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2:34PM Andrew Belonsky | The world’s absolutely abuzz over news about the Emmy Awards, which are kind of like television’s Oscars and very important. In case you missed them, here are some things you should know about the winners, the losers and the critics. More »
Things The Emmys Taught Us
2:34PM Andrew Belonsky | The world’s absolutely abuzz over news about the Emmy Awards, which are kind of like television’s Oscars and very important. In case you missed them, here are some things you should know about the winners, the losers and the critics. More » 
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The Daily Show Lampoons The Sotomayor Confirmation Circlejerk
8:51PM the cajun boy | Have you been watching the Sonia Sotomayor confirmation hearings? Us either! It’s all just so damn—Boring! But the Daily Show has been watching and Jon Stewart had fun with some of the clips last night. More »
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The Daily Show Exposes Bernie Madoff’s Prison Handjob Ponzi Scheme
8:10PM the cajun boy | So Bernie Madoff was sentenced yesterday to 150 years in prison, but he’s already been locked up for a few months, where, according to the Daily Show’s John Oliver, he’s been running another Ponzi scheme! More »
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The Daily Show Investigates Iran’s Hatred For Americans
8:30PM the cajun boy | Ever since we first heard that The Daily Show was sending Jason Jones to Iran to cover the election there, we’ve been anxious to see if they’d be able to find comedy in what was happening there. They did. More »
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Times Was Pretty Sure That Daily Show Thing Went Well
1:10AM Hamilton Nolan | When the Daily Show sent Jason Jones to viciously mock the defenseless New York Times last week, the universal reaction was: Ouch. Except within the New York Times! They thought they did great. More »
Jon Stewart Misses Viacom Memo To Not Openly Hate On ‘Benjamin Button’
5:53AM STV | Paramount probably could have lived with Jon Stewart’s slobbering praise for Slumdog Millionaire last night on The Daily Show. If only it had stopped there.
Is Barbara Walters Macaulay Culkin’s ‘Constant’?
11:05AM Mark Graham | The answer is probably no, but that didn’t stop Seth Green from stumping Barbara Walters with what will surely go down as one of the slyest Lost resets you’ll ever see worked into a talk show appearance. Also? We sincerely hope that someone breaks out the webcam when Elisabeth Hasselbeck gets around to watching Party Monster. That would make for the mother of all YouTube reaction videos. [The View] Speaking of former child stars, looks like Family Ties replacement kid Brian Bonsall has fallen on some tough times. [People] The Daily Show, whose track record for promoting female talent makes Lorne Michaels look like Helen Gurley Brown, is about to lose what little amount of female talent they have on staff. Emmy winner Rachel Axler, the only female writer they had on staff, will be making her way to the greener pastures of network TV as a writer for that Office spin-off that isn’t really a spin-off. [Videogum] Character actor extraordinaire Larry Miller walks through some of his most memorable “Hey, It’s That Guy” roles with The Onion’s A/V Club. [A/V Club] I guess we can cross Claire Danes off the list of potential guest stars for the next season of Entourage. After all, we all know how much Johnny Drama hates top talls. [Best Week Ever] More »
