The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart's Final Episode
TV Flash files “Jon Stewart's Final Episode” as a desk essential hour — The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (1999–2015) on Comedy Central, season 2015, episode 102, aired 2015-08-06, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S2015E102: listed hour 2636 of 2636 in the The Daily Show with Jon Stewart guide, last listed hour of season 2015. It aired 2015-08-06 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Louis C.K.” (S2015E101). No later hour is listed in this guide. Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Essential hour: “Jon Stewart's Final Episode”. Jon Stewart's Final Episode is the landmark closer — a generation's classroom taking a bow, satire that argued with the news until the host left the chair.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Jon Stewart's Final Episode sit in the The Daily Show with Jon Stewart guide?
S2015E102 is listed hour 2636 of 2636 — last listed hour of season 2015, season 2015 episode 102.
When did The Daily Show with Jon Stewart S2015E102 air?
Jon Stewart's Final Episode aired 2015-08-06 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Is this the whole Daily Show or only Stewart?
Stewart hosted 1999–2015; this catalog entry is the 2000s peak — correspondent farm-system, civic classroom, Crossfire-takedown legend.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Jon Stewart's fake newscast became a civic classroom for viewers who trusted the jokes more than the crawls. The Daily Show in the 2000s is correspondent farm-system, Crossfire-takedown legend, and satire that argued with power instead of just punching the chyron for applause.
There was a stretch of the 2000s when a generation trusted a Comedy Central desk more than the crawls, which is either a civic tragedy or the oldest trick in late night: the clown telling the truth because the anchorman would not. Jon Stewart hosted The Daily Show from 1999 to 2015; the 2000s were peak cultural power. Fake news as a satirical newscast that dissected politics, media, and absurdity. Correspondent farm-system: Stephen Colbert, John Oliver, Samantha Bee, Steve Carell, Lewis Black. Often polled as a…
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- Jon Stewart as Host
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- Stephen Colbert as Correspondent
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- John Oliver as Correspondent
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- Samantha Bee as Correspondent
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- Steve Carell as Correspondent
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- Lewis Black as Contributor
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