The Daily Show/2008

2008
The Daily Show
Season Premiere	January 7, 2008
Season Finale	December 11, 2008
Episode Count	160
Previous 2007	Next 2009

2008 is the thirteenth year of The Daily Show and began on January 7, 2008.

The first episode of the year was also the first episode since the beginning of the Writers Guild strike. Because The Daily Show's writing staff is made up of union members, the show was produced without written material for the duration of the strike. In order to fill time, Stewart would ad-lib about the news of the day, correspondent pieces were improvised and old or shelved pieces were aired. The guests were largely political or pundits because Screen Actors Guild members refused to cross picket lines.

In the first writerless episode, Stewart explained that viewers were not seeing The Daily Show, but A Daily Show and would remain as such until the dispute is ended. The title was formally changed in the intro on the January 9th episode. It was changed back when the writers returned on February 13, 2008.

The presidential election will make this season, like those in 2000 and 2004, a pivotal one for both The Daily Show and popular culture. It is expected that the show will cover both Democratic and Republican conventions, as well as the presidential debates and other political events on location.

Episodes

#	#	Title/Guest			Airdate
1836	1	Ronald Seeber			January 7, 2008
1837	2	David Frum			January 8, 2008
1838	3	John Zogby			January 9, 2008
1839	4	Lou Dobbs			January 10, 2008
1840	5	Fareed Zakaria			January 14, 2008
1841	6	John Bolton			January 15, 2008
1842	7	Jonah Goldberg			January 16, 2008
1843	8	Allen Raymond			January 17, 2008
1844	9	Jon Meacham			January 21, 2008
1845	10	Jim Wallis			January 22, 2008
1846	11	P. J. O'Rourke			January 23, 2008
1847	12	Gerri Willis			January 24, 2008
1848	13	Phil Simms			January 28, 2008
1849	14	Doris Kearns Goodwin			January 29, 2008
1850	15	Peggy Noonan			January 30, 2008
1851	16	Karen Tumulty			January 31, 2008
1852	17	Tim Gunn			February 4, 2008
1853	18	Chris Wallace			February 5, 2008
1854	19	Tom Brokaw			February 6, 2008
1855	20	Laton McCartney			February 7, 2008
1856	21	Philip Shenon			February 11, 2008
1857	22	Bill Kristol			February 12, 2008
1858	23	Mark Siegel			February 13, 2008
1859	24	Lee Siegel			February 14, 2008
1860	25	Madeleine Albright			February 26, 2008
1861	26	Allen Guelzo			February 27, 2008
1862	27	Brian Williams			February 28, 2008
1863	28	Hillary Clinton			March 3, 2008
1864	29	Ralph Nader			March 4, 2008
1865	30	Martin Fletcher			March 5, 2008
1866	31	Tom Daschle			March 6, 2008
1867	32	William B. Caldwell			March 10, 2008
1868	33	Grover G. Norquist			March 11, 2008
1869	34	Ronald Kessler			March 12, 2008
1870	35	Dana Perino			March 13, 2008
1871	36	Brian Fagan			March 17, 2008
1872	37	Jeffrey Sachs			March 18, 2008
1873	38	Arlen Specter			March 19, 2008
1874	39	Alex Kingsbury			March 20, 2008
1875	40	Chuck Hagel			March 31, 2008
1876	41	Simon LeVay			April 1, 2008
1877	42	William Safire			April 2, 2008
1878	43	George Clooney			April 3, 2008
1879	44	Nathan Lane			April 7, 2008
1880	45	Cokie Roberts			April 8, 2008
1881	46	Steve Coll			April 9, 2008
1882	47	Aram Roston			April 10, 2008
1883	48	Judd Apatow			April 14, 2008
1884	49	Jack Goldsmith			April 15, 2008
1885	50	Peter Steinfels			April 16, 2008
1886	51	Uma Thurman			April 17, 2008
1887	52	Barack Obama			April 21, 2008
1888	53	John Waters			April 22, 2008
1889	54	Howard Fineman			April 23, 2008
1890	55	Colin Firth			April 24, 2008
1891	56	Jimmy Carter			April 28, 2008
1892	57	Newt Gingrich			April 29, 2008
1893	58	Robert Schlesinger			April 30, 2008
1894	59	Howard Dean			May 1, 2008
1895	60	Harry Reid			May 5, 2008
1896	61	Fareed Zakaria			May 6, 2008
1897	62	John McCain			May 7, 2008
1898	63	David D. Perlmutter			May 8, 2008
1899	64	Douglas J. Feith			May 12, 2008
1900	65	Bill Moyers			May 13, 2008
1901	66	John Harwood			May 14, 2008
1902	67	Denis Leary			May 15, 2008
1903	68	Matt Taibbi			May 27, 2008
1904	69	Fred Burton			May 28, 2008
1905	70	Richard A. Clarke			May 29, 2008
1906	71	Scott McClellan			June 2, 2008
1907	72	David Sedaris			June 3, 2008
1908	73	Barbara Walters			June 4, 2008
1909	74	Adam Sandler			June 5, 2008
1910	75	Jim Webb			June 9, 2008
1911	76	Ralph Reed			June 10, 2008
1912	77	Rick Shenkman			June 11, 2008
1913	78	Richard Engel			June 12, 2008
1914	79	David Iglesias			June 16, 2008
1915	80	Lara Logan			June 17, 2008
1916	81	Steve Carell			June 18, 2008
1917	82	Mike Myers			June 19, 2008
1918	83	James McAvoy			June 23, 2008
1919	84	James Harding			June 24, 2008
1920	85	Coldplay			June 25, 2008
1921	86	Ted Koppel			June 26, 2008
1922	87	Andrew Ward			July 14, 2008
1923	88	Pierce Brosnan			July 15, 2008
1924	89	Kenneth Pollack			July 16, 2008
1925	90	Maggie Gyllenhaal			July 17, 2008
1926	91	Richard Bitner			July 21, 2008
1927	92	Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly			July 22, 2008
1928	93	T.J. English			July 23, 2008
1929	94	Geo Beach			July 24, 2008
1930	95	Nancy Pelosi			July 28, 2008
1931	96	Bill Bishop			July 29, 2008
1932	97	Ben Wattenberg			July 30, 2008
1933	98	Brian Williams			July 31, 2008
1934	99	Dennis Hopper			August 4, 2008
1935	100	Seth Rogen			August 5, 2008
1936	101	Chuck Schumer			August 6, 2008
1937	102	David Gregory			August 7, 2008
1938	103	Ron Suskind			August 11, 2008
1939	104	Mel Martinez			August 12, 2008
1940	105	Philip P. Pan			August 13, 2008
1941	106	Ben Stiller			August 14, 2008
DNC Convention Special
1942	107	Tim Kaine			August 26, 2008
1943	108	Howard Dean			August 27, 2008
1944	109	Evan Bayh			August 28, 2008
1945	110	no guest			August 29, 2008
RNC Convention Special
1946	111	Brian Williams			September 2, 2008
1947	112	Newt Gingrich			September 3, 2008
1948	113	Mike Huckabee			September 4, 2008
1949	114	no guest			September 5, 2008
1950	115	Barton Gellman			September 15, 2008
1951	116	Ricky Gervais			September 16, 2008
1952	117	Charlize Theron			September 17, 2008
1953	118	Tony Blair			September 18, 2008
1954	119	Bill Clinton			September 23, 2008
1955	120	Aaron Eckhart			September 24, 2008
1956	121	Bob Schieffer			September 25, 2008
1957	122	Hooman Majd			September 29, 2008
1958	123	Bill Maher			September 30, 2008
1959	124	Gideon Rose, Peggy Noonan			October 1, 2008
1960	125	Clint Eastwood			October 2, 2008
1961	126	Tim Robbins			October 6, 2008
1962	127	Sarah Vowell			October 7, 2008
1963	128	Michelle Obama			October 8, 2008
1964	129	Robert De Niro			October 9, 2008
1965	130	Amity Shlaes			October 13, 2008
1966	131	Ari Fleischer			October 14, 2008
1967	132	Richard Lewis			October 15, 2008
1968	133	Robert Reich			October 16, 2008
1969	134	Eugene Jarecki			October 20, 2008
1970	135	Christopher Buckley			October 21, 2008
1971	136	Tom Brokaw			October 22, 2008
1972	137	John Corzine			October 23, 2008
1973	138	Campbell Brown			October 27, 2008
1974	139	Steve Martin			October 28, 2008
1975	140	Barack Obama			October 29, 2008
1976	141	Bill Kristol			October 30, 2008
1977	142	Doris Kearns Goodwin			November 3, 2008
1978	143	Indecision 2008: America's Choice			November 4, 2008
1979	144	Chris Wallace			November 5, 2008
1980	145	Paul Rudd			November 6, 2008
1981	146	Thomas L. Friedman			November 11, 2008
1982	147	T. Boone Pickens			November 12, 2008
1983	148	Bill O'Reilly			November 13, 2008
1984	149	David Frost			November 17, 2008
1985	150	Denis Leary			November 18, 2008
1986	151	Jon Meacham			November 19, 2008
1987	152	Richard Belzer			November 20, 2008
1988	153	Anne Hathaway			December 1, 2008
1989	154	Calvin Trillin			December 2, 2008
1990	155	Arianna Huffington			December 3, 2008
1991	156	Ron Howard			December 4, 2008
1992	157	Matthew Alexander			December 8, 2008
1993	158	Mike Huckabee			December 9, 2008
1994	159	Don Rickles			December 10, 2008
1995	160	Philip Seymour Hoffman			December 11, 2008