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Trevor Noah may still be settling into his seat on The Daily Show but he’s already fired shots at President Jacob Zuma.

To be fair, how could total ownership of that Comedy Central staple transfer in just one night, when Jon Stewart had 16 years to turn it into an institution? “Growing up in the dusty streets of South Africa, I never dreamed that I would one day have, well, two things,...

But he froze when he saw the ties.

Hamm – whose portrayal of seductive, mysterious ad man Don Draper on retro-cool “Mad Men” had won him rave reviews and transformed his career – finally struck gold on his eighth nomination for the role.

When the 2015 Emmy Awards ended on Sunday, the night was just beginning for dozens of celebrities who went to the after-parties. Unfortunately, all that time watching small screen gems resulted in Samberg missing out on his son’s (Billy Eichner) formative years.

Pundits had wondered whether the Emmys might honor “Colbert”, which has gone off the air as its host moved to CBS earlier this month, or even HBO’s freshman series “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver”, anchored by another Stewart protege. “You...

Bill Murray won outstanding supporting actor in a limited series or a film for his role in the show but was not there to collect the gong.

This year a lot of late night shows were bidding farewell after historic runs, but it was Jon Stewart’s Daily Show that beat everyone, winning the Emmy for Outstanding Variety Talk Series.

The former Daily Show host’s visit to Capitol Hill comes as lawmakers try to lock down a spending bill to avoid a government shutdown.

A taped message from Bill O’Reilly said, “Have fun feeding your rabbits, quitter”. “The Daily Show” airs at 11 p.m. EDT. There followed a long succession of personalities, like Aasif Mandvi, John Hodgman, Steve Carell and more, who had gotten their...

One of Stewart’s amusing foes, Arby’s, also marked the occasion this week by buying two ads on Wednesday’s show. I spent three decades-plus doing network news, but if you ask me today, what do I pay more attention to, John Oliver and Jon Stewart or the evening...

The satirical news anchor will sign off with a special 50-minute-long episode Thursday.

Out of all the famous people that Jon Stewart managed to squeeze into the first half of his final Daily Show episode, Stephen Colbert undoubtedly stole the show.

They came from New Haven, Connecticut, Chicago and other relatively far-flung locales.

Fans were reminded of that last night as Fox News, which has borne the brunt of Stewart’s most vitriolic criticism, televised a debate at 9 involving 10 presidential candidates from the GOP, including Donald Trump, Jeb Bush, and Scott Walker.