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First Aired: July 22nd, 1996
Status: Continuing
Genre: Comedy, News
Summary: The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.
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Season 14
Episode 1: David Gregory
Air Date: January 5th, 2009
Summary: Jon wants David Gregory to explain why Brett Favre walking off his charter plane is breaking news on MSBNC.
Episode 2: Michael Wolff
Air Date: January 6th, 2009
Summary: Author Michael Wolff.
Episode 3: Rachel Maddow
Air Date: January 7th, 2009
Summary: Wyatt Cenac, Samantha Bee and John Oliver go undercover for more information on the Obama girls. Aasif Mandvi says Sanjay Gupta's appointment will be a tremendous over achievement in a community of overachievers. Rachel Maddow is insulted as an American that the Obamas can't stay in the presidential guesthouse.
Episode 4: Dana Perino
Air Date: January 8th, 2009
Summary: Barack Obama dines with all the living ex-presidents, and Joe the Plumber goes to Gaza. Roland Burris is turned away while trying to take his Senate seat. Dana Perino talks about her 12 days left in the White House.
Episode 5: Maxwell Kennedy
Air Date: January 12nd, 2009
Summary: Barack Obama doesn't sound like a newly elected president. John Oliver explains Rod Blagojevich's Tennyson reference. Jason Jones learns how to be a great pundit, and Maxwell Kennedy discusses kamikaze pilots.
Episode 6: Daniel Craig
Air Date: January 13rd, 2009
Episode 7: Fareed Zakaria
Air Date: January 14th, 2009
Summary: Marcus Schrenker is caught faking his own death. Hillary Clinton gets sleepy at her confirmation hearing. Lewis Black lists the mega corporations asking for bailouts, and Fareed Zakaria talks about terrorism in India.
Episode 8: Bethany McLean
Air Date: January 15th, 2009
Episode 9: Abderrahim Foukara
Air Date: January 19th, 2009
Episode 10: Bishop Gene Robinson
Air Date: January 20th, 2009
Summary: A veritable who's who of statesmen arrives for Barack Obama's historic inauguration. Jason Jones brushes off any comparisons between the Obama and Bush speeches. Wyatt Cenac reports from Obama's crazy-cool inaugural ball. Samantha Bee declares an end to frat boy humor, and Gene Robinson prays for Rick Warren.
Episode 11: David Sanger
Air Date: January 21st, 2009
Summary: Barack Obama watches the inaugural parade and then hits the parties. John Oliver feels the unity in DC, the news networks cover the inauguration differently, and David Sanger warns of the danger Pakistan poses.
Episode 12: Liam Neeson
Air Date: January 22nd, 2009
Summary: Hillary Clinton frees the State Department, and Barack Obama moves to close Guantanamo Bay. Gitmo is excited to leave, but he still wants to kill you. Rush Limbaugh hopes Barack Obama fails, and Liam Neeson visits the horse stable next door.
Episode 13: President Jimmy Carter
Air Date: January 26th, 2009
Summary: Rod Blagojevich boycotts his own impeachment trial, Barack Obama closes down Guantanamo, and Jon gives Jimmy Carter a gift.
Episode 14: Gwen Ifill
Air Date: January 27th, 2009
Episode 15: Neil DeGrasse Tyson
Air Date: January 28th, 2009
Episode 16: P.W. Singer
Air Date: January 29th, 2009
Episode 17: Lawrence Lindsey
Air Date: February 2nd, 2009
Summary: The Republicans pick Michael Steele as their RNC chairman, and now Wyatt Cenac is confused. The Super Bowl ads show where we are as a culture, and Lawrence Lindsey agrees with Jon's stimulus plan.
Episode 18: Dev Patel
Air Date: February 3rd, 2009
Summary: The star of Slumdog Millionaire drops by to promote the Oscar-nominated movie.
Episode 19: Karen Greenberg
Air Date: February 4th, 2009
Episode 20: Randall Balmer
Air Date: February 5th, 2009
Summary: Author of God in the White House: A History: How Faith Shaped the Presidency from John F. Kennedy to George W.
Episode 21: Walter Isaacson
Air Date: February 9th, 2009
Episode 22: Thomas Ricks
Air Date: February 10th, 2009
Summary: Barack Obama gives thoughtful answers at a press conference. Samantha Bee meets a few robot soldiers, and Thomas Ricks says we'll be in Iraq for a long time.
Episode 23: Daniel Sperling
Air Date: February 11st, 2009
Summary: The author of "Two Billion Cars: Driving Toward Sustainability" draws up a road map to smarter energy policy.
Episode 24: John Sununu
Air Date: February 12nd, 2009
Episode 25: Jeff Bezos
Air Date: February 23rd, 2009
Summary: Jeff Bezos the founder of Amazon.
Episode 26: Ricky Gervais
Air Date: February 24th, 2009
Episode 27: Tom Selleck
Air Date: February 25th, 2009
Episode 28: Brian Williams
Air Date: February 26th, 2009
Summary: Fox News reports on a Joe Biden gaffe, and Congressman Rob Bishop opposes the "monkey bite bill." Hillary Clinton discusses poetry in Asia, and Brian Williams doesn't Twitter.
Episode 29: Harold Varmus
Air Date: March 2nd, 2009
Summary: The Nobel Prize-winning scientist navigates the real world or research in "The Art and Politics of Science.
Episode 30: Sandra Day O'Connor
Air Date: March 3rd, 2009
Episode 31: Joe Nocera
Air Date: March 4th, 2009
Episode 32: Billy Crudup
Air Date: March 5th, 2009
Episode 33: Nathaniel Frank
Air Date: March 9th, 2009
Summary: Author of the new book 'Unfriendly Fire: How the Gay Ban Undermines the Military and Weakens America'.
Episode 34: Craig Mullaney
Air Date: March 10th, 2009
Summary: West Point graduate, Rhodes Scholar, Army Ranger and author of the new book 'The Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier's Education'.
Episode 35: Paul Rudd
Air Date: March 11st, 2009
Summary: Actor Paul Rudd talks about his new movie 'I Love You Man'.
Episode 36: Jim Cramer
Air Date: March 12nd, 2009
Summary: Jon and Jim Cramer prepare for their highly anticipated skirmish. Bernie Madoff pleads guilty to 11 counts of fraud. Jim Cramer admits to his mistakes, and vows to do a better job reporting the financial market.
Episode 37: Gen. Richard B. Myers
Air Date: March 16th, 2009
Summary: Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Richard B. Myers talks about his new book 'Eyes on the Horizon: Serving on the Front Lines of National Security'.
Episode 38: Ian McShane
Air Date: March 17th, 2009
Summary: Actor Ian McShane talks about his new show 'Kings'.
Episode 39: Nandan Nilekani
Air Date: March 18th, 2009
Summary: Jon Stewart interviews Nandan Nilekani, Author of 'Imagining India: The Idea of a Renewed Nation'.
Episode 40: Bruce Springsteen
Air Date: March 19th, 2009
Summary: Bruce Springsteen comes by the show to promote his new album 'Working on a Dream'.
Episode 41: Jack Cafferty
Air Date: March 30th, 2009
Summary: Wolf Blitzer's resident political observer takes a break from 'The Cafferty File' to discuss the latest tomfoolery in Washington D.C.
Episode 42: Seth Rogen
Air Date: March 31st, 2009
Summary: Actor Seth Rogen talks about his latest movie 'Observe and Report'.
Episode 43: Peter Orszag
Air Date: April 1st, 2009
Summary: Economist and current Director of the Office of Management and Budget under President Barack Obama, Peter Orszag is tonight's guest.
Episode 44: Tom Zoellner
Air Date: April 2nd, 2009
Summary: Author Tom Zoellner talks about his book 'Uranium - War, Energy and the Rock That Shaped the World'.
Episode 45: Michael J. Fox
Air Date: April 6th, 2009
Summary: Segments: - - Guests: Actor Michael J. Fox talks about his new book Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist.
Episode 46: Jehan Sadat
Air Date: April 7th, 2009
Summary: Segments: - - Guests: Jehan Sadat, the widow of the assassinated Egyptian president Anwar Sadat talks about her book My Hope for Peace.
Episode 47: Rep. Nancy Pelosi
Air Date: April 8th, 2009
Episode 48: William Cohan
Air Date: April 9th, 2009
Summary: Segments: - - Guests: Author William Cohan talks about his new book House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street.
Episode 49: Ron Darling
Air Date: April 14th, 2009
Summary: Ronald Maurice Darling, Jr. is an American former right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Mets, Oakland Athletics and Montreal Expos. Darling currently works as a color commentator for national baseball coverage on TBS as well as for the Mets on both SNY and WPIX. During his 13-year career, Darling amassed a 136–116 won-loss record, with 13 shutouts. He threw 1,590 strikeouts and had a 3.87 ERA. In 1985, he was picked for the All-Star team. Darling's weak point was control; he finished seasons in the top four in base on balls three times. He was considered one of the better fielding pitchers of the time, and won a Gold Glove Award in 1989. Darling had one of the best pickoff moves among right-handers. An above-average athlete, he was sometimes used as a pinch runner. In 1989, he hit home runs in two consecutive starts.
Episode 50: Elizabeth Warren
Air Date: April 15th, 2009
Episode 51: Ben Affleck
Air Date: April 16th, 2009
Summary: Segments: - - Guests: Actor Ben Affleck talks about his new movie "State of Play".
Episode 52: Reza Aslan
Air Date: April 20th, 2009
Summary: President Obama releases the memos on America's handbook for torture. Lewis Black examines the TV networks that are reaching out to kids for Earth Day. Reza Aslan believes Al Qaeda is fighting a war of the imagination.
Episode 53: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Air Date: April 21st, 2009
Summary: Liberia's "Iron Lady," the first elected female head of state in Africa, discusses her new memoir, "This Child Will Be Great," with Jon.
Episode 54: Philip Alcabes
Air Date: April 22nd, 2009
Summary: Philip Alcabes is an infectious-disease epidemiologist who talks about his new book 'Dread: How Fear and Fantasy have Fueled Epidemics from the Black Death to the Avian Flu'.
Episode 55: Richard Beeman
Air Date: April 23rd, 2009
Summary: Author of "Plain Honest Men", Richard Beeman talks to Jon on the show tonight.
Episode 56: Christine Lagarde
Air Date: April 27th, 2009
Summary: France's Minister of Finance Christine Lagarde talks with Jon about the state of the global economy.
Episode 57: Clifford D. May
Air Date: April 28th, 2009
Summary: The President of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Clifford D. May, guest stars on tonight's show.
Episode 58: Doris Kearns Goodwin
Air Date: April 29th, 2009
Summary: Presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin joins Jon on the show tonight.
Episode 59: Hugh Jackman
Air Date: April 30th, 2009
Summary: Actor Hugh Jackman comes by on the show to talk about his new movie, X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
Episode 60: Denis Leary
Air Date: May 4th, 2009
Summary: Actor and star of Rescue Me, Denis Leary is on the show tonight.
Episode 61: Fareed Zakaria
Air Date: May 5th, 2009
Summary: Journalist and author Fareed Zakaria talks about his new book The Post-American World.
Episode 62: George Stephanopoulos
Air Date: May 6th, 2009
Summary: The guest on tonight's show is Chief Washington Correspondent for ABC News, George Stephanopoulos.
Episode 63: Ken Salazar
Air Date: May 7th, 2009
Summary: The current U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar talks to Jon tonight.
Episode 64: Frank Partnoy
Air Date: May 11st, 2009
Summary: Financial commentator and author of "The Match King: Ivar Kreuger, The Financial Genius Behind a Century of Wall Street Scandals", Frank Partnoy is on the show tonight.
Episode 65: Tom Hanks
Air Date: May 12nd, 2009
Summary: Actor and star of the new movie Angels and Demons, Tom Hanks talks to Jon tonight.
Episode 66: Ambassador Husain Haqqani
Air Date: May 13rd, 2009
Summary: Pakistan's Ambassador to the U.S. Husain Haqqani talks to Jon Stewart on the show tonight.
Episode 67: Lisa P. Jackson
Air Date: May 14th, 2009
Summary: EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson is talking on the show tonight.
Episode 68: Sarah Fisher
Air Date: May 18th, 2009
Episode 69: Newt Gingrich
Air Date: May 19th, 2009
Episode 70: Elizabeth Edwards
Air Date: May 20th, 2009
Summary: Michael Steele says gay marriage is bad for small business, and President Obama sets a national fuel efficiency standard. John Oliver defends England's moat scandal, and Elizabeth Edwards fights for health care.
Episode 71: Larry King
Air Date: May 21st, 2009
Summary: One of the most popular names in the television news game compares notes with Jon.
Episode 72: Bob Woodruff
Air Date: June 1st, 2009
Episode 73: P.J. O'Rourke
Air Date: June 2nd, 2009
Episode 74: Michael Lewis
Air Date: June 3rd, 2009
Episode 75: Will Ferrell
Air Date: June 4th, 2009
Episode 76: Gretchen Peters
Air Date: June 8th, 2009
Episode 77: Peter Schiff
Air Date: June 9th, 2009
Episode 78: Saad Mohseni
Air Date: June 10th, 2009
Episode 79: Katie Couric
Air Date: June 11st, 2009
Episode 80: Ed Helms
Air Date: June 15th, 2009
Episode 81: Tom Folsom
Air Date: June 16th, 2009
Episode 82: Peter Laufer
Air Date: June 17th, 2009
Episode 83: Mike Huckabee
Air Date: June 18th, 2009
Episode 84: Bill Russell
Air Date: June 22nd, 2009
Episode 85: Larry David
Air Date: June 23rd, 2009
Episode 86: Reza Aslan
Air Date: June 24th, 2009
Episode 87: Cameron Diaz
Air Date: June 25th, 2009
Episode 88: Dr. Oliver Sacks
Air Date: June 29th, 2009
Episode 89: Mike Kim
Air Date: June 30th, 2009
Summary: The U.S. leaves Iraq like a houseguest who broke something, and Dick Cheney complains about his own troop withdrawal timeline. Jon hands out Rippy Awards for the media's outstanding coverage of Michael Jackson's death. Mike Kim discusses his mission to help North Koreans escape to China.
Episode 90: Justin Fox
Air Date: July 1st, 2009
Episode 91: Robert Kenner
Air Date: July 2nd, 2009
Summary: Filmmaker, "Food, Inc.
Episode 92: Rep. Barney Frank
Air Date: July 13rd, 2009
Summary: The Massachusetts congressman discusses the new congress' legislative priorities with Jon.
Episode 93: Peter Mancall
Air Date: July 14th, 2009
Episode 94: Kathleen Sebelius
Air Date: July 15th, 2009
Episode 95: Robert Glennon
Air Date: July 16th, 2009
Episode 96: Brian Williams
Air Date: July 20th, 2009
Episode 97: Steven Chu
Air Date: July 21st, 2009
Summary: Interview with Energy Secretary Steven Chu.
Episode 98: Kevin Nealon
Air Date: July 22nd, 2009
Summary: The controversy over Barack Obama's birth certificate lives on six months into his presidency. "Good Morning America" solves the mystery of Michael Jackson's lost corpse, and Kevin Nealon would never engage in autoerotic asphyxiation.
Episode 99: Sally Jenkins
Air Date: July 23rd, 2009
Summary: The author and historian sits down with Jon to discuss a largely unknown anti-Confederacy rebellion in Civil War Mississippi.
Episode 100: Bill Kristol
Air Date: July 27th, 2009
Episode 101: Spinal Tap
Air Date: July 28th, 2009
Episode 102: John Bolton
Air Date: July 29th, 2009
Episode 103: Judd Apatow
Air Date: July 30th, 2009
Episode 104: Ronald Kessler
Air Date: August 3rd, 2009
Episode 105: Rep. Henry Waxman
Air Date: August 4th, 2009
Episode 106: Paul Giamatti
Air Date: August 5th, 2009
Episode 107: Dara Torres
Air Date: August 6th, 2009
Episode 108: Douglas Brinkley
Air Date: August 10th, 2009
Episode 109: Austan Goolsbee
Air Date: August 11st, 2009
Episode 110: Jeff Sharlet
Air Date: August 12nd, 2009
Episode 111: Rachel McAdams
Air Date: August 13rd, 2009
Episode 112: David Cross
Air Date: August 17th, 2009
Episode 113: Christopher McDougall
Air Date: August 18th, 2009
Episode 114: Tim Gunn
Air Date: August 19th, 2009
Episode 115: Betsy McCaughey
Air Date: August 20th, 2009
Episode 116: LeBron James
Air Date: September 14th, 2009
Episode 117: Matt Damon
Air Date: September 15th, 2009
Summary: The award-winning actor returns to The Daily Show to discuss his new movie, "The Informant.
Episode 118: Wed, Sep 16, 2009
Air Date: September 16th, 2009
Episode 119: Thu, Sep 17, 2009
Air Date: September 17th, 2009
Episode 120: Tue, Sep 22, 2009
Air Date: September 22nd, 2009
Episode 121: Wed, Sep 23, 2009
Air Date: September 23rd, 2009
Episode 122: Thu, Sep 24, 2009
Air Date: September 24th, 2009
Episode 123: Mon, Sep 28, 2009
Air Date: September 28th, 2009
Episode 124: Tue, Sep 29, 2009
Air Date: September 29th, 2009
Episode 125: Wed, Sep 30, 2009
Air Date: September 30th, 2009
Episode 126: Thu, Oct 1, 2009
Air Date: October 1st, 2009
Episode 127: Mon, Oct 5, 2009
Air Date: October 5th, 2009
Episode 128: Tue, Oct 6, 2009
Air Date: October 6th, 2009
Episode 129: Wed, Oct 7, 2009
Air Date: October 7th, 2009
Episode 130: Thu, Oct 8, 2009
Air Date: October 8th, 2009
Episode 131: Mon, Oct 12, 2009
Air Date: October 12nd, 2009
Episode 132: Tue, Oct 13, 2009
Air Date: October 13rd, 2009
Episode 133: Wed, Oct 14, 2009
Air Date: October 14th, 2009
Episode 134: Thu, Oct 15, 2009
Air Date: October 15th, 2009
Episode 135: Mon, Oct 26, 2009
Air Date: October 26th, 2009
Episode 136: Tue, Oct 27, 2009
Air Date: October 27th, 2009
Episode 137: Wed, Oct 28, 2009
Air Date: October 28th, 2009
Episode 138: Thu, Oct 29, 2009
Air Date: October 29th, 2009
Summary: Comedian Wanda Sykes talks about her new show "The Wanda Sykes Show".
Episode 139: Mon, Nov 2, 2009
Air Date: November 2nd, 2009
Episode 140: Tue, Nov 3, 2009
Air Date: November 3rd, 2009
Episode 141: Wed, Nov 4, 2009
Air Date: November 4th, 2009
Episode 142: Thu, Nov 5, 2009
Air Date: November 5th, 2009
Episode 143: Mon, Nov 9, 2009
Air Date: November 9th, 2009
Episode 144: Tue, Nov 10, 2009
Air Date: November 10th, 2009
Episode 145: Wed, Nov 11, 2009
Air Date: November 11st, 2009
Episode 146: Thu, Nov 12, 2009
Air Date: November 12nd, 2009
Episode 147: Mon, Nov 16, 2009
Air Date: November 16th, 2009
Episode 148: Tue, Nov 17, 2009
Air Date: November 17th, 2009
Episode 149: Wed, Nov 18, 2009
Air Date: November 18th, 2009
Episode 150: Thu, Nov 19, 2009
Air Date: November 19th, 2009
Episode 151: Mon, Nov 30, 2009
Air Date: November 30th, 2009
Episode 152: Tue, Dec 1, 2009
Air Date: December 1st, 2009
Episode 153: Wed, Dec 2, 2009
Air Date: December 2nd, 2009
Episode 154: Thu, Dec 3, 2009
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Episode 155: Mon, Dec 7, 2009
Air Date: December 7th, 2009
Episode 156: Tue, Dec 8, 2009
Air Date: December 8th, 2009
Episode 157: Wed, Dec 9, 2009
Air Date: December 9th, 2009
Episode 158: Thu, Dec 10, 2009
Air Date: December 10th, 2009
Episode 159: Mon, Dec 14, 2009
Air Date: December 14th, 2009
Episode 160: Tue, Dec 15, 2009
Air Date: December 15th, 2009
Episode 161: Wed, Dec 16, 2009
Air Date: December 16th, 2009
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