The Daily Show

Episodes and timing

The show has four new episodes a week, Monday through Thursday, although the program will occasionally go on hiatus for one or two weeks at a time. It is shown at night at 11 PM Eastern/10 PM Central, a time when local television stations show their real news reports, and about half an hour before most other late-night comedy programs begin to go on the air.

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Eastern - Central

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The weekly four-episode run is broadcast in Canada on The Comedy Network each night at 11 PM Eastern, and on the CTV network each night at 12:05 AM in all time zones after local news on most CTV affiliates. An edited version of the show, called The Daily Show—Global Edition, is run outside of the U.S. on CNN International once a week. In the UK, it is shown at 8:30pm Mon-Thurs on digital channel More4 from October 10, 2005. Australian network SBS also briefly ran the edited version once a week as The Weekly Daily Show. Westwood One broadcasts small portions of the show to many radio stations across America.

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Canada - The Comedy Network - CTV - CNN International - More4 - October 10 - 2005 - SBS - Westwood One

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According to an October 7, 2003, USA Today article, the show is pulled together in this way: a researcher scans major newspapers, the Associated Press, and cable news channels, then gives possible topics to the ten writers. They meet to discuss headline material for the lead news segment. By 11:15 AM they meet with Jon Stewart, and by 12:30 PM they have come up with jokes for the day's show.

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October 7 - 2003 - USA Today - Associated Press - Cable

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The Daily Show tapes every Monday through Thursday in studios located on 52nd Street near 11th Avenue, New York City. The cast holds an afternoon rehearsal, then doors open to the public at 5:45 PM. Attendees must be 18 years of age or older, and tickets are usually required to get in. However, there are sometimes leftover seats, despite the normal practice of overbooking (distributing more tickets than seats), so additional people who don't have tickets may be allowed in. Taping of the program begins in front of the audience at 6:30 PM.

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New York City - Overbooking

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