Ceasefire pins among Oscar guests and nominees were numerous on this afternoon’s red carpet with Poor Things actor Ramy Youssef and Barbie “What Was I Made For?” songwriting team Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell donning them.
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The final numbers are in:Jon Stewart’s February 12 return to Comedy Central’sThe Daily Show averaged more than 3 million total viewers across the night in Nielsen’s Live+3 numbers, which include simulcasts and the encore.
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart was No. 1 across all cable (originals and encores) at 11 p.m. in key demos and total viewers, according to Nielsen results. It posted triple-digit growth versus Trevor Noah’s final show; it was up 116% to 374,000 among adults 18-49; up 129% to 498K among adults 25-54; and up 129% to 1.65 million among total viewers.
It was the Daily Show‘s biggest premiere audience since August 2017.
Comedy Central also added that Stewart’s return ranked as the No. 1 “news program” in cable across extended prime among adults 18-49 and adults 25-54, besting Fox News, MSNBC and CNN.
Stewart returned after almost nine years to host the show Monday nights on Comedy Central through the presidential election. He had said “very much wanted to have some place to unload thoughts as we get into this election season,” which likely will include a rematch of Joe Biden and Donald Trump for the U.S. presidency.
Stewart kicked off his return last week saying “Now where was I? I’m excited to be back. Why am I back, you may be asking yourselves, it’s a very reasonable question. I have committed a lot of crimes and from what I understand, talk show hosts are granted immunity. It doesn’t make a lot of sense, but take it up with the founders.”
“We’re going to have so much to talk about this year; the elections, maybe we’ll talk about China, AI, something a little lighter, Israel-Palestine,” he continued.
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Ceasefire pins among Oscar guests and nominees were numerous on this afternoon’s red carpet with Poor Things actor Ramy Youssef and Barbie “What Was I Made For?” songwriting team Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell donning them.
Jaden Thompson “What Was I Made For?” singer Billie Eilish, “Poor Things” star Ramy Youssef and more celebrities wore red pins in support of Artists for Ceasefire at the Oscars red carpet on Sunday. “We’re calling for immediate, permanent ceasefire in Gaza. We’re calling for peace and lasting justice for the people of Palestine,” Youssef told Variety‘s Marc Malkin on the red carpet.
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Jon Stewart was in tears on Monday night while mourning his dog.
The Daily Show” as he said that his family’s dog Dipper died.The comedian, 61, revealed that the three-legged pup passed away Sunday.“He was ready. He was tired, but I wasn’t,” he said.“And the family, we were all together,” he went on.
Jon Stewart broke down in tears during The Daily Show last night, as he announced that his dog Dipper had died the day before.The host spoke to the camera and the live audience about his beloved brindle pitbull, saying, “In a world of good boys, he was the best”.“I thought I’d get further,” he said as his voice cracked near the beginning of the segment. He recounted the moment that his children went to an animal shelter to raise money and met the one-year-old Dipper, who had lost a leg after a road accident.Stewart went on to say that the dog used to accompany him to tapings of The Daily Show, adding: “We’d come to tape this show, and Dipper would wait for me to be done.
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Selome Hailu Jon Stewart‘s old desk is happy to have him. On Monday night, 1.3 million viewers tuned into Comedy Central to see Stewart host “The Daily Show” for the second time since the surprise announcement of his return.
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Jon Stewart scored big numbers for his return to The Daily Show.
Selome Hailu Jon Stewart‘s return to “The Daily Show” on Monday brought in 1.9 million viewers, marking the show’s biggest audience in more than five years. Of those 1.9 million viewers, 930,000 tuned in via Comedy Central, while the rest were counted across simulcasts on CMT, Logo, MTV, MTV2, Paramount Network, Pop and TV Land. These figures come from Live + Same Day as reported by Nielsen.
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