Ronald Seeber

Episode number: 1

Overview: Tonight, a professor of labor relations at Cornell University who shares his views on worker strikes, Ronald Seeber. Jon begins tonights show by sharing his statement of solidarity with the writer's strike by showcasing his unibrow. Also, the show's name has been changed until the strike is over to A Daily Show With Jon Stewart. Jon then reports on the winners of the Iowa caucus. Finally, Jon summarizes the conflict surrounding the Writers Guild strike in a segment called "Space Reserved For Clever Pun".

David Frum

Episode number: 2

John Zogby

Episode number: 3

Lou Dobbs

Episode number: 4

Fareed Zakaria

Episode number: 5

Amb. John Bolton

Episode number: 6

Jonah Goldberg

Episode number: 7

Allen Raymond

Episode number: 8

Jon Meacham

Episode number: 9

Jim Wallis

Episode number: 10

P.J. O'Rourke

Episode number: 11

Gerri Willis

Episode number: 12

Phil Simms

Episode number: 13

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Episode number: 14

Peggy Noonan

Episode number: 15

Karen Tumulty

Episode number: 16

Tim Gunn

Episode number: 17

Chris Wallace

Episode number: 18

Tom Brokaw

Episode number: 19

Laton McCartney

Episode number: 20

Philip Shenon

Episode number: 21

Bill Kristol

Episode number: 22

Mark Siegel

Episode number: 23

Lee Siegel

Episode number: 24

Madeleine Albright

Episode number: 25

Allen Guelzo

Episode number: 26

Brian Williams

Episode number: 27

Overview: 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.

Hillary Clinton

Episode number: 28

Overview: Tonight, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

Ralph Nader

Episode number: 29

Martin Fletcher

Episode number: 30

Sen. Tom Daschle

Episode number: 31

Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell

Episode number: 32

Grover Norquist

Episode number: 33

Ronald Kessler

Episode number: 34

Dana Perino

Episode number: 35

Brian Fagan

Episode number: 36

Jeffrey Sachs

Episode number: 37

Sen. Arlen Specter

Episode number: 38

Alex Kingsbury

Episode number: 39

Sen. Chuck Hagel

Episode number: 40

Simon LeVay

Episode number: 41

William Safire

Episode number: 42

George Clooney

Episode number: 43

Nathan Lane

Episode number: 44

Cokie Roberts

Episode number: 45

Steve Coll

Episode number: 46

Aram Roston

Episode number: 47

Judd Apatow

Episode number: 48

Jack Goldsmith

Episode number: 49

Peter Steinfels

Episode number: 50

Uma Thurman

Episode number: 51

Sen. Barack Obama

Episode number: 52

John Waters

Episode number: 53

Overview: 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.

Howard Fineman

Episode number: 54

Colin Firth

Episode number: 55

Jimmy Carter

Episode number: 56

Newt Gingrich

Episode number: 57

Robert Schlesinger

Episode number: 58

Howard Dean

Episode number: 59

Sen. Harry Reid

Episode number: 60

Fareed Zakaria

Episode number: 61

John McCain

Episode number: 62

David D. Perlmutter

Episode number: 63

Douglas J. Feith

Episode number: 64

Bill Moyers

Episode number: 65

John Harwood

Episode number: 66

Denis Leary

Episode number: 67

Matt Taibbi

Episode number: 68

Fred Burton

Episode number: 69

Richard Clark

Episode number: 70

Scott McClellan

Episode number: 71

David Sedaris

Episode number: 72

Barbara Walters

Episode number: 73

Adam Sandler

Episode number: 74

Sen. Jim Webb

Episode number: 75

Ralph Reed

Episode number: 76

Rick Shenkman

Episode number: 77

Richard Engel

Episode number: 78

David Iglesis

Episode number: 79

Lara Logan

Episode number: 80

Steve Carell

Episode number: 81

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

Mike Myers

Episode number: 82

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

James McAvoy

Episode number: 83

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

James Harding

Episode number: 84

Overview: 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.

Coldplay

Episode number: 85

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

Ted Koppel

Episode number: 86

Overview: 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.

Andrew Ward

Episode number: 87

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

Pierce Brosnan

Episode number: 88

Kenneth Pollack

Episode number: 89

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Episode number: 90

Overview: 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.

Richard Bitner

Episode number: 91

Overview: 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.

Will Ferrell & John C. Reilly

Episode number: 92

Overview: 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.

T.J. English

Episode number: 93

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

Geo Beach

Episode number: 94

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

Nancy Pelosi

Episode number: 95

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

Bill Bishop

Episode number: 96

Ben Wattenberg

Episode number: 97

Brian Williams

Episode number: 98

Dennis Hopper

Episode number: 99

Seth Rogan

Episode number: 100

Sen. Chuck Schumer

Episode number: 101

David Gregory

Episode number: 102

Ron Suskind

Episode number: 103

Sen. Mel Martinez

Episode number: 104

Philip Pan

Episode number: 105

Ben Stiller

Episode number: 106

Guess Who's Coming to Denver pt.1 (Gov. Tim Kaine)

Episode number: 107

Guess Who's Coming to Denver pt.2 (Howard Dean)

Episode number: 108

Evan Bayh

Episode number: 109

Barack Obamas Acceptance Speech

Episode number: 110

Brian Williams

Episode number: 111

Newt Gingrich

Episode number: 112

Mike Huckabee

Episode number: 113

Senator McCains Acceptance Speech

Episode number: 114

Barton Gellman

Episode number: 115

Overview: 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.

Ricky Gervais

Episode number: 116

Overview: Ricky Gervais talks about his new film, Ghost Town.

Charlize Theron

Episode number: 117

Overview: Charlize Theron talks about her new movie Battle In Seattle.

Tony Blair

Episode number: 118

Bill Clinton

Episode number: 119

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

Aaron Eckhart

Episode number: 120

Overview: Aaron Eckhart discusses his role in The Dark Knight.

Bob Schieffer

Episode number: 121

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

Hooman Majd

Episode number: 122

Overview: 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.

Bill Maher

Episode number: 123

Peggy Noonan

Episode number: 124

Clint Eastwood

Episode number: 125

Tim Robbins

Episode number: 126

Sarah Vowell

Episode number: 127

Michelle Obama

Episode number: 128

Robert De Niro

Episode number: 129

Amity Shlaes

Episode number: 130

Overview: Amity Shlaes discusses her book "The Forgotten Man".

Ari Fleischer

Episode number: 131

Richard Lewis

Episode number: 132

Robert Reich

Episode number: 133

Eugene Jarecki

Episode number: 134

Christopher Buckley

Episode number: 135

Tom Brokaw

Episode number: 136

Gov. Jon Corzine

Episode number: 137

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

Campbell Brown

Episode number: 138

Steve Martin

Episode number: 139

Senator Barack Obama

Episode number: 140

Bill Kristol

Episode number: 141

Overview: Bill Kristol believes Obama will be a conventionally liberal president.

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Episode number: 142

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

Indecision 2008: America's Choice

Episode number: 143

Overview: 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.

Chris Wallace

Episode number: 144

Overview: The Fox News Sunday anchor delivers an election postmortem.

Paul Rudd

Episode number: 145

Overview: With guest Paul Rudd.

Thomas Friedman

Episode number: 146

T. Boone Pickens

Episode number: 147

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

Bill O'Reilly

Episode number: 148

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

Sir David Frost.

Episode number: 149

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

Denis Leary

Episode number: 150

Jon Meacham

Episode number: 151

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

Richard Belzer

Episode number: 152

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

Anne Hathaway

Episode number: 153

Overview: 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.

Calvin Trillin

Episode number: 154

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

Arianna Huffington

Episode number: 155

Overview: 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.

Ron Howard

Episode number: 156

Overview: 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.

Matthew Alexander

Episode number: 157

Overview: 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.

Mike Huckabee

Episode number: 158

Overview: 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.

Don Rickles

Episode number: 159

Overview: 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.

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Episode number: 160

Overview: 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.