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Thursday, January 10, 2008 The Daily Show Back on the Air I'll admit it: I've missed having The Daily Show on the air. Yes, Jon Stewart is back in the middle of the writers' strike, but he and Colbert held out longer than Leno, Letterman, or O'Brien. I admire the fact that both of them continued to make sure that their staff members were paid throughout the strike, even when the show wasn't in production--some other late night shows, meanwhile, were forced to lay off their staff members. Back in December, NBC laid off the non-writing staff members of both Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien. O'Brien paid his staff for another week, I believe out of his own pocket. Late night shows are responsible for employing a host of people--those people aren't writers and don't stand to benefit from any negotiations the WGA makes, however they feel--and the researchers, crew, and others already have a tendency to live paycheck to paycheck. The first couple of return episodes make it clear that Jon isn't happy about having to return without his writing staff (the show is currently running as "A Daily Show" rather than "The Daily Show" in tribute to the writers); he's also a little "off." But even if The Daily Show isn't in top form, I'm still glad it's back to point out the humor in our absurd political system. Without Jon Stewart and company, American politics is just depressing. Labels: Jon Stewart, The Daily Show, WGA, writers' strike ^ Top | 6:49 PM | | | 
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