Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Cancellations, Reality-Free This show went off the radar awhile back and left less traces of its existence than Amelia Earhart. But earlier today it came back, only to be blown out of the water. David Alan Grier's African-American news satire Chocolate News officiall...

wwwade, Web, Media Wade Roush wrote: I outed Ben Karlin. Not that way: he’s straight, at least judging from his mom’s foreword to Things I’ve Learned from Women Who’ve Dumped Me , the 2008 essay collection Karlin edited. I mean I outed him as the creator of WonderGlen, a pain...

Todd Barry and Eugene Mirman flew in some manner of metal bird with internet access today and took the time to answer some questions. [A Special Thing] Jeffrey Ross puns, "Nixon had a bowling alley and Clinton put a golf putting green, so Obama needs the audacity of hoops." I love puns mor...

I hate to sound like a shameless shill for the network, but let's face it, I'm a shameless shill for the network, and sometimes I just can't help but gush. Here's the thing that makes Jon Stewart so great: He's got a keen understanding of geopolitical affairs. And he's able t...

It's hard to believe The Daily Show with Jon Stewart has been around for 10 years. But since I've been constantly reminded by the blog I write for, it's time for me to accept the facts. I've been watching The Daily Show since I was 12. I am now 22. I'm an old man! Pretty soon I&#...

Oh man, there were so many balls last night. I mean, I expected a lot of balls, but not that many. And they were all such big balls. I've really never seen that many balls in my life. Everywhere I turned there were just more lavish balls right in my face. I really just had an inordinate number o...

Can you believe Inauguration Day is finally here? I mean, INAUGURATION DAY. Man, I think we need to invented a third, even higher letter case, because capital letters just aren't cutting it for today. I'm sure Obama is working on that. He's working on everything. Change is coming. In jus...

Daily Show writer Rob Kutner recently got into a discussion about Battlestar Galactica with the BSG fanblog Galactica Siterip, and the nerding-out got pretty deep. With too many unanswered questions on their hands, they decided to call for reinforcements, namely John Hodgman. And while he wasn't...

As Jon Stewart mentioned on last night's Daily Show, this week marks his tenth anniversary as host of the show. On the one hand, where did the time go? On the other hand, it's hard to remember what life was even like before we had The Daily Show with Jon Stewart to rely on four nights a week...

Filed under: Late Night, News, Industry, Ratings, News and Gossip, Reality-Free Remember the good old days, when becoming a joke in Johnny Carson's monologue was considered a bad thing for politicians? Some wily, horny old goat on the Senate Subcommittee for Restocking the Senate Office Supply Cabin...