60 Minutes profiles Bassem Youssef, Egypt’s political satirist
by America has Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Egypt has Dr. Bassem Youssef. Big difference. Especially since the latter nation doesn’t have as …
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Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart pay tribute to the late great Harold Ramis
Stephen Colbert must keep up appearances as blowhard mouthpiece “Stephen Colbert” on Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report, but at the tail end of Monday night’s …
The Late-Night TV Melee of 2014: Who’s watching whom, and when?
When Jay Leno took over The Tonight Show from Johnny Carson in 1992, there was no visible late-night TV war to be waged. At 11:30 …
Bill Cosby’s extended interview with Jon Stewart on The Daily Show
If you saw Bill Cosby on last night’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, then you heard them reminisce about the very recent past — …
John Oliver was so good at substitute hosting The Daily Show, HBO is letting him host his own weekly show in 2014
John Oliver did such a stellar job substituting this summer as host of The Daily Show, everyone just naturally assumed Oliver had become the de …
Bid to win the “Sexy Vagina” Halloween costume from The Daily Show. It’s for Charity. Whomever she is.
Can you outbid $910 to win and wear the “Sexy Vagina” costume this Halloween? That’s where things stood at 11:30 a.m. Eastern today, with a …
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Looking back on mid-1990s TV panels with younger Jon Stewart, Louis C.K.
This summer may be all about John Oliver substitute hosting The Daily Show on behalf of Jon Stewart, or about Louis C.K. racking up more individual …
John Oliver to host The Daily Show during Jon Stewart’s summer hiatus to write, direct movie prompted by TDS segment
If Jon Stewart looks and sounds a bit more British this summer, that’s because John Oliver will be playing the role of “Jon Stewart” in …
Darrell Hammond or Jason Sudeikis: Chris Matthews on his SNL impersonators
Chris Matthews of MSNBC appeared onstage in a bit for Comedy Central’s 2012 edition of “Night of Too Many Stars” to raise money for programs …
12 reasons to watch the 2012 edition of Comedy Central’s “Night of Too Many Stars”
The biennial Night of Too Many Stars benefit, hosted by Jon Stewart and organized by Robert Smigel, has reached new heights in 2012 for Comedy …