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“THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART”

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On Friday, March 13, TheDailyShow.com posted its highest traffic day in 2009. 

TheDailyShow.com attracted the largest audience and also streamed the most videos in a single day in 2009

 RATINGS:

Last night’s episode (Thursday, March 12, 2009) of “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” featuring guest Jim Cramer from CNBC, drew 2.3 million total viewers, making it the second most-watched episode of the year and one of the top 10 most-watched episodes in show’s history. 
Only the Inauguration Day episode from Tuesday, January 20, 2009 drew more viewers this year with 2.6 million total viewers.
The strength of these episodes propelled “The Daily Show” to record heights for the second time this year, alongside Inauguration Week.  These were the most-watched weeks of the year and two of the top 10 weeks in the show’s history.
The series drew an average 2.1 million total viewers for the week of March 9^th overall.  
Source: Nielsen Media Research (3/12/09) Live + Same Day data  
  

ETA: Also, thanks to my tweep @dbferguson at No Fact Zone for posting this vid, and others, of Stewart's UNEDITED interview with Cramer.  

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Michelle Obama to Appear on Colbert Report

Comedy Central announced this morning that Michelle Obama will appear on The Colbert Report. Click here for more info.

Stefen Colbear, World of Warcraft ‘Warrior for Truthiness', Puts The Horde on Notice!

A forbidden graphic of Comedy Central’s mock conservative pundit Stephen Colbert - costumed as a heroic, torch-clutching, chest-armored World of Warcraft character, Stefen Colbear - escaped its shackles and buzzed the Internet over the weekend.

Colbert is said to have a passion for gaming and World of Warcraft in particular.

Upper Deck Entertainment commissioned the hush-hush image from award-winning fantasy artist Todd Lockwood and used it to develop a Stephen Colbert card they hoped to include in their upcoming World of Warcraft TCG (trading card game) deck.

(Blizzard Entertainment owns WoW and licenses to Upper Deck.)

But, according to Lockwood, Upper Deck was forced to shelve the card after Colbert’s reps rejected the idea. And Lockwood’s art never saw the light of day – until an unknown someone distributed it on the Internet.

CLICK HERE TO SEE of the Colbert World of Warcraft trading card. (Thanks to Upper Deck for giving Multichannel an exclusive, first look.)

Prez Campaign Heats Up: Colbert Gains in Poll as Facebook Group Tops One Million/John Edwards Strikes Back

In the 2006 film Man of the Year, Tom Dobbs (Robin Williams), a Bill Maher/Jon Stewart-ish late-night talk show host, runs for president on a lark. After a rousing performance in the last debate of the campaign, Dobbs wins.

A Rasmussen Report national telephone survey has found that Stephen Colbert, Comedy Central’s mock right-wing pundit, is climbing in the presidential polls.

"Colbert is preferred by 13% of voters as an independent candidate challenging Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Rudy Giuliani," says the independent polling company in a report released last week.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE

Buy Stephen Colbert's Cast!

As Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert says, "unless you've been on the moon" you know he broke his wrist recently while cavorting on the set of The Colbert Report.

Colbert has gleefully milked the little accident for material. He's dedicated himself to raising America's awareness about "wrist violence" in segments called "Wrist Watch," and hawking "WristStrong" bracelets (a parody of Lance Armstrong's Lifestrong). His orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Gerry Vizone, has made several appearances on the show.

Vizone typically saunters on stage Vince McMahon WWF-style to strobe lights, confetti and an over-the-top intro by Colbert:

"The master of the metacarpals! The Raja of the radius!....Can you smellllalalalala what the doc is healing!? Let's get ready to rehab!!!!!"

CLICK HERE TO READ THE REST OF THE STORY (and for the Tony Snow/Colbert pic.)