Jon Stewart was live on “The Daily Show,” hosting a special episode of the Comedy Central talk show after the final night of the Democratic National Convention on Thursday. The show aired just minutes after Kamala Harris concluded her speech accepting the party’s presidential nomination.
Stewart's monologue covered the four days of Democratic National Convention speeches and media coverage, but the specific target was how the conservative Fox News Channel covered the event. The Daily Show host mocked the network's anchors for covering the Democratic National Convention as a boring gathering with no one talking to each other. A series of contributors were shown saying quotes like “The atmosphere is off” and “This is probably the most boring thing I've ever seen.”
“Oh, it’s so boring,” Stewart replied. “You forget that your life is an endless rollercoaster of talking to Brit Hume between catheter ads.”
Stewart also leveled some criticism at the Democratic National Convention itself, particularly its decision not to host a Palestinian-American speaker amid ongoing Israeli military attacks on Gaza.
“It’s really better not to think about the consequences of our actions there,” Stewart said, highlighting other contradictions and gaps in the “joy” theme that unified the conference. “There were union leaders, CEOs, Democratic Party icons, lifelong Republicans. There was a guy saying, ‘Go to hell, billionaires,’ and then a very happy guy came along.”
The special live version of “The Daily Show” was a major production for Comedy Central, wrapping up a week of coverage of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The show had also planned to cover the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee earlier this summer, but plans were rescheduled after security was beefed up at the event following the attempted assassination of Donald Trump in July.
“I love our live shows because they really channel that energy of what just happened,” said executive producer and producer Jane Flanz. diverse As we prepare for the broadcast on Thursday. “We’re not a news show, and in order to comment on the news, you need a little bit of time to digest it and write a more focused report on what happened the night before. That’s what ‘The Daily Show’ does.
