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Article: Comedy net's offspring flying high: but no one else tries to duplicate highly praised 'Daily Show'.
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- Daily Variety
- Article date:
- July 21, 2006
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There's nothing new about "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" taking home a truckload of TCA nominations. But this year, the crix fave finds itself in the satisfying situation of competing against itself.
Or, rather, against its own offspring.
Host Stewart and former correspondents Steve Carell ("The Office") and Stephen Colbert ("The Colbert Report") are all squaring off in the Individual Achievement in Comedy category, which Stewart has already pocketed twice. But regardless of who wins, the nominations are yet another salute to the reach and influence of one of television's funniest, timeliest shows.
Or are they?
Despite an impressive list of accolades, the ...