During Stewart’s tenure, “The Daily Show” became more sharply political, satirizing the likes of Fox News, Dick Cheney, Sarah Palin, among numerous targets. That proved to be the vehicle to bring in a long succession of personalities whose careers were...
The last correspondent to show up was clearly the most dear to Stewart: Stephen Colbert, his close friend and collaborator, who launched the wildly popular “The Colbert Report” after several years on “The Daily Show“, and will soon take over David...