The Daily Show/2012

2012
The Daily Show
Season Premiere	January 3, 2012
Season Finale	December 13, 2012
Episode Count	159
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2012 is the seventeenth year of The Daily Show and began on January 3, 2012.

Episodes

#	#	Title/Guest			Airdate
2478	1	Charles Barkley			January 3, 2012
2479	2	Elizabeth Dowling Taylor			January 4, 2012
2480	3	Craig Shirley			January 5, 2012
2481	4	George Lucas			January 9, 2012
2482	5	Andrew Napolitano			January 10, 2012
2483	6	Jim DeMint			January 11, 2012
2484	7	Dolly Parton			January 12, 2012
2485	8	Jodi Kantor			January 16, 2012
2486	9	Liam Neeson			January 17, 2012
2487	10	Joe Nocera			January 18, 2012
2488	11	Elizabeth Banks			January 19, 2012
2489	12	Kathleen Sebelius			January 23, 2012
2490	13	Elizabeth Warren			January 24, 2012
2491	14	Paula Broadwell			January 25, 2012
2492	15	Tilda Swinton			January 26, 2012
2493	16	Lou Dobbs			January 30, 2012
2494	17	Jonathan Macey			January 31, 2012
2495	18	Brad Pitt			February 1, 2012
2496	19	David Agus			February 2, 2012
2497	20	Ali Soufan			February 13, 2012
2498	21	Ricky Gervais			February 14, 2012
2499	22	Louise Slaughter			February 15, 2012
2500	23	Arne Duncan			February 16, 2012
2501	24	Alan Huffman & Michael Rejebian			February 20, 2012
2502	25	Russ Feingold			February 21, 2012
2503	26	Bruce Bartlett			February 22, 2012
2504	27	Paul Rudd			February 23, 2012
2505	28	Neil deGrasse Tyson			February 27, 2012
2506	29	Stephen Merchant			February 28, 2012
2507	30	Masha Gessen			February 29, 2012
2508	31	M. Cathleen Kaveny			March 1, 2012
2509	32	Shaun Donovan			March 5, 2012
2510	33	Julianne Moore			March 6, 2012
2511	34	Cecile Richards			March 7, 2012
2512	35	Trita Parsi			March 8, 2012
2513	36	Grover Norquist			March 12, 2012
2514	37	Will Ferrell			March 13, 2012
2515	38	Rachel Weisz			March 14, 2012
2516	39	none			March 15, 2012
2517	40	Shaquille O'Neal			March 26, 2012
2518	41	Maria Goodavage			March 27, 2012
2519	42	Ahmed Rashid			March 28, 2012
2520	43	Rachel Maddow			March 29, 2012
2521	44	Mohamed Nasheed			April 2, 2012
2522	45	Tom Goldstein			April 3, 2012
2523	46	Jack Goldsmith			April 4, 2012
2524	47	Anthony Bourdain			April 5, 2012
2525	48	Tim Weiner			April 9, 2012
2526	49	Elon Musk			April 10, 2012
2527	50	Ricky Gervais			April 11, 2012
2528	51	Esperanza Spalding			April 12, 2012
2529	52	Jane Goodall			April 16, 2012
2530	53	Julia Louis-Dreyfus			April 17, 2012
2531	54	Robert Reich			April 18, 2012
2532	55	Judy Smith			April 19, 2012
2533	56	Ben Rattray			April 23, 2012
2534	57	Madeleine Albright			April 24, 2012
2535	58	Jason Segel			April 25, 2012
2536	59	Robert Draper			April 26, 2012
2537	60	Zach Wahls			April 30, 2012
2538	61	David Barton			May 1, 2012
2539	62	Sen. Tom Coburn			May 2, 2012
2540	63	Peter Bergen			May 3, 2012
2541	64	"Admiral General Aladeen" (Sacha Baron Cohen)			May 7, 2012
2542	65	Ambassador Ivo Daalder			May 8, 2012
2543	66	John R. Hall			May 9, 2012
2544	67	Robert Caro			May 10, 2012
2545	68	First Lady Michelle Obama			May 29, 2012
2546	69	Dan Rather			May 30, 2012
2547	70	Jim Parsons			May 31, 2012
2548	71	Thomas Mann & Norman Ornstein			June 4, 2012
2549	72	Gary Johnson			June 5, 2012
2550	73	Michael Fassbender			June 6, 2012
2551	74	Edward Conard			June 7, 2012
2552	75	Boris Johnson			June 11, 2012
2553	76	Colin Powell			June 12, 2012
2554	77	Maggie Gyllenhaal			June 13, 2012
2555	78	Catherine Zeta-Jones			June 14, 2012
2556	79	Parmy Olson			June 18, 2012
2557	80	Denis Leary			June 19, 2012
2558	81	Steve Carell			June 20, 2012
2559	82	Bassem Youssef			June 21, 2012
2560	83	Marco Rubio			June 25, 2012
2561	84	Seth MacFarlane			June 26, 2012
2562	85	Andrew Garfield			June 27, 2012
2563	86	Tenacious D			June 28, 2012
2564	87	Louis C.K.			July 16, 2012
2565	88	Victor Cruz			July 17, 2012
2566	89	Sigourney Weaver			July 18, 2012
2567	90	E.J. Dionne			July 19, 2012
2568	91	Fareed Zakaria			July 23, 2012
2569	92	Matthew McConaughey			July 24, 2012
2570	93	Joseph Stiglitz			July 25, 2012
2571	94	Zach "the Erect" Galifianakis & Will Ferrell			July 26, 2012
2572	95	Rashida Jones			July 30, 2012
2573	96	Dambisa Moyo			July 31, 2012
2574	97	Fred Guterl			August 1, 2012
2575	98	Jessica Biel			August 2, 2012
2576	99	Tim Gunn			August 6, 2012
2577	100	Saima Wahab			August 7, 2012
2578	101	Chris Rock			August 8, 2012
2579	102	Joanna Brooks			August 9, 2012
2580	103	Robert Pattinson			August 13, 2012
2581	104	Misty May-Treanor			August 14, 2012
2582	105	Brian Williams			August 15, 2012
2583	106	Rob Corddry			August 16, 2012
2584	107	Marco Rubio			August 28, 2012
2585	108	Herman Cain			August 29, 2012
2586	109	Michael Steele			August 30, 2012
2587	110	none			August 31, 2012
2588	111	Tom Brokaw			September 4, 2012
2589	112	Kirsten Gillibrand			September 5, 2012
2590	113	Austan Goolsbee			September 6, 2012
2591	114	no guest			September 7, 2012
2592	115	Kofi Annan			September 17, 2012
2593	116	Salman Rushdie			September 18, 2012
2594	117	Pink			September 19, 2012
2595	118	Bill Clinton			September 20, 2012
2596	119	Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein			September 25, 2012
2597	120	Olivia Wilde			September 26, 2012
2598	121	Amar'e Stoudemire			September 27, 2012
2599	122	Arnold Schwarzenegger			October 1, 2012
2600	123	Liam Neeson			October 2, 2012
2601	124	Rand Paul			October 3, 2012
2602	125	Bill O'Reilly			October 4, 2012
2603	126	Pete Townshend			October 8, 2012
2604	127	Ben Affleck			October 9, 2012
2605	128	Magic Johnson			October 10, 2012
2606	129	Paul Thomas Anderson			October 11, 2012
2607	130	J. K. Rowling			October 15, 2012
2608	131	Eugene Jarecki			October 16, 2012
2609	132	Nate Silver			October 17, 2012
2610	133	President Barack Obama			October 18, 2012
2611	134	D.L. Hughley			October 22, 2012
2612	135	Gerard Butler			October 23, 2012
2613	136	Dakota Meyer			October 24, 2012
2614	137	Nancy Pelosi			October 25, 2012
2615	138	Jon Ronson			October 31, 2012
2616	139	Bob Woodruff			November 1, 2012
2617	140	Martha Raddatz			November 5, 2012
2618	141	Election Night: This Ends Now			November 6, 2012
2619	142	Nate Silver			November 7, 2012
2620	143	Katie Dellamaggiore and Pobo Efekoro			November 8, 2012
2621	144	Mike Huckabee			November 12, 2012
2622	145	Jason Sudeikis			November 13, 2012
2623	146	Jon Meacham			November 14, 2012
2624	147	Andrew Napolitano			November 15, 2012
2625	148	David Nasaw			November 26, 2012
2626	149	Warren Buffett and Carol Loomis			November 27, 2012
2627	150	Neil Young			November 28, 2012
2628	151	Calvin Trillin			November 29, 2012
2629	152	Denis Leary			December 3, 2012
2630	153	R.A. Dickey			December 4, 2012
2631	154	Alan Simpson			December 5, 2012
2632	155	Chris Christie			December 6, 2012
2633	156	Bishop Gene Robinson			December 10, 2012
2634	157	Laura Linney			December 11, 2012
2635	158	Cory Booker			December 12, 2012
2636	159	Kristen Stewart			December 13, 2012