The Daily Show comes to campus

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Jon Stewart wasn't the first host of The Daily Show, but he's certainly the guy who has made the show what it is today.

Since Stewart took over for Craig Kilbourn in 1999, he's doubled the show's viewership and won seven Emmy Awards and two Peabody Awards. (The Peabody Awards, the oldest honors in broadcasting, were for the series' Indecision coverage of the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections.)

Stewart also has become a pop culture icon: He's hosted the Oscar and Grammy awards, has a fan club (the Jon Stewart Intelligence Agency), and has been featured in two recent documentaries, Wordplay and The Aristocrats.

"When we spot silliness, we say so out loud," Stewart has said of the show. "We're not really Democrat or Republican. We're out to stop that political trend of repeating things again and again until people are forced to believe them."

Saturday night, Stewart will host a show at the Schottenstein Center. (See event details.)

Daily Show episodes airing October 30 through November 2--"Battlefield Ohio: The Daily Show's Midwest Midterm Midtacular"--will be taped at the Drake Union. The taping marks the fifth time the show has made a road trip, putting Ohio State's campus in a group with Los Angeles, Boston, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C.

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The Daily Show comes to campus