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Jon Stewart on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" Jon Stewart Pictures Jon Stewart is considered one of America's top social and comedic voices. From his anchor chair on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," "Stewart has breathed new life into a show that hadn't even seemed to need it," said The New York Times. Since taking over as the host of "The Daily Show" in January, 1999, Jon Stewart's presence has seen higher ratings and awareness for himself, as well as the network. As host of "The Daily Show" Jon Stewart has interviewed such luminaries as former President Bill Clinton, Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton, John Kerry, Barack Obama, John McCain, John Edwards and Bob Dole and such celebrity icons as Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks and Bruce Willis. Since arriving in 1999, Jon Stewart and "The Daily Show" have received 24 Emmy Award nominations and won 10 times. These include winning for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program five times (2001, 2003, 2004, 2005 and last year in 2006) as well as Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series for the past six consecutive years (2003-2008). Jon Stewart himself has been nominated for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program four times (2002, 2003, 2005 and 2007). In 2004, "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" was also honored by the Television Critics Association by winning for Outstanding Achievement in News and Information, beating out traditional news shows in the category. Jon Stewart has been honored three times by the Association for Individual Achievement in Comedy (2003, 2005 and 2006) and the show won in 2003 for Outstanding Achievement in Comedy. In 2001, "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" also received the prestigious Peabody Award for excellence in its "Indecision 2000" campaign coverage and again in 2005 for "Indecision 2004." While it may be the conventional route for a stand-up comedian to sign a book deal and expound on their early days inside dingy comedy clubs, Jon Stewart has gone the other way. His debut book, Naked Pictures of Famous People, (Rob Weisbach Books) is a collection of humorous what-if essays. Jon Stewart's latest book (written with the writers at "The Daily Show"), "America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction," was released in 2004 through Warner Books Publishing, and immediately topped The New York Times Best Seller List and stayed at #1 for 18 consecutive weeks. It was also ranked #1 on the best-seller lists in The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, USA Today and San Francisco Chronicle. Additionally, America was given the prestigious book of the year in 2004 by Publishers Weekly. In addition to this, at the 2005 Grammy Awards, both Jon Stewart and the Cast of "The Daily Show" were honored with Best Comedy Album, for "America: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction." Prior to taking over "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart was a series regular on HBO's critically-acclaimed series-within-a-series, "The Larry Sanders Show," playing a character he should know very well: himself. The final season saw, among other things, Jon Stewart seemingly being groomed to take over the fictitious late-night throne from the perpetually paranoid Larry Sanders (Garry Shandling). Jon Stewart also served as a creative consultant on the series. Hosting a late-night talk show was nothing new to Jon Stewart. After briefly hosting a half-hour nighttime talk show on MTV, aptly titled "The Jon Stewart Show," Paramount enlarged the show to a one-hour format for national syndication. The critically-acclaimed talk show featured a variety of celebrity guests from the worlds of music, entertainment, sports and fashion. The show aired from September 1994 through June 1995. Jon Stewart's been seen in numerous feature films including the Danny De Vito-directed Warner Brothers Comedy "Death To Smoochy" starring Edward Norton, Robin Williams, De Vito and Catherine Keener, "Big Daddy" opposite Adam Sandler, which grossed over $160 million dollars domestically, the romantic drama "Playing By Heart" opposite Gillian Anderson; and "The Faculty," a horror-comedy directed by Robert Rodriguez. The New Jersey native began honing his skills in New York City, moving through the ranks of its top comedy clubs to appearances on HBO's "Young Comedians Special" and "Late Show with David Letterman." Jon Stewart has graced the cover of numerous magazines including Newsweek, Rolling Stone, New York Magazine, etc. Jon Stewart was also named "Entertainer of the Year" for 2004 by Entertainment Weekly and as "New York Entertainer of the Year" by Variety. Most recently, Jon Stewart has been featured on such shows as "Oprah" and "60 Minutes."
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If Jon Stewart wasn't already married? I'd so do him. 3 hours agowas called a gaywad in school. Mick Foley threatened the bullies with ripping off their arms and Jon Stewart is just roaring back there 4 hours agoOH MY GOD JON STEWART DID YOU JUST 4 hours ago"The quality of what u do is not diminished by how far up you are on the dial..." -Jon Stewart #leanstartup 4 hours agoSaw Craig Ferguson. That leaves only Jon Stewart and Conan O'Brian now... 4 hours agoJon Stewart nude scene in what movie? 4 hours agoJon Stewart is the man 4 hours ago"I want a jon stewart+stephen colber sandwich. With a side of bill maher" "oh yea, bills the dessert" I love my friends. 4 hours agoListening to Lou Dobbs discuss his departure from CNN on Jon Stewart. "Middle of the road journalism" sounds spooky to me...Time for bed 5 hours agohahaha Jon Stewart: "Without giving away the end of the DVD... do you make it?" Andrew McMahon: "I'm here! Thank God." 5 hours agoBoth Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert were exceptionally funny this month. 5 hours agoMust See TV @maddow Olbermann Letterman Jon Stewart @BillMaher @ChelseaLately Big BangTheory & anything @anamariecox 5 hours agoDear Jon Stewart, not sure you've noticed, @hulu is on the Internet. Post full interviews there and earn ad revenue. 6 hours ago@rosyblue Up early, worked late, had dinner with Jon Stewart. Fading fast and working tomorrow. 6 hours agoJoe Biden on "The Daily Show w/Jon Stewart "and what I've been saying for years, we already have socialism - for the wealthy. uhh, yea Joe. 6 hours agoGreat Jon Stewart Quote! "It feels like all the people that want limited government really just want government limited to Republicans." 6 hours ago |
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