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Article: Cabler basks in 'Show' glow: program delivers young-demo win to Comedy Central four nights a week.('The Daily Show With Jon Stewart')
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- Daily Variety
- Article date:
- April 21, 2005
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There are plenty of quantitative ways to measure the success of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart."
Take a look at the ratings, which were up 25% in the first quarter of 2005 from year-earlier levels. Or scan the overall numbers and see that the show is averaging 1.4 million viewers per night, a 17% hike from last year and an increase from 2004 election season levels.
Run through the demographics, which reveal that "The Daily Show" frequently wins its 11 p.m. cable timeslot among the 18-34 demo (not surprisingly, those numbers have advertisers fighting for space on the show).
Or add up the critical raves garnered by the show and ...