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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...

In a brilliant parody of the classic tracking shot from Goodfellas, Stewart took the viewers behind the scenes of The Daily Show and introduced every single member of the team.

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.

In 2009, when Springsteen received a Kennedy Center Honor, Stewart was the one who introduced him with a amusing and personal speech. “They understand satire in a new way, I think”. Former correspondents Stephen Colbert, John Oliver, Ed Helms, Steve Carell, Olivia...

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.

The extended 50-minute finale featured a veritable who’s who’s of “Daily Show” correspondents past, including Steve Carell, Ed Helms, John Oliver, Matt Walsh, Larry Wilmore, Rob Corddry, Josh Gad and Olivia Munn.

Those who want to watch the final Daily Show episode online can check out Comedy Central’s page, which also has video from other shows in Jon Stewart’s final week. (He also used a familiar and much stronger epithet.). The only way to combat the relentless intrusions...

“We are better people for having known you“, Colbert said to an emotional Stewart.

Stewart, 52, announced last winter that he was getting restless and wanted to move on. “I thought Trevor had started by now”, a reference to Stewart’s replacement Trevor Noah, who takes over in late September. At the end of the correspondents’ segment, his...

Our reporter Raya Jalabi was on the ground and knows who exactly showed up but … it’d be poor form to spoil the show so we’ll leave things nice and ambiguous for now.

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 one person I could never get rid of was Roger Ailes.

As the show opened, Stewart was going to cover the news until his correspondents came by to take one last jab at the host.