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Jon Stewart has been the host of Comedy Central's comedy and news show The Daily Show with Jon Stewart since 1999. A former stand-up comedian known for his biting sarcasm, Stewart began hosting television shows in 1989, beginning with Short Attention Span Theater. Before Stewart's gig on The Daily Show he hosted You Wrote It, You Watch It (1992) and The Jon Stewart Show (1993-95), and appeared several times in HBO's The Larry Sanders Show (1992-2001). He has ... appeared in small roles in the movies, including Half Baked (1998), The Faculty (1998, starring Elijah Wood) and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001).
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Jon Stewart and Ben Karlin are the executive producers of "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" with Kahane Corn, Josh Lieb and Dan Sterling serving as co- executive producers. The series' head writer is David Javerbaum who is ... supervising producer. Chuck O'Neil is the director.
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From his anchor chair of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" he "has breathed new life into this show," said The New York Times. Since taking over as an executive producer and anchorman of "The Daily Show" in January 1999, Jon's presence has garnered a Peabody Award for Broadcast Excellence, an EMMY for writing in a Variety TV series and a doubling of the ratings for the series on Comedy Central.
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"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," a nightly news parody launched in the summer of 1996, takes a reality-based look at news, pop culture, politics and the media. In each show, Stewart and a team of correspondents, featuring Samantha Bee, Jason Jones, Aasif Mandvi, John Oliver and Rob Riggle comment on the day's stories employing actual news footage, taped field pieces, in-studio guests and on-the-spot coverage of important news events. The series airs Monday-Thursday at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT and repeats at 1:00 a.m. the same night and at 10:00 a.m., 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. the following day.
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The The Daily Show with Jon Stewart recruited Jon as host in 1999 as he was the only actor they could find actually named Jon Stewart to fill the title role. The show's main focus is "fake news," or how it's known in the United States - "news." The show's writers, in conjunction with Jon and the rest of the show's news correspondents, have been honored with Emmy awards, Peabody awards, and a painfully nagging case of genital herpes.
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Jon Stewart is considered one of America's top social and comedic voices. From his anchor chair on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," "Stewart has breathed new life into a show that hadn't even seemed to need it," said The New York Times. Since taking over as the host of "The Daily Show" in January, 1999, Stewart's presence has seen higher ratings and awareness for himself, as well as the network. As host of "The Daily Show" Stewart has interviewed such luminaries as former President Bill Clinton, Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton, John Kerry, Barack Obama, John McCain, John Edwards and Bob Dole and such celebrity icons as Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks and Bruce Willis.
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