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  Who should replace Jon Stewart as Daily Show host? (search mode)
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Tina Fey
 
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Samantha Bee
 
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Jason Jones
 
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Wyatt Cenac
 
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Joe Biden
 
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John Oliver
 
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Jessica Williams
 
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« on: February 10, 2015, 10:40:35 PM »

If John Oliver didn't get his own show already, we wouldn't even be asking this question. But as he did, Samantha Bee.
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« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2015, 12:51:55 AM »

The show was completely different with Craig Kilborn. It wasn't even a political satire show at all, it mostly just served as more of a parody of E!-style celebrity gossip shows, covering mostly that, and the correspondents covered those "weird news" stories local stations love to pick up on, rather than now which is mostly skewering right wing talking points. It wasn't really a political show until Bush took office.

And of course Kilborn's guests were always B or C-list celebrities. No one would've ever thought of him interviewing a presidential candidate or cabinet member.
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« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2015, 10:46:29 AM »
« Edited: February 11, 2015, 10:54:46 AM by incredibly specific types of post-punk music »

Samantha Bee covers a lot of women's issues as a correspondent but that's just a niche that wouldn't apply as host. Plus we're talking about someone who managed to make a segment about rape in the military funny. Not easy is quite the understatement...and I'm not too sure if any male could pull that off.
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« Reply #3 on: February 11, 2015, 10:50:40 AM »
« Edited: February 11, 2015, 11:26:00 AM by incredibly specific types of post-punk music »

Also Aasif Mandvi is hilarious but not in a host way. Remember whenever Stewart interviews his correspondents he usually plays the straight man and the correspondent is the crazy absurd one.
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« Reply #4 on: February 15, 2015, 01:26:56 AM »

How about Brian Williams?  He can be entertaining, he knows how to do fake reporting, and he may well be looking for a new job soon.

The Daily Show isn't actually a fake news show.

Yeah, it's actually a much more reliable news source than the main US news networks.

That doesn't make it not a fake news show.

It's not "fake news". That's like The Onion. The Daily Show reports on actual real life stories.
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