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Jon Stewart follows John Oliver, Bill Simmons to HBO with new exclusive four-year production deal
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Jon Stewart follows John Oliver, Bill Simmons to HBO with new exclusive four-year production deal

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyNovember 3, 2015

For his next act, Jon Stewart’s new boss will be the same as John Oliver’s (and Bill Simmons’s, too!): HBO. The pay-cable network announced an …

Late-night TV’s male hosts of 2015 impersonate one another
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Late-night TV’s male hosts of 2015 impersonate one another

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthySeptember 22, 20152

For the Vanity Fair spread of fall 2015 that examines how men continue to dominate the late-night TV landscape, nine of them made fun of …

Jon Stewart: The Godfather of Late-Night TV in 2015
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Jon Stewart: The Godfather of Late-Night TV in 2015

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthySeptember 9, 2015September 9, 2015

Jon Stewart’s talking head might not appear on our TVs four nights a week any longer, but his name and his influence is perhaps even …

Inside Amy Schumer, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver among 74th annual Peabody Awards winners
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Inside Amy Schumer, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver among 74th annual Peabody Awards winners

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyApril 16, 2015

Congratulations to Comedy Central’s Inside Amy Schumer and HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, as they joined seven other TV series honored this morning …

John Oliver finds Edward Snowden and a way for anyone to care about NSA’s domestic surveillance
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John Oliver finds Edward Snowden and a way for anyone to care about NSA’s domestic surveillance

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyApril 6, 2015

With all of the talk in the past week about satire, freedom of speech and comedians abusing or somehow not doing what they can with …

America Meet World: Satire already has gone global
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America Meet World: Satire already has gone global

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyApril 2, 2015April 2, 2015

While a packed SXSW convention center ballroom listened last month to Jimmy Kimmel walk down the memory lane of his life and TV career, a …

15 reasons to watch 2015’s Night of Too Many Stars on Comedy Central
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15 reasons to watch 2015’s Night of Too Many Stars on Comedy Central

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 6, 2015March 7, 20152

Comedy Central’s biennial special event all-star fundraiser, Night of Too Many Stars, returns on Sunday night with plenty of pre-taped stunts and a live telethon …

Jon Stewart is leaving The Daily Show, so what happens next?
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Jon Stewart is leaving The Daily Show, so what happens next?

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyFebruary 18, 2015

Before leaving for a regularly scheduled vacation last weekend, Jon Stewart surprised everyone watching The Daily Show that he’d be taking a more permanent vacation, …

Bill Burr, Louis C.K., Jon Hamm, John Oliver, Paul Rudd and Amy Schumer join Jon Stewart for 2015’s Night of Too Many Stars on Comedy Central
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Bill Burr, Louis C.K., Jon Hamm, John Oliver, Paul Rudd and Amy Schumer join Jon Stewart for 2015’s Night of Too Many Stars on Comedy Central

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyFebruary 3, 20151

Comedy Central and Jon Stewart’s Busboy Productions announced today the first all-stars booked for its biennial autism benefit, “Night of Too Many Stars: America Comes …

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver proves it belongs with all-star first-season finale salmon cannon salute
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver proves it belongs with all-star first-season finale salmon cannon salute

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyNovember 10, 2014November 10, 20141

TV networks may still use Nielsen ratings as their primary measuring stick for how successful their programs in gaining viewers and selling advertisements. But Last …

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