Stewart Gushes After Interviewing Jack Smith: 'Those Guys Have Balls'
Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart welcomed former special counsel Jack Smith and former FBI acting director Brian Driscoll to Wednesday’s episode of The Weekly Show podcast. After lamenting all things Trump, DOJ, and FBI, Stewart would tell his producers, "Those guys have balls.”
Chieng: Only Collins Would've Voted For Platner After Rape Allegations
According to Comedy Central’s The Daily Show host-of-the-week Ronny Chieng, Graham Platner had to end his Senate campaign after being credibly accused of rape and sexual assault because nobody would vote for him except the woman who would have been his opponent: Sen. Susan Collins. In order to make such a claim, Chieng simply assumed the evidence against Planter is as strong as the…
Chieng To Cincinnati Mayor: 'How Did You Convince These White People'
It is not exactly a novel insight to say that Democrats do best in big cities, but Comedy Central’s Ronny Chieng was still floored by the idea on Wednesday’s edition of The Daily Show. During an interview with Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval, Chieng wondered how the Democrat was able to win in a heavily Democratic city while also throwing race into the conversation.
Comedy Shows Use Team USA's Loss to Bash Trump
On Monday, Team USA suffered a 4-1 defeat to Belgium in the World Cup, and on Tuesday the late night comedy shows knew who to blame: President Trump.
STUDY: Comedy Shows Begin 2026 With 100 Percent Liberal Guests
For the late night comedy shows, the first half of 2026 was defined by the final airing in May of CBS’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. But the political agenda of Colbert and his late night colleagues remained unchanged in January through June this year: No one expressing conservative views was ever granted a guest slot on a late night comedy show while 112 liberals were awarded…
Daily Show Glad ‘All-White’ Scottish Fans Not Chanting About ‘Jews’
On the same night, Democratic socialist candidates endorsed by New York's Socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani won big in the New York Democratic primaries, with campaigns focused heavily on Israel in the form of ‘Free Palestine,’ Daily Show host-of-the-week Josh Johnson led the comedy show with a joke on the World Cup, specifically Scotland fan. He likened the troves of Scottish fans to an “all-…
Stewart Wonders If Trump Thinks America Is 'Too Small For Him'
The Daily Show host Jon Stewart sat down with New York Times reporters and authors Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan on Comedy Central on Monday to discuss their book on the Trump administration and whether Trump views himself as an Alexander the Great-type figure who thinks America is “too small for him.” Earlier, Stewart, a self-styled comedian, did not appear to understand…
Klepper Uses UFC Fight To Compare Trump To Nero, Caligula
During Wednesday’s episode of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show host-of-the-week Jordan Klepper showed his most recent man-on-the-street experience designed to make Trump supporters look dumb. This time Klepper and his interviewees were looking ahead to the UFC fight at the White House, which Klepper used to compare Trump to the infamous Roman emperors Nero and Caligula.
Stewart Wonders If Conservative Views of History Are About Control
Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart welcomed liberal historians David Blight and Annette Gordon-Reed to Wednesday’s The Weekly Show podcast to look at competing visions of the country’s history ahead of America 250. According to all involved, conservatives are trying to erase complications and nuances from the country’s efforts, which Stewart wondered is just a way to amass power.
Klepper Hints Trump Wanted German Chancellor To Get Him a Nazi Jersey
The cast of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show had a busy day of activism on Tuesday. First, host-of-the-week Jordan Klepper reacted to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz gifting President Trump a German soccer jersey by implying that Trump wished it was a Nazi one. Later, Desi Lydic interviewed four former federal employees who were DOGE-ed who are now running for Congress as Democrats…
Stewart Flips Off Fox, Newsmax For Showing Violence After NBA Finals
Comedy Central’s Monday host of The Daily Show, Jon Stewart, flipped conservative media the double bird for highlighting instances of violence that occurred in New York after the Knicks won the NBA Finals. He further claimed conservatives who were looking forward to the UFC fight at the White House were being hypocritical in their condemnations. Later in the show, Stewart welcomed Sen…
Daily Show, Laverne Cox Claim LGBT Is 'All Divine'
About a year-and-a-half ago, transgender actor Laverne Cox claimed on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show that GOP ads were contributing to transgender suicides. On Wednesday, Cox returned to do some book promotion and to claim that all parts of the LGBT initialism are “divine.”
Jane Fonda And Jon Stewart Wail 'Our Democracy Is Being Destroyed'
Actress Jane Fonda joined Jon Stewart on Monday’s edition of The Daily Show on Comedy Central to announce, "Our democracy is being destroyed.” Fonda’s actual evidence for such a grand claim was quite unimpressive as she continued to cite ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel getting suspended as a result of his own actions and made the confusing and evidence-free claim about cancelation of TV shows with…
Jon Stewart Wonders 'Is America Aligning With The Axis Powers?'
While hosting Comedy Central’s The Weekly Show podcast on Wednesday, Jon Stewart unleashed some foreign policy analysis so ridiculous that it makes one wonder what planet he has been living on for the past 12 years. While interviewing New York Times columnist David Wallace-Wells, Stewart wondered if America is now “aligning with the Axis” powers, while Wallace-Wells channeled…
