Show Title: The Daily Show Audience Rating: Teen and up Warnings: Strong language and adult jokes Length of Episodes: 22 minutes Length of Series: 4 days a week since 1996 Why you recommend it: The show has changed a good bit over the years, especially since 1999 when Jon Stewart took over. I particularly liked the broader global viewpoint brought in by Trevor Noah during his years on the show. The show's long history is available via the Comedy Central website, but chances are most people will be watching current shows rather than going into the archives, so I won't go into the many and shifting correspondents over the years. A number of very prominent or at least steadily working actors and comedians got their big break via this show.
The current format has Jon Stewart hosting (most) Mondays, with the remaining 3 weekly shows hosted by one of their continuing correspondents from the Trevor years. The veteran correspondents also continue to do second act segments though most of the field pieces are assigned to the three newest correspondents. My favorite recurring bit is the sports chat segment (especially with Ronnie Chieng and Jordan Klepper) but that's probably because some of the other regular ones ended with Roy Wood Jr.'s departure.
The show has an opening section with 'news of the day' coverage, then a second act with either a field piece or a focus on a particular topic. Then there's an interview and the show wraps with the "moment of Zen" end piece, usually a goofy or particularly hypocritical segment of political coverage.
I find the interviews weak and they have rarely been memorable, so it's been a very long time since I watched any. However the news segments are never without some great insight or zinger. I first started watching Daily Show as an antidote to awful political news, and it's continued to serve that purpose well ever since.
The Daily Show
Audience Rating: Teen and up
Warnings: Strong language and adult jokes
Length of Episodes: 22 minutes
Length of Series: 4 days a week since 1996
Why you recommend it: The show has changed a good bit over the years, especially since 1999 when Jon Stewart took over. I particularly liked the broader global viewpoint brought in by Trevor Noah during his years on the show. The show's long history is available via the Comedy Central website, but chances are most people will be watching current shows rather than going into the archives, so I won't go into the many and shifting correspondents over the years. A number of very prominent or at least steadily working actors and comedians got their big break via this show.
The current format has Jon Stewart hosting (most) Mondays, with the remaining 3 weekly shows hosted by one of their continuing correspondents from the Trevor years. The veteran correspondents also continue to do second act segments though most of the field pieces are assigned to the three newest correspondents. My favorite recurring bit is the sports chat segment (especially with Ronnie Chieng and Jordan Klepper) but that's probably because some of the other regular ones ended with Roy Wood Jr.'s departure.
The show has an opening section with 'news of the day' coverage, then a second act with either a field piece or a focus on a particular topic. Then there's an interview and the show wraps with the "moment of Zen" end piece, usually a goofy or particularly hypocritical segment of political coverage.
I find the interviews weak and they have rarely been memorable, so it's been a very long time since I watched any. However the news segments are never without some great insight or zinger. I first started watching Daily Show as an antidote to awful political news, and it's continued to serve that purpose well ever since.