Season 13

1. Ronald Seeber

Tonight, a professor of labor relations at Cornell University who shares his views on worker strikes, Ronald Seeber. Jon begins tonights show by sharing his statement of solidarity with the writer's strike by showcasing his unibrow. Also, the show's name has been changed until the strike is over to A Daily Show With Jon Stewart. Jon then reports on the winners of the Iowa caucus. Finally, Jon summarizes the conflict surrounding the Writers Guild strike in a segment called "Space Reserved For Clever Pun".

2008-01-07 • ? min

2. David Frum

2008-01-08 • ? min

3. John Zogby

2008-01-09 • ? min

4. Lou Dobbs

2008-01-10 • ? min

5. Fareed Zakaria

2008-01-14 • ? min

6. Amb. John Bolton

2008-01-15 • ? min

7. Jonah Goldberg

2008-01-16 • ? min

8. Allen Raymond

2008-01-17 • ? min

9. Jon Meacham

2008-01-21 • ? min

10. Jim Wallis

2008-01-22 • ? min

11. P.J. O'Rourke

2008-01-23 • ? min

12. Gerri Willis

2008-01-24 • ? min

13. Phil Simms

2008-01-28 • ? min

14. Doris Kearns Goodwin

2008-01-29 • ? min

15. Peggy Noonan

2008-01-30 • ? min

16. Karen Tumulty

2008-01-31 • ? min

17. Tim Gunn

2008-02-04 • ? min

18. Chris Wallace

2008-02-05 • ? min

19. Tom Brokaw

2008-02-06 • ? min

20. Laton McCartney

2008-02-07 • ? min

21. Philip Shenon

2008-02-11 • ? min

22. Bill Kristol

2008-02-12 • ? min

23. Mark Siegel

2008-02-13 • ? min

24. Lee Siegel

2008-02-14 • ? min

25. Madeleine Albright

2008-02-26 • ? min

26. Allen Guelzo

2008-02-27 • ? min

27. Brian Williams

Tonight, the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, Brian Williams. Jon begins tonight's show with a look at Bush's recent presidential news conference and his trip to Africa in a segment called "Bushman of Africa". Senior White House Correspondent John Oliver was along for the ride with President Bush in Africa and talks with Jon about his experience. Finally, Expert Youth Politics Reporter on Voting Demetri Martin reports on why the youth vote is so important this election year in a segment called "Trendspotting with Demetri Martin". The TDS Street Team hits the New York City bar scene and asks young people who their voting for.

2008-02-28 • ? min

28. Hillary Clinton

Tonight, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

2008-03-03 • ? min

29. Ralph Nader

2008-03-04 • ? min

30. Martin Fletcher

2008-03-05 • ? min

31. Sen. Tom Daschle

2008-03-06 • ? min

32. Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell

2008-03-10 • ? min

33. Grover Norquist

2008-03-11 • ? min

34. Ronald Kessler

2008-03-12 • ? min

35. Dana Perino

2008-03-13 • ? min

36. Brian Fagan

2008-03-17 • ? min

37. Jeffrey Sachs

2008-03-18 • ? min

38. Sen. Arlen Specter

2008-03-19 • ? min

39. Alex Kingsbury

2008-03-20 • ? min

40. Sen. Chuck Hagel

2008-03-31 • ? min

41. Simon LeVay

2008-04-01 • ? min

42. William Safire

2008-04-02 • ? min

43. George Clooney

2008-04-03 • ? min

44. Nathan Lane

2008-04-07 • ? min

45. Cokie Roberts

2008-04-08 • ? min

46. Steve Coll

2008-04-09 • ? min

47. Aram Roston

2008-04-10 • ? min

48. Judd Apatow

2008-04-14 • ? min

49. Jack Goldsmith

2008-04-15 • ? min

50. Peter Steinfels

2008-04-16 • ? min

51. Uma Thurman

2008-04-17 • ? min

52. Sen. Barack Obama

2008-04-21 • ? min

53. John Waters

Tonight, cult film director John Waters. Jon begins the show tonight looking at the presidential candidates addressing the audience of the WWE. Next, Jon takes a look at so-called military analysts the media uses, but the Pentagon call message force multipliers in a segment called "The Less You Know". Senior Military Analyst Rob Riggle talks with Jon about the recent Pentagon report about Pakistan being a safe haven for terrorists. Finally, Samantha Bee and Larry Wilmore visit Pennsylvania and talk with some voters.

2008-04-22 • ? min

54. Howard Fineman

2008-04-23 • ? min

55. Colin Firth

2008-04-24 • ? min

56. Jimmy Carter

2008-04-28 • ? min

57. Newt Gingrich

2008-04-29 • ? min

58. Robert Schlesinger

2008-04-30 • ? min

59. Howard Dean

2008-05-01 • ? min

60. Sen. Harry Reid

2008-05-05 • ? min

61. Fareed Zakaria

2008-05-06 • ? min

62. John McCain

2008-05-07 • ? min

63. David D. Perlmutter

2008-05-08 • ? min

64. Douglas J. Feith

2008-05-12 • ? min

65. Bill Moyers

2008-05-13 • ? min

66. John Harwood

2008-05-14 • ? min

67. Denis Leary

2008-05-15 • ? min

68. Matt Taibbi

2008-05-27 • ? min

69. Fred Burton

2008-05-28 • ? min

70. Richard Clark

2008-05-29 • ? min

71. Scott McClellan

2008-06-02 • ? min

72. David Sedaris

2008-06-03 • ? min

73. Barbara Walters

2008-06-04 • ? min

74. Adam Sandler

2008-06-05 • ? min

75. Sen. Jim Webb

2008-06-09 • ? min

76. Ralph Reed

2008-06-10 • ? min

77. Rick Shenkman

2008-06-11 • ? min

78. Richard Engel

2008-06-12 • ? min

79. David Iglesis

2008-06-16 • ? min

80. Lara Logan

2008-06-17 • ? min

81. Steve Carell

Tonight, comedian and actor Steve Carell talks about his new movie Get Smart.

2008-06-18 • ? min

82. Mike Myers

Tonight, actor and comedian Mike Myers talks about his new movie The Love Guru.

2008-06-19 • ? min

83. James McAvoy

Tonight, actor James McAvoy talks about his new movie with Angeline Jolie, Wanted.

2008-06-23 • ? min

84. James Harding

Tonight, the editor from The Times in London, James Harding talks about his new book Alpha Dogs: The Americans Who Turned Political Spin into a Global Business.

2008-06-24 • ? min

85. Coldplay

Tonight, English rock band Coldplay sing a few songs from their new album, Viva La Vida.

2008-06-25 • ? min

86. Ted Koppel

Tonight, Ted Koppel talks about his new special about the symbiotic relationship between the U.S. and China on the Discovery Channel called The People's Republic of Capitalism.

2008-06-26 • ? min

87. Andrew Ward

Author Andrew Ward discusses his new book, The Slaves' War.

2008-07-14 • ? min

88. Pierce Brosnan

2008-07-15 • ? min

89. Kenneth Pollack

2008-07-16 • ? min

90. Maggie Gyllenhaal

Jon breaks out the Dobbs-O-Meter to measure how well the presidential candidates are doing with the Latino community. Kristen Schaal studies the cougar species, and invents her own name for men who date younger women. Maggie Gyllenhaal tells Jon how Batman made her weak in the knees.

2008-07-17 • ? min

91. Richard Bitner

Barack Obama travels to the Middle East with all three major network news anchors tagging along. Rob Riggle, Larry Wilmore, John Oliver, Wyatt Cenac and Ed Helms are excited to cover Obama's trip to Baghdad. Wyatt Cenac goes to South Florida to find out which candidate the elderly Jews are voting for, and Richard Bitner explains the risky business of subprime mortgages.

2008-07-21 • ? min

92. Will Ferrell & John C. Reilly

Obama Quest continues as Barack Obama visits his birthplace in Bethlehem. Former high-ranking Bush administration officials refuse to answer questions from the House Judiciary Committee, while John Oliver explains we're in a golden age of obstructive politics, and we don't even know it. Lewis Black lists America's insane deals in its End of an Empire Sale, and Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly show off their calves.

2008-07-22 • ? min

93. T.J. English

Robert Novak hits a pedestrian with his car, and Barack Obama visits the holy land.

2008-07-23 • ? min

94. Geo Beach

Geo Beach, host of the History Channel's "Tougher in Alaska," tells Jon why America's coldest state is also its greatest.

2008-07-24 • ? min

95. Nancy Pelosi

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi tells Jon about her new book, "Know Your Power: A Message to America's Daughters.

2008-07-28 • ? min

96. Bill Bishop

2008-07-29 • ? min

97. Ben Wattenberg

2008-07-30 • ? min

98. Brian Williams

2008-07-31 • ? min

99. Dennis Hopper

2008-08-04 • ? min

100. Seth Rogan

2008-08-05 • ? min

101. Sen. Chuck Schumer

2008-08-06 • ? min

102. David Gregory

2008-08-07 • ? min

103. Ron Suskind

2008-08-11 • ? min

104. Sen. Mel Martinez

2008-08-12 • ? min

105. Philip Pan

2008-08-13 • ? min

106. Ben Stiller

2008-08-14 • ? min

107. Guess Who's Coming to Denver pt.1 (Gov. Tim Kaine)

2008-08-26 • ? min

108. Guess Who's Coming to Denver pt.2 (Howard Dean)

2008-08-27 • ? min

109. Evan Bayh

2008-08-28 • ? min

110. Barack Obamas Acceptance Speech

2008-08-29 • ? min

111. Brian Williams

2008-09-02 • ? min

112. Newt Gingrich

2008-09-03 • ? min

113. Mike Huckabee

2008-09-04 • ? min

114. Senator McCains Acceptance Speech

2008-09-05 • ? min

115. Barton Gellman

Jon Stewart discusses the importance of blinking. Sarah Palin will talk to the press as soon as they stop asking her questions. Jason Jones is the only correspondent in the news team with his own spin-off. Washington Post reporter Barton Gellman discusses his book Angler about Dick Cheney's time as the vice-president.

2008-09-15 • ? min

116. Ricky Gervais

Ricky Gervais talks about his new film, Ghost Town.

2008-09-16 • ? min

117. Charlize Theron

Charlize Theron talks about her new movie Battle In Seattle.

2008-09-17 • ? min

118. Tony Blair

2008-09-18 • ? min

119. Bill Clinton

Former President Bill Clinton stops by the show tonight to discuss the current election.

2008-09-23 • ? min

120. Aaron Eckhart

Aaron Eckhart discusses his role in The Dark Knight.

2008-09-24 • ? min

121. Bob Schieffer

Journalist and host of CBS's Face the Nation Bob Schieffer talks about his new book Bob Schieffer's America.

2008-09-25 • ? min

122. Hooman Majd

Wyatt Cenac watches the debate with some elderly Jewish residents, and Hooman Majd explains that it's within Iran's rights to have nuclear enrichment of uranium on their own soil.

2008-09-29 • ? min

123. Bill Maher

2008-09-30 • ? min

124. Peggy Noonan

2008-10-01 • ? min

125. Clint Eastwood

2008-10-02 • ? min

126. Tim Robbins

2008-10-06 • ? min

127. Sarah Vowell

2008-10-07 • ? min

128. Michelle Obama

2008-10-08 • ? min

129. Robert De Niro

2008-10-09 • ? min

130. Amity Shlaes

Amity Shlaes discusses her book "The Forgotten Man".

2008-10-13 • ? min

131. Ari Fleischer

2008-10-14 • ? min

132. Richard Lewis

2008-10-15 • ? min

133. Robert Reich

2008-10-16 • ? min

134. Eugene Jarecki

2008-10-20 • ? min

135. Christopher Buckley

2008-10-21 • ? min

136. Tom Brokaw

2008-10-22 • ? min

137. Gov. Jon Corzine

Jon Corzine talks about the effects of the financial crisis on New Jersey.

2008-10-23 • ? min

138. Campbell Brown

2008-10-27 • ? min

139. Steve Martin

2008-10-28 • ? min

140. Senator Barack Obama

2008-10-29 • ? min

141. Bill Kristol

Bill Kristol believes Obama will be a conventionally liberal president.

2008-10-30 • ? min

142. Doris Kearns Goodwin

Doris Kearns Goodwin believes Barack Obama will win, no question.

2008-11-03 • ? min

143. Indecision 2008: America's Choice

The towering giants of fake news reunite for their hour-long Election Night special, Indecision 2008: America's Choice. Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert report live from Indecision World Headquarters where Comedy Central has rounded up the best researchers and consultants (that it can afford) to provide shallow analysis, obscure factoids, random guesses and pointless sound.

2008-11-04 • ? min

144. Chris Wallace

The Fox News Sunday anchor delivers an election postmortem.

2008-11-05 • ? min

145. Paul Rudd

With guest Paul Rudd.

2008-11-06 • ? min

146. Thomas Friedman

2008-11-11 • ? min

147. T. Boone Pickens

Sarah Palin launches a PR blitz, and T. Boone Pickens wants to end our dependence on foreign oil.

2008-11-12 • ? min

148. Bill O'Reilly

Paul Broun compares Obama to Hitler, and Jon doesn't want Bill O'Reilly to be afraid anymore.

2008-11-13 • ? min

149. Sir David Frost.

George W. Bush hosts the G20 Summit, and Sir David Frost discusses his legendary Nixon interview.

2008-11-17 • ? min

150. Denis Leary

2008-11-18 • ? min

151. Jon Meacham

Dick Cheney is indicted, while Joe Lieberman and Ted Stevens face the wrath of their parties.

2008-11-19 • ? min

152. Richard Belzer

Iraq surrenders, and Richard Belzer reads a passage from Obama's inaugural address.

2008-11-20 • ? min

153. Anne Hathaway

Three people die in an attempt to get a jump on their holiday shopping. John Oliver explains who is responsible for the terror attacks in Mumbai. Plaxico Burress lets down America's youth by shooting himself in the thigh. MSNBC replaces Fox News as the new administration's mouthpiece, and Anne Hathaway vows to become a train wreck.

2008-12-01 • ? min

154. Calvin Trillin

Calvin Trillin reads his poems about Al Gore, Sarah Palin and John McCain.

2008-12-02 • ? min

155. Arianna Huffington

The new Planned Parenthood gift cards make great holiday presents. George W. Bush winds down his presidency with a Charlie Gibson interview. John Hodgman lets Jon know he's also a lame duck, and Arianna Huffington explains blogging.

2008-12-03 • ? min

156. Ron Howard

Three auto industry CEOs carpool to Washington to ask again for a bailout. Dr. Aasif Mandvi learns there's no cure for liberalism. Ron Howard does a cheesy Richard Nixon impression.

2008-12-04 • ? min

157. Matthew Alexander

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper shuts Parliament down. Samantha Bee, John Oliver and Aasif Mandvi discuss Canada's dependence on Great Britain. Matthew Alexander explains why torture is counterproductive in interrogating terrorists.

2008-12-08 • ? min

158. Mike Huckabee

Rod Blagojevich couldn't have made it any easier for the authorities to arrest him. Many of the nation's newspapers are on the brink of collapse thanks to the Internet. Mike Huckabee says the reason we have so much government is because people don't behave well with each other.

2008-12-09 • ? min

159. Don Rickles

Jason Jones shows some telling footage from his interview with Rod Blagojevich three years ago. Rob Riggle and his uniquely physical interviewing style won't soon be forgotten. Don Rickles gloats over beating Jon at the Emmys.

2008-12-10 • ? min

160. Philip Seymour Hoffman

Hall & Oates perform a song about Alan Colmes and how much he means to all of us. Larry Wilmore says African-Americans support Proposition 8 because marriage is their holiest of holy institutions. Philip Seymour Hoffman shares what he learned about the catholic church while filming "Doubt.

2008-12-11 • ? min