Posted: Thursday 29th September 2011 at 9:47am by Paul
David Letterman is featured in the current issue of Rolling Stone magazine.
The Rolling Stone feature is in issue 1140 of the magazine dated the 29th September 2011, and is called “David Letterman: Year One How a failed morning-show host and a band of misfits and rejects changed TV forever”.
David Browne of the Parade website looks back at his own Top 10 list of memorable moments from the show’s early days – click here.
Jon Stewart is also featured in the magazine – and on its front cover.
You can read the Jon Stewart feature on the Rolling Stone website – click here.
Pick up your copy of Rolling Stone magazine now.
Posted: Friday 2nd April 2010 at 11:22am by Paul
Conan O’Brien is currently ranked at number 1 in The 2010 TIME 100 Poll. Stephen Colbert is at number 12, Jon Stewart at number 13 and Jay Leno is ranked at number 72. Vote for your favourite now.
Posted: Saturday 7th March 2009 at 5:07pm by Paul
David Letterman welcomed The Daily Show host Jon Stewart to the Late Show on Thursday night.
Jon Stewart criticized US financial TV networks saying “there are three 24-hour financial networks… all their slogans are like ‘we know what’s going on on Wall Street’ but then you turn it on during the crisis and they’re like ‘we don’t know what’s going on’”.
This continues on from CNBC’s Rick Santelli pulling out of his appearance on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart earlier this week.
This resulted in Jon doing a piece on The Daily Show panning CNBC saying how wrong it has been in reporting the economic crisis.
As the Entertainment Weekly website says, Santelli “is the CNBC reporter who became an online celebrity after an on-air rant where he castigated the Obama Administration’s housing plan for bailing out ‘losers’ who couldn’t manage their mortgages” but that “CNBC has explained [Santelli pulling out of his appearance on The Daily Show] by saying it’s ‘just time to move on to the next story’”.
Entertainment Weekly – “Jon Stewart takes another swipe at CNBC on ‘Letterman’”
Click here to watch Jon Stewart’s appearance on the Late Show With David Letterman and to watch the “CNBC Gives Financial Advice” piece on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Posted: Wednesday 4th March 2009 at 11:08pm by Paul
Jon Stewart will be a guest on the Late Show With David Letterman tomorrow night (Thursday). The host of The Daily Show on Comedy Central (and More 4 on UK TV) will join Dave to no doubt talk about politics including President Barack Obama.
Posted: Wednesday 5th November 2008 at 11:10am by Paul
Last night’s joint TV programme between Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert went out live coast-to-coast on Comedy Central and was also shown on the big screen in Times Square, New York. The live programme (or “Actually Live” as they said) – called “Indecision 2008: America’s Choice” – was an historic event in itself with Colbert and Stewart teaming up for a live broadcast.
As More 4 air The Daily Show With Jon Stewart in the UK and FX UK air The Colbert Report in the UK, this special “Indecision 2008: America’s Choice” programme will be shown on both channels. It will be on More 4 at 8.45pm tonight and on FX UK at 10pm tonight. The show is about 1 hour long.
If you can’t wait until tonight, the official election blog for The Daily Show and The Colbert Report (Indecision2008.com) has uploaded various clips from the special 4th November show.
Jon Stewart got the chance to announce Barack Obama was the next US President live as it happened. The Associated Press reports “Stewart became the first comedian to announce presidential election results on live national television. Sensing the end was imminent, the broadcast delayed its signoff for a moment, as offstage producers gave the closing cue while hovering over TV monitors showing. When they said the election had been called, the comedians effectively became newsmen”. Jon Stewart looked close to tears as he announced “at 11 o’clock at night – Eastern Standard Time – the president of the United States is Barack Obama”.
Indecision2008.com – Videos
The Associated Press – “Stewart, Colbert parody election in real-time”
Posted: Thursday 30th October 2008 at 2:49pm by Paul
Last updated 4th November
There will be a US Election special combining The Daily Show With Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report on election night – Tuesday 4th November. The special show – called “Indecision 2008: America’s Choice” will air live on Comedy Central in the US (west coast) from 7pm-8pm PT and will be shown from 10pm-11pm ET. The special show will broadcast from The Daily Show studio in New York and will also be screened on the huge JumboTron TV screen in Times Square.
A press release on Comedy Central’s website says The Daily Show and The Colbert Report “head into November coming off the series’ most watched month ever in October” and that they “are currently on pace to record their most watched years ever”. The press release also reveals “there will also be a Live Blogging Event [on the indecision2008.com website] from 7:30 p.m.-11:30 p.m. ET with comedian Patton Oswalt” and “postings will take place all day by the site’s bloggers who will report the latest news on the presidential election as well as the hot races in the House and Senate”.
For viewers in the UK, More 4 will be airing this special show the following night (Wednesday 5th November) at 8.45pm through to 9.35pm. More 4 is available on Freeview, Virgin Media and Sky. FX UK will also air the special show on Wednesday 5th November at 10pm. FX UK is available on Virgin Media and Sky.
On a related election note – Barack Obama appeared on The Daily Show last night, which will be broadcast on More 4 tonight (Thursday 30th October) at 8.30pm.
Read the Comedy Central press release – click here.
Posted: Saturday 6th September 2008 at 4:11pm by Paul
The Daily Show host Jon Stewart was recently interviewed on The Today Show on NBC. The interviewer was Matt Lauer and it took place at The Daily Show studio. Click on the link below to see this post in full for the embedded video.
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