We're only a couple days into John Oliver's summer fill-in stint as host of The Daily Show, but his ratings have been good so far. Oliver's debut episode Monday pulled in 1.5 million viewers and a 0.7 rating in the 18-49 demographic, matching the show's average ratings for the year under Jon Stewart... [Read More]

John Oliver is hosting The Daily Show for the first time tonight. He'll be steering the ship of television's #1 fake news show throughout the summer while Jon Stewart takes some time off to direct an Oscar bait movie. Oliver's guest tonight is Seth Rogen, and he has Armando Iannucci, Mavis Staples, ... [Read More]

Last night marked the final Jon Stewart hosted episode of The Daily Show for the summer. For Stewart is headed out to direct a movie that came from a book that was spawned from a Daily Show segment. In the final clip of the show last night Stewart broke down how the movie came to [...]Jon Stewart pa... [Read More]

With all the excitement circling John Oliver it’s easy to see why he would be a little nervous about taking over The Daily Show for Jon Stewart this summer. “I just have to try not to destroy it” Oliver said on Letterman. Oliver is a familiar face around The Daily Show, having been there for [...]Jo... [Read More]

“Jon called me and asked, ‘Would you like to host the show?’” Oliver says. “My first reaction was, ‘Yeah, sure. Whatever you want. No problem.’ It was only on hanging up that my knees started to buckle. I was like, ‘Holy shit! What did I just agree to?... [Read More]

As was previously announced John Oliver will take over hosting duties at The Daily Show this summer while Jon Stewart directs his first film. Today, Comedy Central announced Oliver’s start date will be Monday, June 10 and he’ll stay behind the anchor... [Read More]

The true King of all media Chris Hardwick (sorry, Howard, but it’s true) has inked a deal with Comedy Central to host a late-night talk show that would follow The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report four nights a week. Co-produced by F... [Read More]

Stewart describes the library as “the Hard Rock Cafe of catastrophic policy decisions” [Read More]

If you’re reading this, I’ll just assume you’re a Daily Show junky, and you’re already familiar with the show’s Senior British Correspondent, John Oliver. My question – and I’m sure everyone else’s R... [Read More]

Jon Stewart will take a 12-week sabbatical from The Daily Show this summer in order to direct a movie about a journalist who was captured and imprisoned by Iranian forces. Longtime Daily Show correspondent John Oliver will take Stewart’s place ... [Read More]