I am finally read to say it: I love Trevor Noah. The most remarkable part of all this is that The Daily Show, with its new host, remains The Daily Show. It remains a tiny voice of acerbic sincerity in the midst of a sea of politics and media. It remains witty and passionate and […]
Last week, Stephen Colbert came back on the air after a one week hiatus and spent the first five minutes of his show in uncharacteristically honest form. With the exception of a few jokes, he vacillated between real, pained tears and heartfelt sentiment right until the moment when he gathered himself together and said “This, […]
For the past three years, the Adult Swim network has quietly been creating a new model of broadcast television. They produce parody sitcoms with a limited run time and next to no budget, and in return the creators and stars of these series get an enormous amount of creative freedom. The first show produced under […]
It’s saying something that I considered briefly whether this even qualified as a MY TV story. After all, the Rally to Restore Sanity was an off-shoot of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, and Stewart himself occasionally down played the event as basically a 3 hour long comedy show. But in the end, what […]
Tonight was an historic night for The Daily Show. It was the first time a sitting president has ever been on the show. Anticipation was high and with the faux newsman’s sure-to-be-a-hit rally coming up on Saturday and midterm elections right around the corner, now was the time to do it. The two men- both […]
I was bored, so I made my own version of TV University (a format I blatantly stole from something I saw on www.thetvaddict.com- please, no one sue me). This week I got the opportunity to participate in a conference call with Secret Life of the American Teenager actress India Eisley. Not being very familiar with […]
Alongside NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams and Republican politician Mike Huckabee, one of The Daily Show‘s strongest recurring guests is astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. Tyson appeared on Monday’s episode and again proved not only his astounding intelligence but also his quirky nature, fun turn of phrase and general down to earth attitude (pun very […]
Tonight was a good night for television. Scrubs‘ revamped new season is really pretty great; I love the Denise focus. Last year’s best new show, Better Off Ted, is back on the air as of tonight and it’s just as great as ever. But the best thing about tonight’s TV? The Daily Show. Now, Jon […]