"Stewart...pulled 1,040,000 total viewers for month of September -- down 7% from August...."
O.K, I confess. I was ONE of the SEVEN who no longer watch the self-admitted "Butt- Boy for Kerry" Jon Stewart.
Question is : Who were the other six Freepers?
I was one, I used to love the show, watched it daily, not anymore. Rarely if ever now. Basically, like others here said, he stopped being funny and balanced and started getting *really* partisan. It's annoying.
Cho isn't funny, partyly because she is now more known as an activist than a comedian. Everyone loves Bill Murray. The worst thing he could do is turn into a bedwetter and complain about debt, war for oil, Halliburton, etc. Essentially I am saying funny people should stick with what tehy are good at. Once they venture out they screw themselves.
Used to watch regularly, but it's definitely gotten more partisan, and I can't stand it when Stewart fawns over ultraliberal guests like Michael Moore or Al Franken (especially now that the CNN appearance indicates he has an awfully thin skin when it comes to Republican partisans).
It seems as though "The Daily Show" is going establishment, and if it continues, their audience will continue to decline as well.
I'm one of the others...I used to defend Jon Stewart to my husband as being mildly amusing...now I, too, find him to be an embarassment to Comedy Central, the channel made famous by animated talking poop.
"Stewart...pulled 1,040,000 total viewers for month of September -- down 7% from August...."
1,040,000
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20 shows
=
52000 viewers each night?
Or is this "million total viewers" jargon for a million per night?