The Daily Show 1996
“When news breaks we fix it.”
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What is The Daily Show?
The Daily Show is a television series that premiered in 1996. The program features a team that presents itself as the world's fakest news team.
- Type
- TV series
- Year
- 1996
- Status
- Returning Series
- Episodes
- 4,260
- First aired
- Jul 22, 1996
- Last aired
- Jun 24, 2026
- Original language
- EN
- Origin
- US
- Networks
- Comedy Central
- Genres
- News, Comedy
- Updated
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The Daily Show is a television series that premiered in 1996. The program features a team that presents itself as the world's fakest news team. The show focuses on covering significant stories within the realms of news, politics, and pop culture. During its inaugural year of 1996, the series was hosted by Craig Kilborn. Episodes aired throughout the year, including a series of broadcasts during the summer months of July and August. The program is documented in episode listings that track its production history starting from 1996. While the series has continued over the years, historical records also note instances involving Jon Stewart as a host for the program. The format of the show remains centered on providing a take on breaking news and various entertainment topics. As an ongoing television production, the series has maintained a presence in the media landscape since its inception in the mid-nineties. The show continues to be recognized for its satirical approach to reporting on current events and cultural phenomena.
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Cast
Jon Stewart
Self - Host
Trevor Noah
Self - Host
Jordan Klepper
Self - Host
Michael Kosta
Self - Host
Desi Lydic
Self - Host
Ronny Chieng
Self - Host
Craig Kilborn
Self - Host
Stephen Colbert
Self - Correspondent
Josh Johnson
Self - Host
Lewis Black
Self
John Oliver
Self - Correspondent
Jason Jones
Self - Correspondent
Episode guide
Season 1 · 7 episodes
Open the complete Season 1 guide →- E1 Premier Episode Jul 22, 1996
- E2 David Cross & Bob Odenkirk Nov 14, 1996
- E3 James Doohan Nov 20, 1996
- E4 Bruce Davison Dec 9, 1996
- E5 Richard Lewis Dec 11, 1996
- E6 Wes Craven Dec 12, 1996
- E56 Tom Bergeron Dec 4, 1996
Season 2 · 16 episodes
- E1 David Faustino Jan 6, 1997
- E2 Kathy Kinney Jan 7, 1997
- E3 John Salley Jan 8, 1997
- E4 Jill Novick Jan 9, 1997
- E5 Richard Kind Jan 13, 1997
- E6 Vincent D'Onofrio Jan 14, 1997
- E7 Episode 7 Jan 15, 1997
- E8 Episode 8 Jan 16, 1997
- E9 Episode 9 Jan 20, 1997
- E10 Episode 10 Jan 21, 1997
- E11 Episode 11 Jan 22, 1997
- E12 Episode 12 Jan 23, 1997
- E13 Episode 13 Jan 27, 1997
- E14 Episode 14 Jan 28, 1997
- E15 Episode 15 Jan 29, 1997
- E16 Episode 16 Jan 30, 1997
Season 3 · 33 episodes
- E1 Miguel Ferrer Mar 9, 1998
- E2 Timothy Dalton Mar 10, 1998
- E3 Jason Priestley Mar 11, 1998
- E4 Henry Thomas Mar 12, 1998
- E5 Al Franken Mar 30, 1998
- E6 David Boreanaz Jun 3, 1998
- E7 Scott Thompson Jun 25, 1998
- E8 Terry Jones Sep 10, 1998
- E9 Renee Hicks Sep 14, 1998
- E10 Dr. Ruth Westheimer Sep 15, 1998
- E11 Ben Stiller Sep 16, 1998
- E12 Vince Vaughn Sep 17, 1998
- E13 Jackie Chan Sep 21, 1998
- E14 Bonnie Raitt Sep 22, 1998
- E15 Denis Leary Sep 23, 1998
- E16 Janeane Garofalo Sep 24, 1998
- E17 David Cross & Bob Odenkirk Oct 27, 1998
- E18 Blair Underwood Nov 2, 1998
- E19 Upright Citizens Brigade Nov 3, 1998
- E20 Queen Latifah Nov 4, 1998
- E21 Henry Winkler Nov 5, 1998
- E22 John Fugelsang Nov 9, 1998
- E23 Travis Tritt Nov 10, 1998
- E24 Shannen Doherty Nov 11, 1998
- E25 Ken Olin Nov 16, 1998
- E26 Kate Mulgrew Nov 17, 1998
- E27 Roma Downey Nov 18, 1998
- E28 Jerry Springer Nov 19, 1998
- E29 Wendie Malick Dec 14, 1998
- E30 Deborah Norville Dec 15, 1998
- E31 Jon Stewart Dec 16, 1998
- E32 Richard Lewis Dec 17, 1998
- E34 Second Anniversary Special Jul 22, 1998
Season 4 · 159 episodes
- E1 Michael J. Fox Jan 11, 1999
- E2 Sandra Bernhard Jan 12, 1999
- E3 Tracey Ullman Jan 13, 1999
- E4 Gillian Anderson Jan 14, 1999
- E5 David Alan Grier Jan 18, 1999
- E6 William Baldwin Jan 19, 1999
- E7 Michael Stipe Jan 20, 1999
- E8 Carmen Electra Jan 21, 1999
- E9 Matthew Lillard Jan 25, 1999
- E10 David Cross Jan 26, 1999
- E11 Yasmine Bleeth Jan 27, 1999
- E12 D. L. Hughley Jan 28, 1999
- E13 George Carlin Feb 1, 1999
- E14 Dave Foley Feb 2, 1999
- E15 Kellie Martin Feb 3, 1999
- E16 Jerry O'Connell Feb 4, 1999
- E17 Melissa Gilbert Feb 8, 1999
- E18 Brendan Fraser Feb 9, 1999
- E19 Pamela Anderson, Natalie Raitano, Molly Culver Feb 10, 1999
- E20 Daniel Stern Feb 11, 1999
- E21 Melina Kanakaredes Feb 16, 1999
- E22 Ed McMahon Feb 17, 1999
- E23 Mike Judge Feb 18, 1999
- E24 John Tesh Mar 1, 1999
- E25 Eric McCormack Mar 2, 1999
- E26 Jeri Ryan Mar 3, 1999
- E27 Ryan Phillippe Mar 4, 1999
- E28 Ian McKellen Mar 8, 1999
- E29 Jon Voight Mar 9, 1999
- E30 Sammy Hagar Mar 10, 1999
- E31 Hootie & the Blowfish, Billy Crystal Mar 11, 1999
- E32 Peter Krause Mar 15, 1999
- E33 Chris Isaak Mar 16, 1999
- E34 John Larroquette Mar 17, 1999
- E35 Joseph Gordon-Levitt Mar 18, 1999
- E36 Jennifer Grey Mar 22, 1999
- E37 Norm Macdonald Mar 23, 1999
- E38 Sandra Bullock Mar 24, 1999
- E39 Janine Turner Mar 25, 1999
- E40 Ron Howard Mar 29, 1999
- E41 Omar Epps Mar 30, 1999
- E42 Diane Lane Mar 31, 1999
- E43 Stephen Baldwin Apr 1, 1999
- E44 Ernie Hudson Apr 12, 1999
- E45 Josh Charles Apr 13, 1999
- E46 Jackie Chan Apr 14, 1999
- E47 Marlee Matlin Apr 15, 1999
- E48 Sharon Lawrence Apr 19, 1999
- E49 Rob Estes Apr 20, 1999
- E50 Angelina Jolie Apr 21, 1999
- E51 David Spade Apr 22, 1999
- E52 Seth Green Apr 26, 1999
- E53 Sheryl Lee Ralph Apr 27, 1999
- E54 Chris Robinson Apr 28, 1999
- E55 Joy Behar Apr 29, 1999
- E56 Thomas Gibson May 10, 1999
- E57 Paula Cale May 11, 1999
- E58 Ted Danson May 12, 1999
- E59 Esai Morales May 13, 1999
- E60 Jane Seymour May 17, 1999
- E61 Robert Schimmel May 18, 1999
- E62 Camryn Manheim May 19, 1999
- E63 Ray Romano May 20, 1999
- E64 Patricia Richardson May 24, 1999
- E65 Suzanne Somers May 25, 1999
- E66 Natalie Portman May 26, 1999
- E67 Jamie Foxx May 27, 1999
- E68 Harry Connick Jr. Jun 7, 1999
- E69 Caroline Rhea Jun 8, 1999
- E70 Damon Wayans Jun 9, 1999
- E71 Timothy Hutton Jun 10, 1999
- E72 Mike Myers Jun 14, 1999
- E73 Rob Lowe Jun 15, 1999
- E74 Mike Myers Jun 16, 1999
- E75 Heather Graham Jun 17, 1999
- E76 Felicity Huffman Jun 21, 1999
- E77 Jimmy Kimmel Jun 22, 1999
- E78 Adam Sandler Jun 23, 1999
- E79 Richard Belzer Jun 24, 1999
- E80 Margaret Cho Jun 28, 1999
- E81 Scott Wolf Jun 29, 1999
- E82 Roseanne Barr Jun 30, 1999
- E83 Rob Schneider Jul 1, 1999
- E84 Adam Arkin Jul 12, 1999
- E85 Miss Piggy Jul 13, 1999
- E86 John Leguizamo Jul 14, 1999
- E87 Robert Klein Jul 15, 1999
- E88 Christa Miller Jul 19, 1999
- E89 David Brenner Jul 20, 1999
- E90 Third Anniversary Special Jul 21, 1999
- E91 Joely Fisher Jul 22, 1999
- E92 Donny Osmond Jul 26, 1999
- E93 Wendie Malick Jul 27, 1999
- E94 Vince Neil Jul 28, 1999
- E95 Janeane Garofalo Jul 29, 1999
- E96 Bebe Neuwirth Aug 2, 1999
- E97 Garry Marshall Aug 3, 1999
- E98 Denis Leary Aug 4, 1999
- E99 Jeffrey Tambor Aug 5, 1999
- E100 Dave Foley Aug 9, 1999
- E101 Dom Irrera Aug 10, 1999
- E102 Pierce Brosnan Aug 11, 1999
- E103 Eduardo Sanchez & Daniel Myrick Aug 12, 1999
- E104 Carson Daly Aug 16, 1999
- E105 Molly Ringwald Aug 17, 1999
- E106 Sarah Jessica Parker Aug 18, 1999
- E107 French Stewart Aug 19, 1999
- E108 Cheryl Ladd Aug 23, 1999
- E109 LL Cool J Aug 24, 1999
- E110 Dwight Yokam Aug 25, 1999
- E111 Nia Long Aug 26, 1999
- E112 Summer Spectacular Aug 30, 1999
- E113 Elayne Boosler Sep 13, 1999
- E114 Tom Green Sep 14, 1999
- E115 Jason Priestly Sep 15, 1999
- E116 David Cross Sep 16, 1999
- E117 Andy Richter Sep 20, 1999
- E118 Donny Osmond & Marie Osmond Sep 21, 1999
- E119 Dave Chappelle Sep 22, 1999
- E120 Steve Zahn Sep 23, 1999
- E121 Norm Macdonald Sep 27, 1999
- E122 Melissa Joan Hart Sep 28, 1999
- E123 Richard Lewis Sep 29, 1999
- E124 Bruce McCulloch and Mark McKinney Sep 30, 1999
- E125 Greg Proops Oct 4, 1999
- E126 Maury Povich Oct 5, 1999
- E127 Brooke Shields Oct 6, 1999
- E128 Molly Shannon Oct 7, 1999
- E129 Rebecca Gayheart Oct 18, 1999
- E130 Steven Wright Oct 19, 1999
- E131 Amy Brenneman Oct 20, 1999
- E132 Melissa Gilbert Oct 21, 1999
- E133 Cathy Moriarty Oct 25, 1999
- E134 Louie Anderson Oct 26, 1999
- E135 Sarah Michelle Gellar Oct 27, 1999
- E136 Melanie C. Oct 28, 1999
- E137 Chris O'Donnell Nov 1, 1999
- E138 Jennifer Love Hewitt Nov 2, 1999
- E139 Dave Grohl Nov 3, 1999
- E140 Roshumba Williams Nov 4, 1999
- E141 Kellie Martin Nov 8, 1999
- E142 Kathy Griffin Nov 9, 1999
- E143 Christina Ricci Nov 15, 1999
- E144 Tori Amos Nov 16, 1999
- E145 Lennox Lewis Nov 17, 1999
- E146 Bill Maher Nov 18, 1999
- E147 Goo Goo Dolls Nov 29, 1999
- E148 Stephen Rea Nov 30, 1999
- E149 Laura San Giacomo Dec 1, 1999
- E150 Michael Boatman Dec 2, 1999
- E151 Paul Rudd Dec 6, 1999
- E152 Senator Bob Dole, part 1 Dec 7, 1999
- E153 Senator Bob Dole, part 2 Dec 8, 1999
- E154 Rob Schneider Dec 9, 1999
- E155 Joan Lunden Dec 13, 1999
- E156 Shannen Doherty Dec 14, 1999
- E157 George Carlin Dec 16, 1999
- E158 David Boreanaz Dec 20, 1999
- E159 Jewel Dec 21, 1999
Season 5 · 166 episodes
- E1 Cynthia Nixon Jan 4, 2000
- E2 Robbie Williams Jan 5, 2000
- E3 Richard Belzer Jan 6, 2000
- E4 Joe Montana Jan 10, 2000
- E5 Will Ferrell Jan 11, 2000
- E6 Ice Cube Jan 12, 2000
- E7 Michael Stipe Jan 13, 2000
- E8 Penelope Ann Miller Jan 17, 2000
- E9 Frankie Muniz Jan 18, 2000
- E10 Freddie Prinze Jr. Jan 19, 2000
- E11 Jerry Springer Jan 20, 2000
- E12 Selma Blair Jan 24, 2000
- E13 Peter Krause Jan 25, 2000
- E14 Jenny McCarthy Jan 26, 2000
- E15 David Arquette Jan 27, 2000
- E16 Jeff Bridges Feb 1, 2000
- E17 Bob Dole Feb 2, 2000
- E18 Jason Priestly Feb 3, 2000
- E19 Moby Feb 14, 2000
- E20 Dennis Farina Feb 15, 2000
- E21 Matthew Perry Feb 16, 2000
- E22 Ed McMahon Feb 17, 2000
- E23 Snoop Dogg Feb 22, 2000
- E24 Charlize Theron Feb 23, 2000
- E25 Rachael Leigh Cook Feb 24, 2000
- E26 Forest Whitaker Feb 28, 2000
- E27 Vin Diesel Feb 29, 2000
- E28 Tobey Maguire Mar 1, 2000
- E29 Ellen DeGeneres Mar 2, 2000
- E30 Neil Patrick Harris Mar 6, 2000
- E31 Kevin Pollak Mar 7, 2000
- E32 Bob Dole Mar 8, 2000
- E33 Garry Shandling Mar 9, 2000
- E34 Eddie Izzard Mar 13, 2000
- E35 Kim Delaney Mar 14, 2000
- E36 Wolf Blitzer Mar 15, 2000
- E37 Drew Carey Mar 16, 2000
- E38 Chris Meloni Mar 20, 2000
- E39 Marla Sokoloff Mar 21, 2000
- E40 Eric Idle Mar 22, 2000
- E41 Leelee Sobieski Mar 23, 2000
- E42 John Lydon Mar 27, 2000
- E43 Joshua Jackson Mar 28, 2000
- E44 Triumph the Insult Comic Dog Mar 29, 2000
- E45 Jimmy Smits Mar 30, 2000
- E46 Roger Daltrey Apr 10, 2000
- E47 Ben Stein Apr 11, 2000
- E48 Patrick Stewart Apr 12, 2000
- E49 David Alan Grier Apr 13, 2000
- E50 Stanley Tucci Apr 17, 2000
- E51 Samantha Mathis Apr 18, 2000
- E52 Diamond Dallas Page Apr 19, 2000
- E53 Arlen Specter Apr 20, 2000
- E54 Hugh Hefner Apr 24, 2000
- E55 Kirsten Dunst Apr 25, 2000
- E56 Jeanne Tripplehorn Apr 26, 2000
- E57 Stephen Baldwin Apr 27, 2000
- E58 S. Epatha Merkerson May 1, 2000
- E59 Luke Wilson May 2, 2000
- E60 Julie Warner May 3, 2000
- E61 Eric Close May 4, 2000
- E62 Wendie Malick May 8, 2000
- E63 Jesse L. Martin May 9, 2000
- E64 Andy Richter May 10, 2000
- E65 Betty White May 11, 2000
- E66 Tracey Ullman May 15, 2000
- E67 Kyle MacLachlan May 16, 2000
- E68 Jane Leeves May 17, 2000
- E69 Michael Rapaport May 18, 2000
- E70 Thandie Newton May 29, 2000
- E71 Laura Kightlinger May 30, 2000
- E72 Sonja Christopher May 31, 2000
- E73 Penn and Teller Jun 5, 2000
- E74 Kelli Williams Jun 6, 2000
- E75 Michael Moore Jun 7, 2000
- E76 When the Elderly Go on TV with Al Greenwood Jun 12, 2000
- E77 Mark Curry Jun 13, 2000
- E78 Jimmy Kimmel & Adam Carolla Jun 14, 2000
- E79 Julie Brown Jun 15, 2000
- E80 Heather Donahue Jun 19, 2000
- E81 Joe Lockhart Jun 20, 2000
- E82 Freddie Prinze Jr. Jun 21, 2000
- E83 Alicia Silverstone Jun 22, 2000
- E84 Cheri Oteri Jun 26, 2000
- E85 Jeff Probst Jun 27, 2000
- E86 Richie Sambora Jun 28, 2000
- E87 John C. Reilly Jun 29, 2000
- E88 Anna Paquin Jul 10, 2000
- E89 J.K. Simmons Jul 11, 2000
- E90 Famke Janssen Jul 12, 2000
- E91 Billy Crudup Jul 13, 2000
- E92 Shawn & Marlon Wayans Jul 17, 2000
- E93 Halle Berry Jul 18, 2000
- E94 Fourth Anniversary Special Jul 19, 2000
- E95 Al Roker Jul 20, 2000
- E96 Peter Fonda Jul 24, 2000
- E97 Joe Eszterhas Jul 25, 2000
- E98 Jennifer Beals Jul 26, 2000
- E99 Campaign Trail to the Road to the White House Jul 31, 2000
- E100 Republican National Convention Pt. 1 Aug 1, 2000
- E101 Republican National Convention Pt. 2 Aug 2, 2000
- E102 Republican National Convention Pt. 3 Aug 3, 2000
- E103 Republican National Convention Pt. 4 Aug 4, 2000
- E104 Democratic National Convention Pt. 1 Aug 15, 2000
- E105 Democratic National Convention Pt. 2 Aug 16, 2000
- E106 Democratic National Convention Pt. 3 Aug 17, 2000
- E107 Democratic National Convention Pt. 4 Aug 18, 2000
- E108 Jeremy Piven Aug 22, 2000
- E109 Slash Aug 23, 2000
- E110 Vincent D'Onofrio Aug 24, 2000
- E111 Donal Logue Sep 5, 2000
- E112 Greg Kinnear Sep 6, 2000
- E113 Spinal Tap Sep 7, 2000
- E114 Joe Mantegna Sep 11, 2000
- E115 Eugene Levy Sep 12, 2000
- E116 Lennox Lewis Sep 13, 2000
- E117 Senator Joe Lieberman Sep 14, 2000
- E118 Ryan Phillippe Sep 18, 2000
- E119 Jamie Lee Curtis Sep 19, 2000
- E120 Barenaked Ladies Sep 20, 2000
- E121 Jamie Foxx Sep 21, 2000
- E122 Jonathan Katz Sep 25, 2000
- E123 Bill Goldberg Sep 26, 2000
- E124 Sylvester Stallone Sep 27, 2000
- E125 Tony Danza Sep 28, 2000
- E126 Dean Cain Oct 2, 2000
- E127 Ashton Kutcher Oct 3, 2000
- E128 Jewel Oct 4, 2000
- E129 Ralph Nader Oct 5, 2000
- E130 Alice Cooper Oct 16, 2000
- E131 Christian Slater Oct 17, 2000
- E132 Joshua Jackson Oct 18, 2000
- E133 Brendan Fraser Oct 19, 2000
- E134 Kevin James Oct 23, 2000
- E135 Jeff Garlin Oct 24, 2000
- E136 Posh Spice & Baby Spice Oct 25, 2000
- E137 Steven Weber Oct 26, 2000
- E138 Brett Butler Oct 30, 2000
- E139 David Frost Oct 31, 2000
- E140 Phil Donahue Nov 1, 2000
- E141 Michael Richards Nov 2, 2000
- E142 Arlen Specter Nov 6, 2000
- E143 Indecision 2000 Choose and Loose Nov 7, 2000
- E144 Richard Belzer Nov 8, 2000
- E145 Michael Moore Nov 9, 2000
- E146 Adam Sandler Nov 13, 2000
- E147 Patricia Arquette Nov 14, 2000
- E148 Adam Sandler Nov 15, 2000
- E149 Rhys Ifans Nov 16, 2000
- E150 Tales of Survival with Vance DeGeneres Nov 20, 2000
- E151 John Goodman Nov 27, 2000
- E152 Laura San Giacomo Nov 28, 2000
- E153 Billy Campbell Nov 29, 2000
- E154 Anthony Clark Nov 30, 2000
- E155 Thomas Gibson Dec 4, 2000
- E156 Faith Ford Dec 5, 2000
- E157 Chris O'Donnell Dec 6, 2000
- E158 Marlan Wayans Dec 7, 2000
- E159 Ira Glass Dec 11, 2000
- E160 Greta Van Susteren Dec 12, 2000
- E161 Indecision 2000 Special Dec 13, 2000
- E162 Wolf Blitzer Dec 14, 2000
- E163 Marla Sokoloff Dec 18, 2000
- E164 Marisa Tomei Dec 19, 2000
- E165 Jeri Ryan Dec 20, 2000
- E166 Gillian Anderson Dec 21, 2000
Frequently asked questions
What is The Daily Show?
It is a television series that features a team reporting on news, politics, and pop culture.
Who hosted the show in 1996?
The episodes in 1996 were hosted by Craig Kilborn.
What topics does the show cover?
The program covers stories related to news, politics, and pop culture.
How is the show described?
The program is described as featuring the world's fakest news team.
Is the show still airing?
The series began in 1996 and has continued to air.