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Four years ago with Jon Stewart signing off the nightly airwaves and Stephen Colbert leaving the relative freedom of Comedy Central for the more tightly regulated network world, I worried about the future of political satire on TV. But as of last weekend, I am officially worried no more.

By David Zurawik

Feb 18, 2019

Trevor Noah understands change is hard, especially for fans of beloved TV shows.

By Wesley Case

Mar 2, 2016

When Trevor Noah took over "The Daily Show" at the end of September, critics mostly responded with ambivalence. They knew replacing Jon Stewart would require patience, but many were still lukewarm to Noah's early episodes.

By Wesley Case

Mar 2, 2016

HBO announced a four-year deal with Jon Stewart that will bring the former Comedy Central star to its digital platform initially for occasional pieces.

By David Zurawik

Nov 3, 2015

Let¿s be honest, what can you really tell from 30 minutes of a first show, especially when it seems like a quarter of it is filled with ads for movies?

By David Zurawik

Sep 29, 2015

From morbid reinterpretations of city slogans to souvenirs boasting unofficial rat mascots, Baltimore knows how to laugh at itself -- and just like its citizens, Jon Stewart and his guests have relished poking fun at Charm City for 16 years on "The Daily Show." Sure, Baltimore wasn't the central subject of many of the show's segments, but a look through the archives reveals numerous choice references, some more oblique than others.

By Quinn Kelley

Sep 28, 2015

[seo_description] Jon Stewart was the king of the fake news, no doubt.

Yes, Jon Stewart is a liberal. At least he doesn't pretend to be "fair and balanced."

With the debut of Hillary Clinton¿s best-new-image-money-can-buy video Sunday, it felt for the first time to me last week like the 2016 presidential campaign was seriously underway. And already I am distressed by one major media aspect of it.

By David Zurawik

Apr 18, 2015

Creator Armando Iannucci talks Season 4 of HBO comedy

By David Zurawik

Apr 3, 2015

In a culture where we whip ourselves into instant media rages and then move on forgetting only days later what it was that so upset us, maybe Trevor Noah's tweets won't be such a big deal by the weekend.

By David Zurawik

Mar 31, 2015

On Monday's WWE Raw, Jon Stewart showed what happens when you put a charismatic celebrity who actually is a fan of wrestling on television.

By Aaron Oster

Mar 3, 2015

Susan Reimer on how Jon Stewart changed the news, unpacking politics and current events for us while exposing pundits and politicians for the naked emperors they were.

By Susan Reimer

Feb 12, 2015

In a move that will rock Comedy Central to its core, the channel announced Tuesday that Jon Stewart is leaving the at the end of the year.

By David Zurawik

Feb 10, 2015

It turns out that what terrorists really hate is when you laugh at them, says Leonard Pitts Jr.

Liberals have falsely convinced themselves they are pitted against deeply entrenched powerful forces and that being a liberal is somehow brave.

White privilege is about the instant assumptions people make about you -- your worth, your honesty, your intelligence -- based on color of skin.

Host Jon Stewart got a bit candid with maybe presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.

Latest partisan 'swiftboating' of Hillary Clinton sets a new standard for smears and raises questions about exactly who has the brain injury

Loss of popular TV series would be a big blow to Maryland

A reverse Heil Hitler known as the quenelle is spreading over the Internet like an underground Twerk, with fans of the comedian who developed it posting images online of themselves doing the move in front of synagogues and Holocaust memorial sites.

John Oliver, who was so impressive as guest host of 'The Daily Show,' is leaving Comedy Central for HBO where he will have his own weekly comedy series, the premium channel announced Thursday.

Cooked-up and dumbed-down TV cartoon of a debate between Gov. Martin O'Malley and his Texas counterpart Rick Perry on CNN's "Crossfire"

Jonah Goldberg says accusations that the GOP is motivated by racism are absurd

Why did blacks and Hispanics vote overwhelmingly for Obama?

I have been writing for the last two weeks about President Barack Obama's TV-Lite strategy of only doing interviews with the likes Jay Leno, MTV's Sway, US Weekly and Jon Stewart. In other words, only safe and friendly interviewers.

The biggest winner Sunday at the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards had to be Showtime's "Homeland," which took the top three drama awards in an upset over such favorites as "Mad Men" and "Downton Abbey." But, Baltimore-based productions and stars had a very big night, too.

The melody of the president's voice, the intensity of his movements gripped Jeremy Brickey's attention, cutting through the monotony of freshman orientation at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

Bottom line: Jon Stewart, Snooki and SpongeBob will ultimately determine winner here -- and that will be Viacom because it owns original content.

How about a little respect for our neighbors to the north?

The Republicans complaining that President Obama is taking too much credit for Osama bin Laden's death seem to be forgetting George W. Bush's Top Gun moment.

Jon Stewart joke has root in Baltimore's 'C4 Show'

A backstage look at the making of "VEEP" in Baltimore.

CBS-owned station scores rare ratings win in all major newscasts

Penn State scandal recalls church's history of abuse