The Daily Show facts for kids
Quick facts for kids The Daily Show |
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Barack Obama made his final appearance on the show with Jon Stewart as host on July 21, 2015
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| Also known as | 'The Daily Show with Jon Stewart' |
| Genre | Comedy Satire News parody |
| Created by | David Letterman Madeleine Smithberg Lizz Winstead |
| Directed by | Chuck O'Neil |
| Presented by | Craig Kilborn (1996–1998) Jon Stewart (1999–2015) Trevor Noah (2015-present) |
| Starring | Correspondents Guests |
| Opening theme | Bob Mould, "Dog On Fire" (performed by They Might Be Giants) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 1,587 (as of October 22, 2015) |
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| Executive producer(s) | David Javerbaum Jon Stewart |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
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| Original network | Comedy Central |
| Original release | July 22, 1996 – present |
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| Related shows | The Colbert Report |
The Daily Show (known currently as The Daily Show with Jon Stewart) is an Emmy Award winning news parody television program. It airs each Monday through Thursday on Comedy Central in the United States. The half-hour long program was first shown on Monday, July 22, 1996. It was first hosted by Craig Kilborn. Kilborn acted as its anchorman until December 1998. Jon Stewart took over as host in January 1999.
Many changes were made to the program at that time. Stewart retired in 2015. The show will be hosted by South African comedian Trevor Noah in September 2015.
Under Stewart, The Daily Show has become more strongly focused around politics and the national media. It is much different to the more character-driven comedy which was shown more during Kilborn's time on the program. Stuart's final broadcast aired on August 6, 2015.
There have been many other on-air contributors to The Daily Show with some called "correspondents", including Dave Attell, Stephen Colbert, Steve Carell, Ed Helms, Rob Corddry, Susie Essman, Olivia Munn, Buck Henry, Lewis Black, Kristen Schaal, Larry Wilmore, and John Oliver.
See also
In Spanish: The Daily Show para niños
