The Daily Show: Season 14
Season 14 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 13.
- 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 14 Progress Shield
David Gregory
Jan 5, 2009
Jon wants David Gregory to explain why Brett Favre walking off his charter plane is breaking news on MSBNC.
Rachel Maddow
Jan 7, 2009
Wyatt Cenac, Samantha Bee and John Oliver go undercover for more information on the Obama girls. Aasif Mandvi says Sanjay Gupta's appointment will be a tremendous over achievement
Dana Perino
Jan 8, 2009
Barack Obama dines with all the living ex-presidents, and Joe the Plumber goes to Gaza. Roland Burris is turned away while trying to take his Senate seat. Dana Perino talks about h
Maxwell Kennedy
Jan 12, 2009
Barack Obama doesn't sound like a newly elected president. John Oliver explains Rod Blagojevich's Tennyson reference. Jason Jones learns how to be a great pundit, and Maxwell Kenne
Fareed Zakaria
Jan 14, 2009
Marcus Schrenker is caught faking his own death. Hillary Clinton gets sleepy at her confirmation hearing. Lewis Black lists the mega corporations asking for bailouts, and Fareed Za
Bishop Gene Robinson
Jan 20, 2009
A veritable who's who of statesmen arrives for Barack Obama's historic inauguration. Jason Jones brushes off any comparisons between the Obama and Bush speeches. Wyatt Cenac report
David Sanger
Jan 21, 2009
Barack Obama watches the inaugural parade and then hits the parties. John Oliver feels the unity in DC, the news networks cover the inauguration differently, and David Sanger warns
Liam Neeson
Jan 22, 2009
Hillary Clinton frees the State Department, and Barack Obama moves to close Guantanamo Bay. Gitmo is excited to leave, but he still wants to kill you. Rush Limbaugh hopes Barack Ob
President Jimmy Carter
Jan 26, 2009
Rod Blagojevich boycotts his own impeachment trial, Barack Obama closes down Guantanamo, and Jon gives Jimmy Carter a gift.
Lawrence Lindsey
Feb 2, 2009
The Republicans pick Michael Steele as their RNC chairman, and now Wyatt Cenac is confused. The Super Bowl ads show where we are as a culture, and Lawrence Lindsey agrees with Jon'
Dev Patel
Feb 3, 2009
The star of Slumdog Millionaire drops by to promote the Oscar-nominated movie.
Randall Balmer
Feb 5, 2009
Author of God in the White House: A History: How Faith Shaped the Presidency from John F. Kennedy to George W.
Thomas Ricks
Feb 10, 2009
Barack Obama gives thoughtful answers at a press conference. Samantha Bee meets a few robot soldiers, and Thomas Ricks says we'll be in Iraq for a long time.
Daniel Sperling
Feb 11, 2009
The author of "Two Billion Cars: Driving Toward Sustainability" draws up a road map to smarter energy policy.
Brian Williams
Feb 26, 2009
Fox News reports on a Joe Biden gaffe, and Congressman Rob Bishop opposes the "monkey bite bill." Hillary Clinton discusses poetry in Asia, and Brian Williams doesn't Twitter.
Harold Varmus
Mar 2, 2009
The Nobel Prize-winning scientist navigates the real world or research in "The Art and Politics of Science.
Nathaniel Frank
Mar 9, 2009
Author of the new book 'Unfriendly Fire: How the Gay Ban Undermines the Military and Weakens America'.
Craig Mullaney
Mar 10, 2009
West Point graduate, Rhodes Scholar, Army Ranger and author of the new book 'The Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier's Education'.
Jim Cramer
Mar 12, 2009
Jon and Jim Cramer prepare for their highly anticipated skirmish. Bernie Madoff pleads guilty to 11 counts of fraud. Jim Cramer admits to his mistakes, and vows to do a better job
Gen. Richard B. Myers
Mar 16, 2009
Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Richard B. Myers talks about his new book 'Eyes on the Horizon: Serving on the Front Lines of National Security'.
Nandan Nilekani
Mar 18, 2009
Jon Stewart interviews Nandan Nilekani, Author of 'Imagining India: The Idea of a Renewed Nation'.
Bruce Springsteen
Mar 19, 2009
Bruce Springsteen comes by the show to promote his new album 'Working on a Dream'.
Jack Cafferty
Mar 30, 2009
Wolf Blitzer's resident political observer takes a break from 'The Cafferty File' to discuss the latest tomfoolery in Washington D.C.
Seth Rogen
Mar 31, 2009
Actor Seth Rogen talks about his latest movie 'Observe and Report'.
Peter Orszag
Apr 1, 2009
Economist and current Director of the Office of Management and Budget under President Barack Obama, Peter Orszag is tonight's guest.
Tom Zoellner
Apr 2, 2009
Author Tom Zoellner talks about his book 'Uranium - War, Energy and the Rock That Shaped the World'.
Michael J. Fox
Apr 6, 2009
Segments: - - Guests: Actor Michael J. Fox talks about his new book Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist.
Jehan Sadat
Apr 7, 2009
Segments: - - Guests: Jehan Sadat, the widow of the assassinated Egyptian president Anwar Sadat talks about her book My Hope for Peace.
William Cohan
Apr 9, 2009
Segments: - - Guests: Author William Cohan talks about his new book House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street.
Ron Darling
Apr 14, 2009
Ronald Maurice Darling, Jr. is an American former right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Mets, Oakland Athletics and Montreal Expos. Dar
Ben Affleck
Apr 16, 2009
Segments: - - Guests: Actor Ben Affleck talks about his new movie "State of Play".
Reza Aslan
Apr 20, 2009
President Obama releases the memos on America's handbook for torture. Lewis Black examines the TV networks that are reaching out to kids for Earth Day. Reza Aslan believes Al Qaeda
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Apr 21, 2009
Liberia's "Iron Lady," the first elected female head of state in Africa, discusses her new memoir, "This Child Will Be Great," with Jon.
Philip Alcabes
Apr 22, 2009
Philip Alcabes is an infectious-disease epidemiologist who talks about his new book 'Dread: How Fear and Fantasy have Fueled Epidemics from the Black Death to the Avian Flu'.
Richard Beeman
Apr 23, 2009
Author of "Plain Honest Men", Richard Beeman talks to Jon on the show tonight.
Christine Lagarde
Apr 27, 2009
France's Minister of Finance Christine Lagarde talks with Jon about the state of the global economy.
Clifford D. May
Apr 28, 2009
The President of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Clifford D. May, guest stars on tonight's show.
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Apr 29, 2009
Presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin joins Jon on the show tonight.
Hugh Jackman
Apr 30, 2009
Actor Hugh Jackman comes by on the show to talk about his new movie, X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
Denis Leary
May 4, 2009
Actor and star of Rescue Me, Denis Leary is on the show tonight.
Fareed Zakaria
May 5, 2009
Journalist and author Fareed Zakaria talks about his new book The Post-American World.
George Stephanopoulos
May 6, 2009
The guest on tonight's show is Chief Washington Correspondent for ABC News, George Stephanopoulos.
Ken Salazar
May 7, 2009
The current U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar talks to Jon tonight.
Frank Partnoy
May 11, 2009
Financial commentator and author of "The Match King: Ivar Kreuger, The Financial Genius Behind a Century of Wall Street Scandals", Frank Partnoy is on the show tonight.
Tom Hanks
May 12, 2009
Actor and star of the new movie Angels and Demons, Tom Hanks talks to Jon tonight.
Ambassador Husain Haqqani
May 13, 2009
Pakistan's Ambassador to the U.S. Husain Haqqani talks to Jon Stewart on the show tonight.
Lisa P. Jackson
May 14, 2009
EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson is talking on the show tonight.
Elizabeth Edwards
May 20, 2009
Michael Steele says gay marriage is bad for small business, and President Obama sets a national fuel efficiency standard. John Oliver defends England's moat scandal, and Elizabeth
Larry King
May 21, 2009
One of the most popular names in the television news game compares notes with Jon.
Mike Kim
Jun 30, 2009
The U.S. leaves Iraq like a houseguest who broke something, and Dick Cheney complains about his own troop withdrawal timeline. Jon hands out Rippy Awards for the media's outstandin
Rep. Barney Frank
Jul 13, 2009
The Massachusetts congressman discusses the new congress' legislative priorities with Jon.
Kevin Nealon
Jul 22, 2009
The controversy over Barack Obama's birth certificate lives on six months into his presidency. "Good Morning America" solves the mystery of Michael Jackson's lost corpse, and Kevin
Sally Jenkins
Jul 23, 2009
The author and historian sits down with Jon to discuss a largely unknown anti-Confederacy rebellion in Civil War Mississippi.
Matt Damon
Sep 15, 2009
The award-winning actor returns to The Daily Show to discuss his new movie, "The Informant.
Thu, Oct 29, 2009
Oct 29, 2009
Comedian Wanda Sykes talks about her new show "The Wanda Sykes Show".