The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Season 2012

159 listed hours · 1999–2015 · Comedy Central

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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 2012 of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (1999–2015) on Comedy Central as a mid listed season (2012; 14 of 17) — 159 listed hours, 2012-01-03–2012-12-13 from “Charles Barkley” (S2012E01) to “Kristen Stewart” (S2012E159). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

S2012E01 Charles Barkley 2012-01-03
S2012E02 Elizabeth Dowling Taylor 2012-01-04
S2012E03 Craig Shirley 2012-01-05
S2012E04 George Lucas 2012-01-09
S2012E05 Judge Andrew Napolitano 2012-01-10
S2012E06 Sen. Jim DeMint 2012-01-11
S2012E07 Dolly Parton 2012-01-12
S2012E08 Jodi Kantor 2012-01-16
S2012E09 Liam Neeson 2012-01-17
S2012E10 Joe Nocera 2012-01-18
S2012E11 Elizabeth Banks 2012-01-19
S2012E12 Kathleen Sebelius 2012-01-23
S2012E13 Elizabeth Warren 2012-01-24
S2012E14 Paula Broadwell 2012-01-25
S2012E15 Tilda Swinton 2012-01-26
S2012E16 Lou Dobbs 2012-01-30
S2012E17 Jonathan Macey 2012-01-31
S2012E18 Brad Pitt 2012-02-01
S2012E19 Dr. David Agus 2012-02-02
S2012E20 Ali Soufan 2012-02-13
S2012E21 Ricky Gervais 2012-02-14
S2012E22 Rep. Louise Slaughter 2012-02-15
S2012E23 Arne Duncan 2012-02-16
S2012E24 Alan Huffman & Michael Rejebian 2012-02-20
S2012E25 Russ Feingold 2012-02-21
S2012E26 Bruce Bartlett 2012-02-22
S2012E27 Paul Rudd 2012-02-23
S2012E28 Neil DeGrasse Tyson 2012-02-27
S2012E29 Stephen Merchant 2012-02-28
S2012E30 Masha Gessen 2012-02-29
S2012E31 M. Cathleen Kaveny 2012-03-01
S2012E32 Sec. Shaun Donovan 2012-03-05
S2012E33 Julianne Moore 2012-03-06
S2012E34 Cecile Richards 2012-03-07
S2012E35 Trita Parsi 2012-03-08
S2012E36 Grover Norquist 2012-03-12
S2012E37 Will Ferrell 2012-03-13
S2012E38 Rachel Weisz 2012-03-14
S2012E39 No Guest 2012-03-15
S2012E40 Shaquille O'Neal 2012-03-26
S2012E41 Maria Goodavage 2012-03-27
S2012E42 Ahmed Rashid 2012-03-28
S2012E43 Rachel Maddow 2012-03-29
S2012E44 Mohamed Nasheed 2012-04-02
S2012E45 Tom Goldstein 2012-04-03
S2012E46 Jack L. Goldsmith 2012-04-04
S2012E47 Anthony Bourdain 2012-04-05
S2012E48 Tim Weiner 2012-04-09
S2012E49 Elon Musk 2012-04-10
S2012E50 Ricky Gervais 2012-04-11
S2012E51 Esperanza Spalding 2012-04-12
S2012E52 Jane Goodall 2012-04-16
S2012E53 Julia Louis-Dreyfus 2012-04-17
S2012E54 Robert Reich 2012-04-18
S2012E55 Judy Smith 2012-04-19
S2012E56 Ben Rattray 2012-04-23
S2012E57 Madeleine Albright 2012-04-24
S2012E58 Jason Segel 2012-04-25
S2012E59 Robert Draper 2012-04-26
S2012E60 Zach Wahls 2012-04-30
S2012E61 David Barton 2012-05-01
S2012E62 Sen. Tom Coburn 2012-05-02
S2012E63 Peter Bergen 2012-05-03
S2012E64 Admiral General Aladeen 2012-05-07
S2012E65 Amb. Ivo Daalder 2012-05-08
S2012E66 John R. Hall 2012-05-09
S2012E67 Robert Caro 2012-05-10
S2012E68 Michelle Obama 2012-05-29
S2012E69 Dan Rather 2012-05-30
S2012E70 Jim Parsons 2012-05-31
S2012E71 Thomas Mann & Norman Ornstein 2012-06-04
S2012E72 Gary Johnson 2012-06-05
S2012E73 Michael Fassbender 2012-06-06
S2012E74 Edward Conard 2012-06-07
S2012E75 Boris Johnson 2012-06-11
S2012E76 Colin Powell 2012-06-12
S2012E77 Maggie Gyllenhaal 2012-06-13
S2012E78 Catherine Zeta-Jones 2012-06-14
S2012E79 Parmy Olson 2012-06-18
S2012E80 Denis Leary 2012-06-19
S2012E81 Steve Carell 2012-06-20
S2012E82 Bassem Youssef 2012-06-21
S2012E83 Sen. Marco Rubio 2012-06-25
S2012E84 Seth MacFarlane 2012-06-26
S2012E85 Andrew Garfield 2012-06-27
S2012E86 Tenacious D 2012-06-28
S2012E87 Louis C.K. 2012-07-16
S2012E88 Victor Cruz 2012-07-17
S2012E89 Sigourney Weaver 2012-07-18
S2012E90 E.J. Dionne 2012-07-19
S2012E91 Fareed Zakaria 2012-07-23
S2012E92 Matthew McConaughey 2012-07-24
S2012E93 Joseph Stiglitz 2012-07-25
S2012E94 Zach Galifianakis, Will Ferrell 2012-07-26
S2012E95 Rashida Jones 2012-07-30
S2012E96 Dambisa Moyo 2012-07-31
S2012E97 Fred Guterl 2012-08-01
S2012E98 Jessica Biel 2012-08-02
S2012E99 Tim Gunn 2012-08-06
S2012E100 Saima Wahab 2012-08-07
S2012E101 Chris Rock 2012-08-08
S2012E102 Joanna Brooks 2012-08-09
S2012E103 Robert Pattinson 2012-08-13
S2012E104 Misty May-Treanor 2012-08-14
S2012E105 Brian Williams 2012-08-15
S2012E106 Rob Corddry 2012-08-16
S2012E107 Sen. Marco Rubio 2012-08-28
S2012E108 Herman Cain 2012-08-29
S2012E109 Michael Steele 2012-08-30
S2012E110 Republican Convention wrap-up 2012-08-31
S2012E111 Tom Brokaw 2012-09-04
S2012E112 Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand 2012-09-05
S2012E113 Austan Goolsbee 2012-09-06
S2012E114 Democratic Convention wrap-up 2012-09-07
S2012E115 Kofi Annan 2012-09-17
S2012E116 Salman Rushdie 2012-09-18
S2012E117 Pink 2012-09-19
S2012E118 Bill Clinton 2012-09-20
S2012E119 King Abdullah II 2012-09-25
S2012E120 Olivia Wilde 2012-09-26
S2012E121 Amar'e Stoudemire 2012-09-27
S2012E122 Arnold Schwarzenegger 2012-10-01
S2012E123 Liam Neeson 2012-10-02
S2012E124 Sen. Rand Paul 2012-10-03
S2012E125 Bill O'Reilly 2012-10-04
S2012E126 Pete Townshend 2012-10-08
S2012E127 Ben Affleck 2012-10-09
S2012E128 Magic Johnson 2012-10-10
S2012E129 Paul Thomas Anderson 2012-10-11
S2012E130 J.K. Rowling 2012-10-15
S2012E131 Eugene Jarecki 2012-10-16
S2012E132 Nate Silver 2012-10-17
S2012E133 President Barack Obama 2012-10-18
S2012E134 D.L. Hughley 2012-10-22
S2012E135 Gerard Butler 2012-10-23
S2012E136 Dakota Meyer 2012-10-24
S2012E137 Rep. Nancy Pelosi 2012-10-25
S2012E138 Jon Ronson 2012-10-31
S2012E139 Bob Woodruff 2012-11-01
S2012E140 Martha Raddatz 2012-11-05
S2012E141 Live election night coverage 2012-11-06
S2012E142 Nate Silver 2012-11-07
S2012E143 Katie Dellamaggiore & Pobo Efekoro 2012-11-08
S2012E144 Mike Huckabee 2012-11-12
S2012E145 Jason Sudeikis 2012-11-13
S2012E146 Jon Meacham 2012-11-14
S2012E147 Andrew Napolitano 2012-11-15
S2012E148 David Nasaw 2012-11-26
S2012E149 Warren Buffett, Carol Loomis 2012-11-27
S2012E150 Neil Young 2012-11-28
S2012E151 Calvin Trillin 2012-11-29
S2012E152 Denis Leary 2012-12-03
S2012E153 R.A. Dickey 2012-12-04
S2012E154 Alan Simpson 2012-12-05
S2012E155 Gov. Chris Christie 2012-12-06
S2012E156 Bishop Gene Robinson 2012-12-10
S2012E157 Laura Linney 2012-12-11
S2012E158 Cory Booker 2012-12-12
S2012E159 Kristen Stewart 2012-12-13