The Daily Show: Season 13
Season 13 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of The Daily Show Season 12.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 13 Progress Shield
Ronald Seeber
Jan 7, 2008
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
Brian Williams
Feb 28, 2008
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 Afr
John Waters
Apr 22, 2008
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
Steve Carell
Jun 18, 2008
Tonight, comedian and actor Steve Carell talks about his new movie Get Smart.
Mike Myers
Jun 19, 2008
Tonight, actor and comedian Mike Myers talks about his new movie The Love Guru.
James McAvoy
Jun 23, 2008
Tonight, actor James McAvoy talks about his new movie with Angeline Jolie, Wanted.
James Harding
Jun 24, 2008
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.
Coldplay
Jun 25, 2008
Tonight, English rock band Coldplay sing a few songs from their new album, Viva La Vida.
Ted Koppel
Jun 26, 2008
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.
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Jul 17, 2008
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
Richard Bitner
Jul 21, 2008
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 cov
Will Ferrell & John C. Reilly
Jul 22, 2008
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 Comm
T.J. English
Jul 23, 2008
Robert Novak hits a pedestrian with his car, and Barack Obama visits the holy land.
Geo Beach
Jul 24, 2008
Geo Beach, host of the History Channel's "Tougher in Alaska," tells Jon why America's coldest state is also its greatest.
Nancy Pelosi
Jul 28, 2008
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi tells Jon about her new book, "Know Your Power: A Message to America's Daughters.
Barton Gellman
Sep 15, 2008
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 te
Charlize Theron
Sep 17, 2008
Charlize Theron talks about her new movie Battle In Seattle.
Bill Clinton
Sep 23, 2008
Former President Bill Clinton stops by the show tonight to discuss the current election.
Bob Schieffer
Sep 25, 2008
Journalist and host of CBS's Face the Nation Bob Schieffer talks about his new book Bob Schieffer's America.
Hooman Majd
Sep 29, 2008
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.
Gov. Jon Corzine
Oct 23, 2008
Jon Corzine talks about the effects of the financial crisis on New Jersey.
Bill Kristol
Oct 30, 2008
Bill Kristol believes Obama will be a conventionally liberal president.
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Nov 3, 2008
Doris Kearns Goodwin believes Barack Obama will win, no question.
Indecision 2008: America's Choice
Nov 4, 2008
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
T. Boone Pickens
Nov 12, 2008
Sarah Palin launches a PR blitz, and T. Boone Pickens wants to end our dependence on foreign oil.
Bill O'Reilly
Nov 13, 2008
Paul Broun compares Obama to Hitler, and Jon doesn't want Bill O'Reilly to be afraid anymore.
Sir David Frost.
Nov 17, 2008
George W. Bush hosts the G20 Summit, and Sir David Frost discusses his legendary Nixon interview.
Jon Meacham
Nov 19, 2008
Dick Cheney is indicted, while Joe Lieberman and Ted Stevens face the wrath of their parties.
Richard Belzer
Nov 20, 2008
Iraq surrenders, and Richard Belzer reads a passage from Obama's inaugural address.
Anne Hathaway
Dec 1, 2008
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'
Calvin Trillin
Dec 2, 2008
Calvin Trillin reads his poems about Al Gore, Sarah Palin and John McCain.
Arianna Huffington
Dec 3, 2008
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
Ron Howard
Dec 4, 2008
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
Matthew Alexander
Dec 8, 2008
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 wh
Mike Huckabee
Dec 9, 2008
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 Huckab
Don Rickles
Dec 10, 2008
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
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Dec 11, 2008
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 ho