Season 2001

From the desk

How this season is filed

Filed by Rex Fontaine · Golden Age Dispatch

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.

TV Flash files Season 2001 of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (1999–2015) on Comedy Central as a mid listed season (2001; 3 of 17) — 151 listed hours, 2001-01-09–2001-12-20 from “Richard Lewis” (S2001E01) to “Jamie Foxx” (S2001E151). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

Desk essentials in this season

1. S2001E01 Richard Lewis

   Richard Lewis sits on the 2001 slate: Daily Show as a year-in-the-chair document, the correspondent farm already training the next newsroom voices.