Late Show UK

Jon Stewart - Host

Since January 1999 Jon Stewart has hosted The Daily Show on Comedy Central. Jon started out on the comedy citcuit in New York, but dropped his surname (Leibowitz) and changed his middle name (Stuart) for a stage name. Following stints as host and writer of shows on Comedy Central and MTV, Jon was in the running for taking over from David Letterman on Late Night in 1993. Conan O’Brien was to become the host of the show.

David Letterman would be the last guest on The Jon Stewart Show which was developed by Jon Stewart for MTV in 1993. Following the show, he was a guest host on the Late Late Show for Tom Snyder. In 1999 Daily Show host Craig Kilborn left to host The Late Late Show and Jon Stewart joined as host, co-exec producer and writer.

Jon Stewart has also hosted the Oscars in 2006 (and will host them again in 2008), and made much talked about appearances on shows such as CNN’s Crossfire. (Video)

John Oliver - Correspondent

John Oliver is The Daily Show’s only current British correspondent. He has to be one of the funniest correspondents I’ve seen on the show - some of the stuff he comes out with is hilarious. I like the way they portray him as a stereotypical Brit. Most of his humour is very sarcastic. Take this piece about Iraq winning their version of the football World Cup - “Oh, symbolically. Yeah, of course. In that case, they’re well on their way to winning the symbolic World Cup, no doubt cheered on by their figurative fans, and returning to a jubilant metaphorical nation. And perhaps–perhaps you’re right, Jon. Perhaps now their hypothetical government will be inspired to pseudo-bring some quasi-order to this ‘country’”. Genius. Oh, and this segment. John Oliver has also been a guest panelist on BBC TWO’s Mock The Week.

Samantha Bee - Correspondent

Video: Is America Ready for a Woman President?

Samantha joined The Daily Show in 2003 and is the show’s only Canadian correspondent, and is married to Jason Jones (another Daily Show correspondent). She is the only current Daily Show correspondent (at the time of writing this biog) and received the Canadian Comedy Award in 2005 for her work on The Daily Show.

Jason Jones - Correspondent

Video: Baywatch

Jason Jones (married to fellow Daily Show correspondent Samantha Bee) joined The Daily Show in 2005 when Samantha left the show on maternity leave. He became so popular, they decided to keep him on when Samantha returned to the show in 2006.

Rob Riggle - Correspondent

Video: Three Hour Quagmire

Rob started his career on Saturday Night Live, and he’s one of the newest Daily Show correspondents (he started his Daily Show appearances in September 2006, where he replaced Rob Corddry). Rob went to Iraq in August 2007 to report for The Daily Show - where every night he would replace the name of the operation to something more amusing. He has also appeared in the film Talladega Nights and TV show Arrested Development.

Previous Correspondents

Stephen Colbert

Stephen used to be a correspondent on The Daily Show until 2005 before moving onto his own spin-off show, The Colbert Report, which airs directly after The Daily Show on Comedy Central. Stephen started off on Saturday Night Live and The Dana Carvey Show. He’s also appeared in The Simpsons - this aired in 2007. Stephen is a talented comedy writer, and was a writer on the election special of The Daily Show (”Indecision 2006″). He’s also had quite a few acting roles in films and on TV, including Bewitched in 2005, and an appearance in Law & Order.