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Daily Show team Dear Leader Trump

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The Daily Show at 30: From Uncertainty to Resurgence

By Bill Carter

Jul 22, 2026 12 comments

Stephen Colbert, Ed Helms, Jon Stewart, Rob Corddry, Samantha Bee

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The Daily Show at 30: How Jon Stewart Reinvented Late Night

By Bill Carter

Jul 21, 2026 4 comments

Madeleine Smithberg, Craig Kilborn, Lizz Winstead

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The Daily Show at 30: The Unlikely Making of a Late-Night Institution

By Bill Carter

Jul 20, 2026 13 comments

David Letterman Late Shwo Fiale

An Oral History of Late Show With David Letterman’s Final Episode

By Scott Ryan

May 20, 2026 16 comments

David Letterman

An Oral History of David Letterman’s Top Ten List on Its 40th Anniversary

By Jed Rosenzweig

Sep 30, 2025 7 comments

SNL catchphrase montage

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Where Have All the SNL Catchphrases Gone? A Forensic Investigation.

By Dan Pasternack

Feb 14, 2025 1 comment

The cast of The Newz

The Newz: An Oral History of Late-Night TV’s First (and Only) Daily Sketch Series

By Will Harris

Jan 8, 2025

Madonna, David Letterman

An Oral History of Madonna’s Infamous 1994 David Letterman Appearance

By Andrew Buss

Mar 27, 2024 2 comments

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