The Daily show is actually MEGA-popular here, and Jon Stewart is doing pretty well for himself considering his failed late-night show in the 90s. Almost every one I know with cable watches it, well, daily. The audience is typically left-of-center, but Stewart is remarkably evenhanded in interviews etc. The show is big enought that they don't have to shill for their entertainment guests, e.g. last night when he spent the interview subtley trashing the Garfield movie JLHewitt was there to promote.
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