Jon Stewart's Final Episode of THE DAILY SHOW Delivers 3.5M Viewers; Second Highest Episode Ever
By: Caryn Robbins Aug. 10, 2015
Jon Stewart's final episode of THE DAILY SHOW delivered 3.5 million viewers, marking the show's second highest rated episode ever, behind a 2008 appearance from then soon-to-be president Barack Obama, which brought in 3.6 million viewers.
The show, featuring Stephen Colbert among others, garnered 1.8 million viewers in the all-important 18-49 demographic and a 1.4 adults 18-49 rating. About the show: One anchor, several correspondents, zero credibility. If you're tired of the stodginess of the evening newscasts and you can't bear to sit through the spinmeisters and shills on the 24-hour cable news network, don't miss THE DAILY SHOW with Jon Stewart, the nightly half-hour series unburdened by objectivity, journalistic integrity or even accuracy. The Emmy and Peabody Award-winning Daily Show takes a reality-based look at news, trends, pop culture, current events, politics, sports and entertainment with an alternative point of view. In each show, anchorman Jon Stewart and a team of correspondents, including Aasif Mandvi, John Oliver, Wyatt Cenac, Jason Jones and Samantha Bee, comment on the day's stories, employing actual news footage, taped field pieces, in-studio guests and on-the-spot coverage of important news events.Videos