Season 13

January 9, 2008

January 10, 2008

January 14, 2008

January 15, 2008

January 16, 2008

January 17, 2008

January 21, 2008

January 22, 2008

January 23, 2008

January 24, 2008

January 28, 2008

January 29, 2008

January 30, 2008

January 31, 2008

February 4, 2008

February 5, 2008

February 6, 2008

February 7, 2008

February 11, 2008

February 12, 2008

February 13, 2008

February 14, 2008

February 26, 2008

February 27, 2008

February 28, 2008

Tonight, the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, Brian Williams. Jon begins tonight's show with a look at Bush's recent presidential news conference and his trip to Africa in a segment called "Bushman of Africa". Senior White House Correspondent John Oliver was along for the ride with President Bush in Africa and talks with Jon about his experience. Finally, Expert Youth Politics Reporter on Voting Demetri Martin reports on why the youth vote is so important this election year in a segment called "Trendspotting with Demetri Martin". The TDS Street Team hits the New York City bar scene and asks young people who their voting for.

March 3, 2008

Tonight, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

March 4, 2008

March 5, 2008

March 6, 2008

March 10, 2008

March 11, 2008

March 12, 2008

March 13, 2008

March 17, 2008

March 18, 2008

March 19, 2008

March 20, 2008

March 31, 2008

April 1, 2008

April 2, 2008

April 3, 2008

April 7, 2008

April 8, 2008

April 9, 2008

April 10, 2008

April 14, 2008

April 15, 2008

April 16, 2008

April 17, 2008

April 21, 2008

April 22, 2008

Tonight, cult film director John Waters. Jon begins the show tonight looking at the presidential candidates addressing the audience of the WWE. Next, Jon takes a look at so-called military analysts the media uses, but the Pentagon call message force multipliers in a segment called "The Less You Know". Senior Military Analyst Rob Riggle talks with Jon about the recent Pentagon report about Pakistan being a safe haven for terrorists. Finally, Samantha Bee and Larry Wilmore visit Pennsylvania and talk with some voters.

April 23, 2008

April 24, 2008

April 28, 2008

April 29, 2008

April 30, 2008

May 1, 2008

May 5, 2008

May 6, 2008

May 7, 2008

May 8, 2008

May 12, 2008

May 13, 2008

May 14, 2008

May 15, 2008

May 27, 2008

May 28, 2008

May 29, 2008

June 2, 2008

June 3, 2008

June 4, 2008

June 5, 2008

June 9, 2008

June 10, 2008

June 11, 2008

June 12, 2008

June 16, 2008

June 17, 2008

June 18, 2008

Tonight, comedian and actor Steve Carell talks about his new movie Get Smart.

June 19, 2008

Tonight, actor and comedian Mike Myers talks about his new movie The Love Guru.

June 23, 2008

Tonight, actor James McAvoy talks about his new movie with Angeline Jolie, Wanted.

June 24, 2008

Tonight, the editor from The Times in London, James Harding talks about his new book Alpha Dogs: The Americans Who Turned Political Spin into a Global Business.

June 25, 2008

Tonight, English rock band Coldplay sing a few songs from their new album, Viva La Vida.

June 26, 2008

Tonight, Ted Koppel talks about his new special about the symbiotic relationship between the U.S. and China on the Discovery Channel called The People's Republic of Capitalism.

July 14, 2008

Author Andrew Ward discusses his new book, The Slaves' War.

July 15, 2008

July 16, 2008

July 17, 2008

Jon breaks out the Dobbs-O-Meter to measure how well the presidential candidates are doing with the Latino community. Kristen Schaal studies the cougar species, and invents her own name for men who date younger women. Maggie Gyllenhaal tells Jon how Batman made her weak in the knees.

July 21, 2008

Barack Obama travels to the Middle East with all three major network news anchors tagging along. Rob Riggle, Larry Wilmore, John Oliver, Wyatt Cenac and Ed Helms are excited to cover Obama's trip to Baghdad. Wyatt Cenac goes to South Florida to find out which candidate the elderly Jews are voting for, and Richard Bitner explains the risky business of subprime mortgages.

July 22, 2008

Obama Quest continues as Barack Obama visits his birthplace in Bethlehem. Former high-ranking Bush administration officials refuse to answer questions from the House Judiciary Committee, while John Oliver explains we're in a golden age of obstructive politics, and we don't even know it. Lewis Black lists America's insane deals in its End of an Empire Sale, and Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly show off their calves.

July 23, 2008

Robert Novak hits a pedestrian with his car, and Barack Obama visits the holy land.

July 24, 2008

Geo Beach, host of the History Channel's "Tougher in Alaska," tells Jon why America's coldest state is also its greatest.

July 28, 2008

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi tells Jon about her new book, "Know Your Power: A Message to America's Daughters.

July 29, 2008

July 30, 2008

July 31, 2008

August 4, 2008

August 5, 2008

August 6, 2008

August 7, 2008

August 11, 2008

August 12, 2008

August 13, 2008

August 14, 2008

August 26, 2008

August 27, 2008

August 28, 2008

August 29, 2008

September 2, 2008

September 3, 2008

September 4, 2008

September 5, 2008

September 15, 2008

Jon Stewart discusses the importance of blinking. Sarah Palin will talk to the press as soon as they stop asking her questions. Jason Jones is the only correspondent in the news team with his own spin-off. Washington Post reporter Barton Gellman discusses his book Angler about Dick Cheney's time as the vice-president.

September 16, 2008

Ricky Gervais talks about his new film, Ghost Town.

September 17, 2008

Charlize Theron talks about her new movie Battle In Seattle.

September 18, 2008

September 23, 2008

Former President Bill Clinton stops by the show tonight to discuss the current election.

September 24, 2008

Aaron Eckhart discusses his role in The Dark Knight.

September 25, 2008

Journalist and host of CBS's Face the Nation Bob Schieffer talks about his new book Bob Schieffer's America.

September 29, 2008

Wyatt Cenac watches the debate with some elderly Jewish residents, and Hooman Majd explains that it's within Iran's rights to have nuclear enrichment of uranium on their own soil.

September 30, 2008

October 1, 2008

October 2, 2008

October 6, 2008

October 7, 2008

October 8, 2008

October 9, 2008

October 13, 2008

Amity Shlaes discusses her book "The Forgotten Man".

October 14, 2008

October 15, 2008

October 16, 2008

October 20, 2008

October 21, 2008

October 22, 2008

October 23, 2008

Jon Corzine talks about the effects of the financial crisis on New Jersey.

October 27, 2008

October 28, 2008

October 29, 2008

October 30, 2008

Bill Kristol believes Obama will be a conventionally liberal president.

November 3, 2008

Doris Kearns Goodwin believes Barack Obama will win, no question.

November 4, 2008

The towering giants of fake news reunite for their hour-long Election Night special, Indecision 2008: America's Choice. Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert report live from Indecision World Headquarters where Comedy Central has rounded up the best researchers and consultants (that it can afford) to provide shallow analysis, obscure factoids, random guesses and pointless sound.

November 5, 2008

The Fox News Sunday anchor delivers an election postmortem.

November 6, 2008

With guest Paul Rudd.

November 11, 2008

November 12, 2008

Sarah Palin launches a PR blitz, and T. Boone Pickens wants to end our dependence on foreign oil.

November 13, 2008

Paul Broun compares Obama to Hitler, and Jon doesn't want Bill O'Reilly to be afraid anymore.

November 17, 2008

George W. Bush hosts the G20 Summit, and Sir David Frost discusses his legendary Nixon interview.

November 18, 2008

November 19, 2008

Dick Cheney is indicted, while Joe Lieberman and Ted Stevens face the wrath of their parties.

November 20, 2008

Iraq surrenders, and Richard Belzer reads a passage from Obama's inaugural address.

December 1, 2008

Three people die in an attempt to get a jump on their holiday shopping. John Oliver explains who is responsible for the terror attacks in Mumbai. Plaxico Burress lets down America's youth by shooting himself in the thigh. MSNBC replaces Fox News as the new administration's mouthpiece, and Anne Hathaway vows to become a train wreck.

December 2, 2008

Calvin Trillin reads his poems about Al Gore, Sarah Palin and John McCain.

December 3, 2008

The new Planned Parenthood gift cards make great holiday presents. George W. Bush winds down his presidency with a Charlie Gibson interview. John Hodgman lets Jon know he's also a lame duck, and Arianna Huffington explains blogging.

December 4, 2008

Three auto industry CEOs carpool to Washington to ask again for a bailout. Dr. Aasif Mandvi learns there's no cure for liberalism. Ron Howard does a cheesy Richard Nixon impression.

December 8, 2008

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper shuts Parliament down. Samantha Bee, John Oliver and Aasif Mandvi discuss Canada's dependence on Great Britain. Matthew Alexander explains why torture is counterproductive in interrogating terrorists.

December 9, 2008

Rod Blagojevich couldn't have made it any easier for the authorities to arrest him. Many of the nation's newspapers are on the brink of collapse thanks to the Internet. Mike Huckabee says the reason we have so much government is because people don't behave well with each other.

December 10, 2008

Jason Jones shows some telling footage from his interview with Rod Blagojevich three years ago. Rob Riggle and his uniquely physical interviewing style won't soon be forgotten. Don Rickles gloats over beating Jon at the Emmys.

December 11, 2008

Hall & Oates perform a song about Alan Colmes and how much he means to all of us. Larry Wilmore says African-Americans support Proposition 8 because marriage is their holiest of holy institutions. Philip Seymour Hoffman shares what he learned about the catholic church while filming "Doubt.