The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Scores a Massive 1.3 Million Total Viewers on Comedy Central up a whopping 35% vs. Last Week

Most Watched Telecast since Stewart’s Last Episode in 2015

Double Digit Growth with Young Adults 

Photo: here (Credit: Matt Wilson/Comedy Central’s The Daily Show)

February 21, 2024 (New York, NY) - Jon Stewart’s historic homecoming continues to deliver massive numbers for Comedy Central’s The Daily Show. 

Comedy Central: 

• 1.3M total viewers, most watched episode since Jon’s final show in 2015

• +35% vs. last week (1.26M vs. 930K)

• Double-digit growth with young adults

  • up +62% on rating (0.216 vs. 0.133)

Social: 

• #1 for the night across competitive set with 2.5M views and 212K interactions

Source: Nielsen; Fast National Data for 2/19/24 (incl. out-of-home viewing), LSD data; Daily Show- 2/19/24 vs. 2/12/24, 11p; Total viewers = P2+ impressions; Cvg demo ratings; Most watched ep since final Jon Stewart show- 8/6/15; Young adults = P18-34. Social- SCR, Competitive Set = Comedies, 2/19/24.

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