The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart Reacts to Trump’s Assassination Attempt: “We Dodged a Catastrophe”
"I have a slight confession to make, and I'm not proud of this in any way, shape or form..."
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Jon Stewart Slams Biden Team’s “Blatant Bull****,” Suggests a New Path Forward
Jon Stewart criticized Joe Biden and the White House’s response to ongoing concerns about the president’s mental fitness and candidacy. Returning to The Daily Show on Monday night, Stewart played recent clips of Biden struggling with his words as the president tried to reassure voters in the wake of his disastrous debate performance on June […]
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Jon Stewart Says He Feels “Reinvigorated” Being Back at ‘The Daily Show’ During FYC Event
Several members of The Daily Show – Jon Stewart, Ronny Chieng, Jordan Klepper, Michael Kosta and Desi Lydic – gathered at The Paramount Theater for the Comedy Central show’s Emmy FYC event Friday night. Throughout a nearly hour-long conversation, Stewart spent time poking fun at Donald Trump and explaining his decision to return to the […]
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Jon Stewart Argues on ‘Daily Show’ That Cancel Culture is Real, But Trump Does It Most of All
During his Monday return to the anchor chair, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart brought up the topic of the so-called cancel culture that is allegedly plaguing the political right. He concluded that while mostly these pundits claim the woke left are coming to get them, the true cancel culture of today only occurs when […]
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‘Daily Show’ Audience Has Stuck Around Since Jon Stewart’s Return
Jon Stewart’s return to The Daily Show has given the show a big lift on the nights that he hosts — and even on the nights he doesn’t. Stewart’s surprise return to Comedy Central’s late- night flagship — he’ll anchor the show on Monday nights through the presidential election — led to an immediate ratings spike for […]
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Jon Stewart Mocks Media for Trump Trial Coverage: “What the F*** Are We Doing?”
The gloves came off on The Daily Show on Monday night, as host Jon Stewart excoriated the news media for its overly extensive and, at times, incredibly dramatic coverage of former President Donald Trump’s New York criminal trial. In the segment, titled “America’s Most Tremendously Wanted,” Stewart began by saying that “this trial will obviously […]
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Jon Stewart Calls Out Biden Administration’s Double Standards on Israel: “They Slap America in the Face”
Jon Stewart took the Biden administration to task over how it deals with Israel, pointing out the stark contrast between the U.S. government response to the Ukraine-Russia conflict and that over the war in Gaza. On Monday’s episode of The Daily Show, Stewart took a “wellness check” on the war on Gaza, adding that “as […]
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Jon Stewart Says Apple Asked Him Not to Talk to FTC Chair Lina Khan on ‘The Problem’
Jon Stewart has revealed that Apple asked him not to talk to the Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan on his former Apple TV+ show and podcast, The Problem With Jon Stewart. Khan was a guest on Monday’s episode of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, and Stewart made the admission during the interview. When the […]
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Jon Stewart Tearfully Mourns His Dog, Dipper, Who Died Over the Weekend
Jon Stewart took time at the end of Monday’s Daily Show episode to remember his dog Dipper, who died Sunday. The host shared the story of how he ended up adopting the pooch. He recalled that around 12 or 13 years ago, his children wanted to raise money for New York City-based no-kill animal shelter, […]
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Jon Stewart Gives His Solution for Israel-Hamas Peace on ‘Daily Show’
Jon Stewart opened his third return episode of The Daily Show by noting his first two episodes generated some controversy, so this week he was going to tackle … the Israel-Hamas war. And during the course of his monologue, Stewart offered a sincere idea for solving the crisis. First, the host delved into the current […]
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Jon Stewart Reacts to ‘Daily Show’ Backlash: “I Have Sinned Against You”
Nope, Jon Stewart isn’t walking back his criticism of President Joe Biden last week during his Daily Show return. If anything, Stewart kind of doubled down during his second episode Monday night, before spending the bulk of his opening segment tearing into Tucker Carlson’s Russia propaganda tour. Stewart opened his second show back on the […]
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Critic’s Notebook: Jon Stewart Returned to ‘The Daily Show’ Like No Time Had Passed. Is That a Good Thing?
Kicking off nine months of pre-election Mondays in satisfactory but safe fashion, the Emmy-winning icon made familiar jokes about Joe Biden and Donald Trump's age, as well as his own.
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