The Daily Show â Season 13
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About this season
The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.
Episodes (160)
1. Ronald Seeber
Aired 7 January 2008
Tonight, a professor of labor relations at Cornell University who shares his views on worker strikes, Ronald Seeber. Jon begins tonights show by sharing his statement of solidarity with the writer's strike by showcasing his unibrow. Also, the show's name has been changed until the strike is over to A Daily Show With Jon Stewart. Jon then reports on the winners of the Iowa caucus. Finally, Jon summarizes the conflict surrounding the Writers Guild strike in a segment called "Space Reserved For Clever Pun".
2. David Frum
Aired 8 January 2008
3. John Zogby
Aired 9 January 2008
4. Lou Dobbs
Aired 10 January 2008
5. Fareed Zakaria
Aired 14 January 2008
6. Amb. John Bolton
Aired 15 January 2008
7. Jonah Goldberg
Aired 16 January 2008
8. Allen Raymond
Aired 17 January 2008
9. Jon Meacham
Aired 21 January 2008
10. Jim Wallis
Aired 22 January 2008
11. P.J. O'Rourke
Aired 23 January 2008
12. Gerri Willis
Aired 24 January 2008
13. Phil Simms
Aired 28 January 2008
14. Doris Kearns Goodwin
Aired 29 January 2008
15. Peggy Noonan
Aired 30 January 2008
16. Karen Tumulty
Aired 31 January 2008
17. Tim Gunn
8.0Aired 4 February 2008
18. Chris Wallace
Aired 5 February 2008
19. Tom Brokaw
Aired 6 February 2008
20. Laton McCartney
Aired 7 February 2008
21. Philip Shenon
Aired 11 February 2008
22. Bill Kristol
Aired 12 February 2008
23. Mark Siegel
Aired 13 February 2008
24. Lee Siegel
Aired 14 February 2008
25. Madeleine Albright
Aired 26 February 2008
26. Allen Guelzo
Aired 27 February 2008
27. Brian Williams
Aired 28 February 2008
Tonight, the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, Brian Williams. Jon begins tonight's show with a look at Bush's recent presidential news conference and his trip to Africa in a segment called "Bushman of Africa". Senior White House Correspondent John Oliver was along for the ride with President Bush in Africa and talks with Jon about his experience. Finally, Expert Youth Politics Reporter on Voting Demetri Martin reports on why the youth vote is so important this election year in a segment called "Trendspotting with Demetri Martin". The TDS Street Team hits the New York City bar scene and asks young people who their voting for.
28. Hillary Clinton
Aired 3 March 2008
Tonight, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
29. Ralph Nader
Aired 4 March 2008
30. Martin Fletcher
Aired 5 March 2008
31. Sen. Tom Daschle
Aired 6 March 2008
32. Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell
Aired 10 March 2008
33. Grover Norquist
Aired 11 March 2008
34. Ronald Kessler
Aired 12 March 2008
35. Dana Perino
Aired 13 March 2008
36. Brian Fagan
Aired 17 March 2008
37. Jeffrey Sachs
Aired 18 March 2008
38. Sen. Arlen Specter
Aired 19 March 2008
39. Alex Kingsbury
Aired 20 March 2008
40. Sen. Chuck Hagel
Aired 31 March 2008
41. Simon LeVay
Aired 1 April 2008
42. William Safire
Aired 2 April 2008
43. George Clooney
Aired 3 April 2008
44. Nathan Lane
Aired 7 April 2008
45. Cokie Roberts
Aired 8 April 2008
46. Steve Coll
Aired 9 April 2008
47. Aram Roston
Aired 10 April 2008
48. Judd Apatow
Aired 14 April 2008
49. Jack Goldsmith
Aired 15 April 2008
50. Peter Steinfels
Aired 16 April 2008
51. Uma Thurman
Aired 17 April 2008
52. Sen. Barack Obama
Aired 21 April 2008
53. John Waters
Aired 22 April 2008
Tonight, cult film director John Waters. Jon begins the show tonight looking at the presidential candidates addressing the audience of the WWE. Next, Jon takes a look at so-called military analysts the media uses, but the Pentagon call message force multipliers in a segment called "The Less You Know". Senior Military Analyst Rob Riggle talks with Jon about the recent Pentagon report about Pakistan being a safe haven for terrorists. Finally, Samantha Bee and Larry Wilmore visit Pennsylvania and talk with some voters.
54. Howard Fineman
Aired 23 April 2008
55. Colin Firth
Aired 24 April 2008
56. Jimmy Carter
7.0Aired 28 April 2008
57. Newt Gingrich
Aired 29 April 2008
58. Robert Schlesinger
Aired 30 April 2008
59. Howard Dean
Aired 1 May 2008
60. Sen. Harry Reid
Aired 5 May 2008
61. Fareed Zakaria
Aired 6 May 2008
62. John McCain
Aired 7 May 2008
63. David D. Perlmutter
Aired 8 May 2008
64. Douglas J. Feith
Aired 12 May 2008
65. Bill Moyers
Aired 13 May 2008
66. John Harwood
Aired 14 May 2008
67. Denis Leary
Aired 15 May 2008
68. Matt Taibbi
Aired 27 May 2008
69. Fred Burton
Aired 28 May 2008
70. Richard Clark
Aired 29 May 2008
71. Scott McClellan
Aired 2 June 2008
72. David Sedaris
Aired 3 June 2008
73. Barbara Walters
Aired 4 June 2008
74. Adam Sandler
Aired 5 June 2008
75. Sen. Jim Webb
Aired 9 June 2008
76. Ralph Reed
Aired 10 June 2008
77. Rick Shenkman
Aired 11 June 2008
78. Richard Engel
Aired 12 June 2008
79. David Iglesis
Aired 16 June 2008
80. Lara Logan
Aired 17 June 2008
81. Steve Carell
Aired 18 June 2008
Tonight, comedian and actor Steve Carell talks about his new movie Get Smart.
82. Mike Myers
Aired 19 June 2008
Tonight, actor and comedian Mike Myers talks about his new movie The Love Guru.
83. James McAvoy
7.0Aired 23 June 2008
Tonight, actor James McAvoy talks about his new movie with Angeline Jolie, Wanted.
84. James Harding
Aired 24 June 2008
Tonight, the editor from The Times in London, James Harding talks about his new book Alpha Dogs: The Americans Who Turned Political Spin into a Global Business.
85. Coldplay
Aired 25 June 2008
Tonight, English rock band Coldplay sing a few songs from their new album, Viva La Vida.
86. Ted Koppel
Aired 26 June 2008
Tonight, Ted Koppel talks about his new special about the symbiotic relationship between the U.S. and China on the Discovery Channel called The People's Republic of Capitalism.
87. Andrew Ward
Aired 14 July 2008
Author Andrew Ward discusses his new book, The Slaves' War.
88. Pierce Brosnan
Aired 15 July 2008
89. Kenneth Pollack
Aired 16 July 2008
90. Maggie Gyllenhaal
Aired 17 July 2008
Jon breaks out the Dobbs-O-Meter to measure how well the presidential candidates are doing with the Latino community. Kristen Schaal studies the cougar species, and invents her own name for men who date younger women. Maggie Gyllenhaal tells Jon how Batman made her weak in the knees.
91. Richard Bitner
Aired 21 July 2008
Barack Obama travels to the Middle East with all three major network news anchors tagging along. Rob Riggle, Larry Wilmore, John Oliver, Wyatt Cenac and Ed Helms are excited to cover Obama's trip to Baghdad. Wyatt Cenac goes to South Florida to find out which candidate the elderly Jews are voting for, and Richard Bitner explains the risky business of subprime mortgages.
92. Will Ferrell & John C. Reilly
Aired 22 July 2008
Obama Quest continues as Barack Obama visits his birthplace in Bethlehem. Former high-ranking Bush administration officials refuse to answer questions from the House Judiciary Committee, while John Oliver explains we're in a golden age of obstructive politics, and we don't even know it. Lewis Black lists America's insane deals in its End of an Empire Sale, and Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly show off their calves.
93. T.J. English
Aired 23 July 2008
Robert Novak hits a pedestrian with his car, and Barack Obama visits the holy land.
94. Geo Beach
Aired 24 July 2008
Geo Beach, host of the History Channel's "Tougher in Alaska," tells Jon why America's coldest state is also its greatest.
95. Nancy Pelosi
Aired 28 July 2008
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi tells Jon about her new book, "Know Your Power: A Message to America's Daughters.
96. Bill Bishop
Aired 29 July 2008
97. Ben Wattenberg
Aired 30 July 2008
98. Brian Williams
Aired 31 July 2008
99. Dennis Hopper
Aired 4 August 2008
100. Seth Rogan
Aired 5 August 2008
101. Sen. Chuck Schumer
Aired 6 August 2008
102. David Gregory
Aired 7 August 2008
103. Ron Suskind
7.0Aired 11 August 2008
104. Sen. Mel Martinez
Aired 12 August 2008
105. Philip Pan
Aired 13 August 2008
106. Ben Stiller
Aired 14 August 2008
107. Guess Who's Coming to Denver pt.1 (Gov. Tim Kaine)
Aired 26 August 2008
108. Guess Who's Coming to Denver pt.2 (Howard Dean)
Aired 27 August 2008
109. Evan Bayh
Aired 28 August 2008
110. Barack Obamas Acceptance Speech
Aired 29 August 2008
111. Brian Williams
Aired 2 September 2008
112. Newt Gingrich
Aired 3 September 2008
113. Mike Huckabee
Aired 4 September 2008
114. Senator McCains Acceptance Speech
Aired 5 September 2008
115. Barton Gellman
Aired 15 September 2008
Jon Stewart discusses the importance of blinking. Sarah Palin will talk to the press as soon as they stop asking her questions. Jason Jones is the only correspondent in the news team with his own spin-off. Washington Post reporter Barton Gellman discusses his book Angler about Dick Cheney's time as the vice-president.
116. Ricky Gervais
Aired 16 September 2008
Ricky Gervais talks about his new film, Ghost Town.
117. Charlize Theron
Aired 17 September 2008
Charlize Theron talks about her new movie Battle In Seattle.
118. Tony Blair
Aired 18 September 2008
119. Bill Clinton
Aired 23 September 2008
Former President Bill Clinton stops by the show tonight to discuss the current election.
120. Aaron Eckhart
Aired 24 September 2008
Aaron Eckhart discusses his role in The Dark Knight.
121. Bob Schieffer
Aired 25 September 2008
Journalist and host of CBS's Face the Nation Bob Schieffer talks about his new book Bob Schieffer's America.
122. Hooman Majd
8.0Aired 29 September 2008
Wyatt Cenac watches the debate with some elderly Jewish residents, and Hooman Majd explains that it's within Iran's rights to have nuclear enrichment of uranium on their own soil.
123. Bill Maher
Aired 30 September 2008
124. Peggy Noonan
Aired 1 October 2008
125. Clint Eastwood
Aired 2 October 2008
126. Tim Robbins
Aired 6 October 2008
127. Sarah Vowell
Aired 7 October 2008
128. Michelle Obama
Aired 8 October 2008
129. Robert De Niro
6.0Aired 9 October 2008
130. Amity Shlaes
Aired 13 October 2008
Amity Shlaes discusses her book "The Forgotten Man".
131. Ari Fleischer
Aired 14 October 2008
132. Richard Lewis
Aired 15 October 2008
133. Robert Reich
Aired 16 October 2008
134. Eugene Jarecki
Aired 20 October 2008
135. Christopher Buckley
Aired 21 October 2008
136. Tom Brokaw
Aired 22 October 2008
137. Gov. Jon Corzine
Aired 23 October 2008
Jon Corzine talks about the effects of the financial crisis on New Jersey.
138. Campbell Brown
Aired 27 October 2008
139. Steve Martin
Aired 28 October 2008
140. Senator Barack Obama
Aired 29 October 2008
141. Bill Kristol
Aired 30 October 2008
Bill Kristol believes Obama will be a conventionally liberal president.
142. Doris Kearns Goodwin
Aired 3 November 2008
Doris Kearns Goodwin believes Barack Obama will win, no question.
143. Indecision 2008: America's Choice
Aired 4 November 2008
The towering giants of fake news reunite for their hour-long Election Night special, Indecision 2008: America's Choice. Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert report live from Indecision World Headquarters where Comedy Central has rounded up the best researchers and consultants (that it can afford) to provide shallow analysis, obscure factoids, random guesses and pointless sound.
144. Chris Wallace
Aired 5 November 2008
The Fox News Sunday anchor delivers an election postmortem.
145. Paul Rudd
Aired 6 November 2008
With guest Paul Rudd.
146. Thomas Friedman
Aired 11 November 2008
147. T. Boone Pickens
Aired 12 November 2008
Sarah Palin launches a PR blitz, and T. Boone Pickens wants to end our dependence on foreign oil.
148. Bill O'Reilly
Aired 13 November 2008
Paul Broun compares Obama to Hitler, and Jon doesn't want Bill O'Reilly to be afraid anymore.
149. Sir David Frost.
Aired 17 November 2008
George W. Bush hosts the G20 Summit, and Sir David Frost discusses his legendary Nixon interview.
150. Denis Leary
Aired 18 November 2008
151. Jon Meacham
Aired 19 November 2008
Dick Cheney is indicted, while Joe Lieberman and Ted Stevens face the wrath of their parties.
152. Richard Belzer
Aired 20 November 2008
Iraq surrenders, and Richard Belzer reads a passage from Obama's inaugural address.
153. Anne Hathaway
Aired 1 December 2008
Three people die in an attempt to get a jump on their holiday shopping. John Oliver explains who is responsible for the terror attacks in Mumbai. Plaxico Burress lets down America's youth by shooting himself in the thigh. MSNBC replaces Fox News as the new administration's mouthpiece, and Anne Hathaway vows to become a train wreck.
154. Calvin Trillin
Aired 2 December 2008
Calvin Trillin reads his poems about Al Gore, Sarah Palin and John McCain.
155. Arianna Huffington
Aired 3 December 2008
The new Planned Parenthood gift cards make great holiday presents. George W. Bush winds down his presidency with a Charlie Gibson interview. John Hodgman lets Jon know he's also a lame duck, and Arianna Huffington explains blogging.
156. Ron Howard
Aired 4 December 2008
Three auto industry CEOs carpool to Washington to ask again for a bailout. Dr. Aasif Mandvi learns there's no cure for liberalism. Ron Howard does a cheesy Richard Nixon impression.
157. Matthew Alexander
Aired 8 December 2008
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper shuts Parliament down. Samantha Bee, John Oliver and Aasif Mandvi discuss Canada's dependence on Great Britain. Matthew Alexander explains why torture is counterproductive in interrogating terrorists.
158. Mike Huckabee
Aired 9 December 2008
Rod Blagojevich couldn't have made it any easier for the authorities to arrest him. Many of the nation's newspapers are on the brink of collapse thanks to the Internet. Mike Huckabee says the reason we have so much government is because people don't behave well with each other.
159. Don Rickles
Aired 10 December 2008
Jason Jones shows some telling footage from his interview with Rod Blagojevich three years ago. Rob Riggle and his uniquely physical interviewing style won't soon be forgotten. Don Rickles gloats over beating Jon at the Emmys.
160. Philip Seymour Hoffman
Aired 11 December 2008
Hall & Oates perform a song about Alan Colmes and how much he means to all of us. Larry Wilmore says African-Americans support Proposition 8 because marriage is their holiest of holy institutions. Philip Seymour Hoffman shares what he learned about the catholic church while filming "Doubt.