November 2009 - Tue, Nov 3, 2009
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 141
04 November 2009 - Wed, Nov 4, 2009
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 142
05 November 2009 - Thu, Nov 5, 2009
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 143
09 November 2009 - Mon, Nov 9, 2009
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 144
10 November 2009 - Tue, Nov 10, 2009
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 145
11 November 2009 - Wed, Nov 11, 2009
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 146
12 November 2009 - Thu, Nov 12, 2009
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 147
16 November 2009 - Mon, Nov 16, 2009
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 148
17 November 2009 - Tue, Nov 17, 2009
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 149
18 November 2009 - Wed, Nov 18, 2009
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 150
19 November 2009 - Thu, Nov 19, 2009
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 151
30 November 2009 - Mon, Nov 30, 2009
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 152
01 December 2009 - Tue, Dec 1, 2009
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 153
02 December 2009 - Wed, Dec 2, 2009
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 154
03 December 2009 - Thu, Dec 3, 2009
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 155
07 December 2009 - Mon, Dec 7, 2009
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 156
08 December 2009 - Tue, Dec 8, 2009
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 157
09 December 2009 - Wed, Dec 9, 2009
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 158
10 December 2009 - Thu, Dec 10, 2009
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 159
14 December 2009 - Mon, Dec 14, 2009
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 160
15 December 2009 - Tue, Dec 15, 2009
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Episode 161
16 December 2009 - Wed, Dec 16, 2009
No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.
Crew
| Department | Role | Name |
|---|---|---|
| Writing | Writer |
Charlie Grandy
Allison Silverman
Ben Karlin
Aaron Bergeron
Daniel J. Goor
Rory Albanese
David Javerbaum
Steve Bodow
John Oliver
Rich Blomquist
Sam Means
Scott Jacobson
Rob Kutner
Tim Carvell
Stephen Colbert
Jonathan Bines
Eric Drysdale
Hallie Haglund
Elliott Kalan
Jason Reich
Tom Johnson
Travon Free
Josh Lieb
Wyatt Cenac
Chris Regan
|
| Production | Executive Producer |
Jon Stewart
Rory Albanese
David Javerbaum
Josh Lieb
Ben Karlin
Madeleine Smithberg
Steve Grimes
Stewart Bailey
|
| Producer |
Timothy Greenberg
Jill Katz
Jim Margolis
Jennifer Flanz
Kahane Cooperman
Steve Bodow
Hillary Kun
Adam Lowitt
Pam DePace
Rachel Maceiras
Nick Poppy
Judi Stroh
Brendan Hay
Rich Sullivan
Paul Beddoe-Stephens
Rory Albanese
Tim Carvell
Stuart Miller
|
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| Department | Role | Name |