Friday, October 5, 2007

The Daily Show: An Emmy Award Winning TV Show


The Daily Show is a Peabody and Emmy Award-winning American satirical television program produced by and airing on Comedy Central. It is a half-hour international weekend edition of the satirical news commentary program which airs on U.S. cable network Comedy Central. The CNN International version is a compilation of the best comedy sketches that aired during the previous week on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," which is recorded weeknights before a live studio audience in New York.


Geared toward a young, savvy late night audience, the program features Stewart's smart wit, satire and observations on U.S. and world current affairs. Other "Daily Show" correspondents, including Steve Carrell, Stephen Colbert, Rob Corddry, Ed Helms and Mo Rocca, provide news updates, in-depth reports and various other comedy sketches throughout program. Stewart also interviews major stars from the world of film, television and music.


Television ratings show that the program generally has 1.4 million viewers nightly, a high figure for cable television. In demographic terms, the viewership is skewed to a relatively young audience compared to traditional news shows. A 2004 Nielsen Media Research study commissioned by Comedy Central put the median age at 35. In fact, during the 2004 U.S. presidential election, the show received more male viewers in the 18-34 year old age demographic than Nightline, Meet the Press, Hannity & Colmes and all of the evening news broadcasts.


In 2001, "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" won an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Individual Achievement In Writing In A Variety, Music or Comedy Program" as well as a George Foster Peabody Award.

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