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...with Candy (1999–2000), both on the Comedy Central cable network. Colbert worked on several other television projects before joining Comedy Central’s The Daily Show in 1997. For eight years he was a correspondent and writer on the news parody, where he became a fan favourite for such segments as “This Week in God,” a look at...
Stewart returned to hosting in January 1999 when he replaced Craig Kilborn on The Daily Show, a fake news program on the Comedy Central cable network that satirized media, politics, and pop culture. With Stewart as anchor, the show increased its viewership dramatically. During the 2000 U.S. presidential campaign, its satiric and comprehensive “Indecision...
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