Daily Show Scores Again with Convention Coverage

[NYCGirl]

From Mediaweek:

Daily Show Scores Again with Convention Coverage
September 08, 2004
By Megan Larson

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart hit another ratings high with its coverage of the Republic National Convention. The mock-news program averaged 1.4 million people during its Indecision 2004 coverage of the RNC Aug. 31-Sept. 3, the most watched week in the series' history.

Delivery of total viewers grew 87 percent over the same period last year and 24 percent versus the year-to-date average for the series.


Among its core audience of 18-34-year-olds, Daily Show won its 11:00-11:30 p.m. time slot against the other cable news networks every night except Thursday, when President Bush spoke. That night, Daily Show took second place behind Fox News Channel.

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[grannylib]

1. Stewart rocks. Pretty sad when a 'fake' news show does a better job of

factual reporting than the 'big guys.'