The Daily Show
Overview
The Daily Show is an American late night
Late night television
Late night television in the United States is the block of television programming airing after 11:00 pm and usually through 2:00 am. Traditionally, this type of programming airs after the late local news and is most notable for being the daypart used for a particular genre of programming that falls...

 satirical
News satire
thumb|right|220px|[[The Daily Show with Jon Stewart]] is a news satire program.News satire, also called fake news , is a type of parody presented in a format typical of mainstream journalism, and called a satire because of its content...

 television program
Television program
A television program , also called television show, is a segment of content which is intended to be broadcast on television. It may be a one-time production or part of a periodically recurring series...

 airing each Monday through Thursday on Comedy Central
Comedy Central
Comedy Central is an American cable television and satellite television channel that carries comedy programming, both original and syndicated....

. The half-hour long show premiered on July 21, 1996, and was hosted by Craig Kilborn
Craig Kilborn
Craig Kilborn is an American actor and talk show host. He was the original host of The Daily Show, a former anchor on ESPN's SportsCenter, and Tom Snyder's successor on CBS' The Late Late Show. On June 28, 2010, he launched The Kilborn File after a six-year absence from television...

 until December 1998. Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart is an American political satirist, writer, television host, actor, media critic and stand-up comedian...

 took over as host in January 1999, making the show more strongly focused on politics and the national media, in contrast with the pop culture focus during Kilborn's tenure. It is currently the longest running program on Comedy Central, and has won sixteen Emmy Award
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...

s.

Describing itself as a fake news
News satire
thumb|right|220px|[[The Daily Show with Jon Stewart]] is a news satire program.News satire, also called fake news , is a type of parody presented in a format typical of mainstream journalism, and called a satire because of its content...

 program, The Daily Show draws its comedy and satire from recent news stories, political figures, media organizations, and often, aspects of the show itself
Self-referential humor
Self-referential humor or self-reflexive humor is a type of comedic expression that—either directed toward some other subject, or openly directed toward itself—intentionally alludes to the very person who is expressing the humor in a comedic fashion, or to some specific aspect of that...

.
Quotations

I want you to know, after this, the senator and I are going to Hooters to get completely hammered.

After a mildly uncomfortable interview about the War in Iraq with Senator John McCain|John McCain.

So, to sum up, it'll take two thirds of both houses and three quarters of the states to approve an amendment saying that two straight parents are better than one straight parent, which is still better than two gay parents, which is equal to a guy screwing a turtle.

On Rick Santorum|Rick Santorum's comparison of sodomy to a man having sex with a turtle.

That look is where boners go to die.

On Hillary Clinton|Hillary Clinton's glowering at the State of the Union address.

Jake Gyllallen … Gillenen … Gillally … tripped on one of his syllables and broke his coccyx.

Regarding Jake Gyllenhaal's last-minute cancellation on a Daily Show interview.

With the situation in Iraq growing ever more dangerous, the thirty-four-member Coalition of The Willing are, one by one, dropping out to join the other coalition known as Most of The Rest of The World.

After going to war against the UN's expressed wishes, the US is now admitting it needs the UN's help. It's the geopolitical equivalent of the 2am phone call every parent dreads: Mom, I'm not saying I wrecked the car, but I need a ride home.

Russia held its parliamentary elections last week. The result: it decided to go with a dictatorship.

 
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