Jon Stewart

For almost 17 years, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart brilliantly redefined the borders between television comedy, political satire, and opinionated news coverage. It launched the careers of some of today's most significant comedians, highlighted the hypocrisies of the powerful, and garnered 23 Emmys. Now, for the first time, the people behind the show's seminal moments come together to share their memories of one of America's most groundbreaking shows.--...

The popular comedian, film star, and TV personality presents a humorous venture into such topics as fashion, cocktail culture, fast cars, modern Jewishness, dating, politics, and urban life.

A Democratic strategist assists a retired veteran run for mayor in a small, conservative Midwest town.

A journey into the world of Will Shortz, the crossword puzzle editor at The New York Times. Shortz has spent his entire lifetime studying, creating and editing puzzles, and has built a huge following along the way including Bill Clinton and Bob Dole.

Comedy Central's hit series, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, includes episodes from the extremely popular Indecision 2004, plus a full disc of riotous bonus segments.

For sixteen years, this program was a game changer in television, blurring the line between opinionated news reportage and comedy. It launched careers, lampooned legions of public figures and garnered eighteen Emmys. Now the fascinating behind the scenes antics, controversies and relationships will be chronicled by legendary host Jon Stewart and the players themselves.

Here is a live performance, an interview with Jon Stewart, and three thought-provoking pieces, all featuring George Carlin throughout his four-decade-long career.

Venom-laced and the raucous rivalry of scandalized former kid-show host Rainbow Randolph and his squeaky-clean replacement, Sheldon Mopes, a.k.a. Smoochy the Rhino. Randolph is insanely obsessed with getting his job back, but Smoochy's a smash, and their war for kid-vid supremacy places a jaded "KidNet" producer in the middle of a Rainbow/Rhino smackdown.

Recounts the real-life experiences of London-based, Tehran-born journalist Maziar Bahari when he returns to Iran to cover the 2009 presidential elections and is detained as a spy and tortured by an interrogator Bahari identified as Rosewater.

Students at Herrington High make a chilling discovery-- the teachers really are aliens, bent on world domination.