Jon Stewart's return to The Daily Show anchor chair generated some of the biggest numbers for Comedy Central since 2018.

The February 12 episode of The Daily Show, simulcast on Paramount Global cable networks including MTV, Paramount Network, TV Land, CMT, Pop and MTV2, drew 1.85 total viewers, including an encore airing at 1:30 am. The figures do not include viewing on Paramount Plus.

On Comedy Central alone, The Daily Show had 930,000 viewers, the most since 2018 and the most-watched telecast on the channel since 2017, Paramount said, citing Nielsen data.

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Stewart’s return drew more viewers than his successor Trevor Noah’s final episode in 2022. During 2022, Noah’s Daily Show averaged 385,000 viewers.

Stewart will be anchoring The Daily Show on Mondays. Other cast members will host the other nights of the week.

In the more than 3,100 days since he departed Comedy Central's The Daily Show, Jon Stewart seemed to take his seriousness and his gravitas to another level, spearheading grinding policy initiatives such as the grueling fight to get Congress to extend special benefits to military veterans harmed by burn pits.

The Daily Show certainly was never entirely whimsical, but the comedian's follow-up effort in the video entertainment business, Apple TV Plus’s The Problem With Jon Stewart landed pretty far from a half-hour basic cable show that helped so-called “coastal elite” viewers unwind. 

So when Stewart, 61, abruptly announced in January — eight months before a pivotal election — that he was returning to oversee the rebranded TDS, and would host it once a week on Monday nights, it was safe to assume that he wasn't merely making a retrograde career move to wind down the clock. 

“I’ve learned one thing over these nine years,” he told his audience on Monday. “I was glib at best and probably dismissive at worst about this. But the work of making this world resemble one you’d like to live in is a lunch pail job, day in and day out.” 

Evidenced by his first night back as host on Monday, Stewart is done even pretending about the “comedy” part of the job. He's going back to work, using a platform that fits him better than anyone else to achieve some real policy and political goals. 

But this time, his fervor and urgency seem far more intense than his most influential and halcyon Daily Show moments … say, 21 years ago, in the run-up to the ill-fated invasion of Iraq.

And the left, which has long been Stewart's base, might not be so in love with the early game plan, at least not initially.

Indeed, it doesn't appear, at least on first glance, that the erstwhile Daily Show under Stewart's glorious return, will merely serve as a platform for the left-leaning pundit to prop up Joe Biden’s sagging poll numbers against Donald Trump in swing states. 

But don't confuse the strategy with "bothsidesism" -- Stewart, not so subtly, wants the Dems to make a deal before the trade deadline. 

“One thing we know for certain is this: we have two candidates who are chronologically outside the norm for anyone who has run for the presidency of this country in the history of this country,” Stewart said. “They’re the oldest people ever to run for president, breaking by only four years the record that they set the last time they ran.”

Surface-level analysis suggests Stewart has reverted to safe “both-sides” cover. But let's be real. His audience never has been or ever will be remotely MAGA … or even independent voters in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, for that matter. On Monday, five days following a disconcerting DOJ report about Biden's mental competency, and weeks into primary season, Stewart was speaking to just one side. 

His message: Even if Biden does squeeze by, do you really want to enable an 86-year-old to perform the most important job in the known universe?

“Joe Biden isn’t Donald Trump,” Stewart said. “He hasn’t been indicted as many times. He hasn’t had as many fraudulent businesses. He’s never been convicted in a civil trial of sexual assault, or been ordered to pay for defamation, or had his charities disbanded, or stiffed a shit-ton of blue-collar tradesmen he hired. Should we even get to the grabbed-a-pussy stuff? Probably not. 

“But the stakes of this election don’t make Donald Trump’s opponent less subject to scrutiny,” he added. “It actually makes him more subject to scrutiny … November 5 is nothing to sneeze at, but neither is November 6 or 7. If your guy loses, bad things might happen, but the country is not over. But if your guy wins, the country is in no way saved.” 

Comedy Central's desperate search to replace Jon Stewart's replacement has ended at the feet of Stewart himself.

The 61-year-old comedian, who famously hosted Comedy Central’s The Daily Show for 16 years until ceding the post to Trevor Noah in 2015, will return to oversee the program as executive producer through the 2024 election cycle. Stewart will also serve as host on Monday nights.

Paramount Global’s re-signing of Stewart isn't just a win for the fading Comedy Central linear brand, but also the company's emerging Paramount Plus streaming platform, which will feature The Daily Show as a tentpole asset. 

Stewart confirmed Showtime and MTV Entertainment Studios' announcement Wednesday morning with this tweet:

“Stewart is the voice of our generation, and we are honored to have him return to Comedy Central’s The Daily Show to help us all make sense of the insanity and division roiling the country as we enter the election season,” Chris McCarthy, chief executive of Showtime and MTV Entertainment Studios, said in a statement.

“In our age of staggering hypocrisy and performative politics, Jon is the perfect person to puncture the empty rhetoric and provide much-needed clarity with his brilliant wit," McCarthy added.

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Noah received broad critical acclaim amid his seven-year, er, stewardship of The Daily Show, but the talk show lacked the zeitgeist-bending power it enjoyed under Stewart. 

Comedy Central had been rolling with a rotating ensemble of Daily Show hosts since Noah left the program in October 2022. 

Stewart, meanwhile, veered into the more serious, topical hourlong show The Problem With Jon Stewart in 2020 on Apple TV Plus. However, that relationship came undone in October, with Stewart departing over reported creative differences.

The Problem With Jon Stewart, hosted by former The Daily Show host Jon Stewart, premieres on Apple TV Plus Sept. 30. The current affairs show “takes a deep dive into some of the most enduring, deeply-entrenched issues of our time,” said Apple TV Plus. “The Problem With Jon Stewart is a multiple-season, single-issue series with Stewart exploring complex topics through the differing perspectives of stakeholders, experts and individuals confronting these challenges.”

Stewart executive produces along with Richard Plepler, Brinda Adhikari and James Dixon. Adhikari is the showrunner. Episodes run 40 to 60 minutes. 

Stewart told The New York Times the show is more about amplification than advocacy.

“That seems like a worthwhile use of the privilege of television,” he said. “I’ve always viewed it as a uniquely, oddly arrogant privilege. Like all comics, who walk into a club, where all the seats are facing one way and there’s one seat in front of everyone, and you think to yourself, I’ll take that one — I’ve got some thoughts on airplanes that I’d like these other people to hear. Now you feel like, well, if you’ve earned some capital in all of this, why not spend it on people better than you, who are doing remarkable things? You can help frame their good work.”

A companion podcast will extend the conversation from each episode of The Problem With Jon Stewart.

Stewart hosted The Daily Show on Comedy Central until he departed in 2015. 

Apple TV Plus announced that the name of Jon Stewart’s show on the streaming service will be The Problem with Jon Stewart and it will have its debut in the fall.

It will be the first project resulting in a multi-year partnership between Stewart and Apple.

The new current affairs series would mark a return to TV for Stewart, who left the anchor desk at Comedy Central’s Daily Show in 2015.

The Problem with Jon Stewart will have one-hour episodes and deal with a single issue. The show will have a companion podcast to further discuss the issues.

The show will be hosted and executive produced by Jon Stewart through his Busboy Productions. The series is executive produced by showrunner Brinda Adhikari, Stewart’s longtime manager James Dixon, and Richard Plepler through his Eden Productions, which has an exclusive overall production deal with Apple. Chelsea Devantez is head writer and Lorrie Baranek is the executive in charge of production. 

 Jon Stewart will return to TV as host of a new current affairs series for Apple TV Plus.

Stewart, who won 20 Emmys as host of The Daily Show on Comedy Central, has signed a first-look deal with the streaming service.

The new show, which will consist of hour-long episodes looking at a single issue, will be produced by Stewart’s Busboy Productions and former HBO exec Richard Plepler’s Eden Productions, which has an exclusive production deal with Apple TV Plus.

Stewart’s longtime manager James Dixon will also serve as an executive producer.  

HBO has announced more talent for the Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs event, which will be shown live Saturday, April 18 at 8 p.m. and hosted by Jon Stewart. The network is partnering with Next for Autism, an organization whose goal is to design and launch programs for those with autism, in their communities.

Comedians such as Zach Galifianakis, Jack Black, and Larry David as well as America's Got Talent’s Kodi Lee are scheduled to appear. Amy Schumer, Rob Riggle, Sarah Silverman, Phoebe Robinson, John Oliver and The Roots are also participating.

The event will be filmed live from the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

Executive producers are Stewart, Robert Smigel, Michelle Smigel, Chris McShane and John Irwin. The special will be directed by Ryan Polito.

The Trump presidency continues to redefine the role of the U.S. commander in chief. Congress still bickers like The Lockhorns. School shootings continue.

One cannot help but wonder where Jon Stewart is amidst all this madness. “In many ways, I think this an environment that’s made for Jon Stewart,” Magid senior vice president of global media and entertainment Mike Bloxham said.

Stewart signed off on The Daily Show in August 2015.

A few months later, he inked a four-year deal with HBO that was to include short-form content. Almost two years ago, Stewart and HBO said the digital shorts would not happen, citing technical issues.

In summer 2017, HBO said Stewart would do a couple of standup specials. A spokesperson said those are still in the works.

Stewart hosted autism benefit Night of Too Many Stars on HBO in November 2017. A longtime champion of Sept. 11 first responders, he appeared on Fox News Channel in February to discuss the Never Forget the Heroes Act. He will direct a political satire film called Irresistible.

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Stewart still has a hand in late night. He’s an executive producer on CBS’s The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. Samantha Bee, host of Full Frontal on TBS, was a Daily Show correspondent under Stewart, as was Wyatt Cenac of HBO’s Wyatt Cenac’s Problem Areas. “He’s got his fingerprints on quite a lot right now,” Bloxham said.

Amanda Lotz, media scholar and professor at Queensland University of Technology (Australia), feels Stewart “passed a torch” to other hosts, many of them Daily Show alums. “Not only to Trevor Noah,” she said, “but the formats of John Oliver’s and Hasan Minhaj’s shows [Last Week Tonight, Patriot Act] in many ways add more depth to the informational side of the info-comedy equation.”

New Comedy Central president Kent Alterman, who earlier this month took over for departing network head Michele Ganeless, inherits a network that has struggled of late from a ratings perspective but is being looked upon by Viacom CEO Philipe Duaman to help spur the company’s financial fortunes.

Alterman recently spoke to Multichannel News programming editor R. Thomas Umstead to discuss the network’s brand, its appeal to millennials and the struggles of its late-night franchises The Daily Show With Trevor Noah and The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore.

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MCN: How would you define the Comedy Central brand?

Kent Alterman: I’ll start by how our audience defines it, which is that it’s the No. 1 brand in comedy across all platforms. For me, what unifies all of our talent and content that we put out there is that they bring a very distinct point of view and voice to what they do that generally shares some degree of relevance, intelligence and an ability to reflect the world back at our audience in a way that gives them a break from the world.

MCN: You’re coming in at a time when the network’s ratings have been declining for some time. How do you view the network’s ratings performances and what can be done to curtail viewership declines?

KA: The entire industry is facing the same challenges, especially in reaching our young millennial audience. Viewing behaviors are changing, so we’re pursuing dual tracks.

We’re tending to the linear ratings – our audience consumes original content, and reruns don’t mean so much anymore, so we’re looking at ways to have more and better content.

We’re also making sure that we not only make our content available on all platforms, but also that we’re creating original content that is conceived and executed with these different platforms in mind so that it feels more organic. We were the only entertainment channel to be part of Snapchat Discover and we’ve been doubling down on how much original content we’ve been creating for that platform. It also affords us a development pipeline in the sense of making more bets with emerging talent and having more ways to working with talent in general on different platforms so that we can open up the aperture of our talent development.

MCN: Having said that, what would you consider to be the network’s core shows?

KA: The good news for us is that we’ve been having this great run of shows like South Park, Tosh 2.0 and The Daily Show, which has been an institution. We don’t have Jon [Stewart] but we’re bullish on Trevor. The Daily Show under Trevor Noah is the No. 1 late night show with male millennials and second overall after [The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy] Fallon. It’s been experiencing several months of repeated growth, so all the signs are pointing the right way, and creatively Trevor is taking the ball and running with it – we’re really pleased with his evolution.

There are other shows that are incredibly popular including Broad City, Inside Amy Schumer, Drunk History, Another Period,Nikki Glazer and so on. Ultimately what we feel gratified by is that in the last several years we’ve had a great run in introducing new talent, and they are all resonating with our audience.

MCN: You mentioned The Daily Show, and obviously a lot has been written about the show’s declining ratings as well as those of The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore since Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert left the respective shows. From your perspective, how have those shows performed with their new hosts and what if anything can be done to get ratings for the shows back to prior levels?

KA:  I think you have to look at a few things. It’s not like we replaced those shows at a time when there was stability in the marketplace of our business. It coincided with a period of incredible disruption in our business, and so its almost an unfair comparison; its not apples to apples. Even if you look at our late shows now and you include all the platforms where people are watching complete episodes – whether its on our website or our app or Hulu – the numbers are really significant, so it’s a tough comparison. What we care about the most is our fans and how [the shows] are resonating with our fans, and we try to keep our eye on that ball.

MCN: What are the biggest challenges the network is facing today?

KA: We’re living in a very tumultuous, disruptive time in our industry, and so I think we’re all facing the same challenges. No one knows how it's all going to settle out, and for the most part we try to keep our eye on what’s most important, which is our talent and our content. No matter what changes come in our industry, the thing that will never change is the importance of having content that resonates for our audience.

MCN: You mentioned programming for multiple platforms. How much does the digital platform influence the content development and distribution decisions you have to make?

KA: We’re trying to be very holistic about development and not so much separate linear with multiplatform distribution, but just continue to serve all masters simultaneously. We don’t just produce our content and then chop it up and distribute it on other platforms. We’re really expanding our aperture to work with different people and develop content that is targeted to different platforms because, ultimately, we are led more than anything else by our audience, and our audience is consuming content in different ways on different platforms, so we want to be able to meet them where they are.

Jon Stewart has signed a four-year exclusive production deal with HBO, the first products of which will be short-form digital content for platforms including HBO Now and HBO Go. HBO also gets a first-look option for other film and TV projects from Stewart in his post-Daily Show career. His first endeavor will see him putting a twist on current events. He is working with a cloud graphics company, OTOY Inc., to develop "new technology that will allow him to produce timely short-form digital content, which will be refreshed on HBO NOW multiple times throughout the day," HBO said in a release. 

“Jon Stewart led a revolution that changed the face of TV comedy on the Daily Show,” HBO Programming president Phil Lombardo said in a release. “He graced our network nearly 20 years ago, so we’re thrilled to welcome back his immense talents in this next chapter of his career.”

Added Stewart in the release: “I’m so excited to be working with Richard [Plepler], Michael and the entire HBO family. Appearing on television 22 minutes a night clearly broke me. I’m pretty sure I can produce a few minutes of content every now and again.”

Stewart’s previous HBO credits include the standup special Jon Stewart: Unleavened, hosting the special George Carlin: 40 Years of Comedy, Mr. Show with Bob and David and a recurring role on The Larry Sanders Show, HBO noted. He was host of The Daily Show With Jon Stewart on Comedy Central for 16 years.

Comedy Central Wednesday released a new video spot touting incoming The Daily Show’ host Trevor Noah as he prepares for his Sept. 28 debut.

The South African-born Noah will take over for former The Daily Show host Jon Stewart, who retired earlier this month after 16 seasons.

Cable shows and specials led by Fox News’ Republican Presidential Candidate Debate dominated last week’s Twitter TV Ratings, according to Nielsen.

Thursday’s Republican Debate – which generated 24 million viewers -- drew more than 3 million Tweets that reached more than 9.2 million unique Twitter users to top all TV shows for the period of Aug. 3 to Aug. 9, said Nielsen.

Jon Stewart’s final episode as host of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show on Aug. 6 drew 233,000 tweets across 4.2 million Twitter users to finished second for the week. Overall, the show generated 3.5 million viewers. 

ABC Family’s Pretty Little Liars, USA Network’s WWE Monday Night Raw and HBO’s True Detective finish among the top five series and specials for the week, according to Nielsen.

New Daily Show host Trevor Noah says he will bring a different perspective to the late night show, but will not look to make a major overhaul.

Noah, who spoke during Comedy Central’s Television Critics Association press tour session Wednesday (July 29), said he will provide a different slant to stories than his predecessor, Jon Stewart, when he takes over for the longtime Daily Show host, but will not change the focus of the show.

The biracial 31-year old South African comedian said he draws his opinions from his life’s experiences, and perspectives will come through during the show, but he doesn’t plan to make any major changes to the look or the set.

“The way we tackle stories will be different,” Noah said.  “I still want the show to be recognized as The Daily Show.”

Kent Alterman, president of original programming for Comedy Central, told Multichannel News, “He is going to bring his point of view, but not imposing it in some way, but meshing it into the creative staff.”

Alterman said during the panel that the network “will be forever in debt” to Stewart for his stewardship of The Daily Show.

Following reports Monday morning, Comedy Central officially announced that Trevor Noah will succeed Jon Stewart as host of The Daily Show.

The little-known 31-year-old South African comedian will take over for Stewart later this year; Comedy Central will announce exactly when at a later date.

“Trevor Noah is an enormous talent. He has an insightful and unique point of view, and most importantly, is wickedly funny,” said Comedy Central president Michele Ganeless. “For the next host of The Daily Show, we set out to find a fresh voice who can speak to our audience with a keen take on the events of the day, and we found that in Trevor. He has a huge international following and is poised to explode here in America, and we are thrilled to have him join Comedy Central.”

Noah, 31, has only made three appearances on the show, having first debuted in December. Noah made his U.S. television debut in 2012 on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno and also appeared on CBS's Late ShowWith David Letterman. Noah has hosted numerous television shows including his own late night talk show in South Africa, Tonight With Trevor Noah.

“It’s an honor to follow Jon Stewart. He and the team at The Daily Show have created an incredible show whose impact is felt all over the world,” Noah said. “In my brief time with the show they’ve made me feel so welcome. I’m excited to get started and work with such a fantastic group of people.”

Other potential successors to Stewart included Jason Jones and Samantha Bee, but each is bound for their own project with TBS. Jessica Williams, another young correspondent, had also pulled herself out of the running.

Comedian Jon Stewart is leaving Comedy Central's The Daily Show after nearly two decades as the host of late night series.

Comedy Central announced that Stewart's departure will come at the end of the year, leaving a big hole in the network's late night lineup.

Stewart also confirmed his departure during his show Tuesday night, saying the details of his final show have yet to be worked out. "It might be July, September, or December," he said.

Stewart's The Daily Show has become a late-night staple for the network, winning 20 Emmy Awards. It has also spawned several other shows including The Colbert Report, which ended last year after a nine-year run, and The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore, which launched last month.

Stewart took over as host of The Daily Show in 1999 from then host Craig Kilborn and built it into Comedy Central's most recognizable show, appealing to mostly young viewers with a comedic and satiric look at the news and issues of the day. During its run, The Daily Show showcased several comedians who have gone on to create higher profiles including Stephen Colbert, who will replace David Letterman on The Late Show this fall, and John Oliver, whose series Last Week Tonight With John Oliver premiered its sophomore season this past Sunday on HBO.

Stewart told NPR in 2014 that he's wrestled with how long to stay with the show, and its unclear what he will do after his The Daily Show run. In 2013 Stewart took an eight-week break to direct a feature fim, Rosewater. "I Got alot of ideas; I lot of things in my head," he said Tuesday night during The Daily Show.

Also unclear is whether The Daily Show will continue without Stewart. What is clear is that Comedy Central and its parent company Viacom will have a very difficult time filling some very large shoes, according to one executive. Viacom's Media Networks unit, which includes Comedy Central along with Nickelodeon and MTV, posted a 1% operating income loss during first quarter earnings reported last month.

"Comedy Central just lost Colbert and now is losing Stewart -- that is alot of talent walking out the door," said the executive.

Comedian Patton Oswalt tweeted his disappointment in hearing of Stewart's departure: "So we have to navigate the poop-dipped trainwreck of the 2016 election without Jon Stewart hosting The Daily Show? Hmmm..."

Comedy Central said in a statement: "For the better part of the last two decades, we have had the incredible honor and privilege of working with Jon Stewart. His comedic brilliance is second to none. Jon has been at the heart of Comedy Central, championing and nurturing the best talent in the industry, in front of and behind the camera. Through his unique voice and vision, The Daily Show has become a cultural touchstone for millions of fans and an unparalleled platform for political comedy that will endure for years to come. Jon will remain at the helm of The Daily Show until later this year. He is a comic genius, generous with his time and talent, and will always be a part of the Comedy Central family."

Cable TV favorites Jon Hamm, Amy Schumer, Larry David and John Oliver are among the first group of announced comics who will perform during Comedy Central's "Night of Too Many Stars: America Comes Together for Autism Programs."

Jon Stewart will host the event, which his company Busboy Productions is producing. Also slated to appear are Bill Burr, Louis C.K., Paul Rudd, Martin Short and Larry Wilmore, More talent announcements will be forthcoming, the network said.

The "Night of Too Many Stars" special will tape at New York's Beacon Theatre on Feb. 28 and will premiere on Comedy Central on Sunday, March 8, at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT.

Over-the-top video streaming service Crackle will launch a new season of its hit series Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee on Nov. 6, the service said Friday.

Celebrities set to converse with series host/creator Jerry Seinfeld during the fifth season of the Emmy-nominated series include Fred Armisen (Portlandia),Colleen Ballinge (Hipsterhood),Bill Burr(Walk Of Shame),Jimmy Fallon (The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon),Kevin Hart (Think Like A Man Too), Amy Schumer (Inside Amy Schumer)  and Ali Wentworth (In Living Color).

Previous episodes of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee currently running on Crackle have featured such comedy legends as Jason Alexander, Aziz Ansari, Alec Baldwin, Mel Brooks, Louis CK, Larry David, Tina Fey, Ricky Gervais, Jay Leno, David Letterman, Seth Meyers, Howard Stern and Jon Stewart, among others, said company officials.

The Wire spotted a photo on Twitter and because it combines several great interests — fly-fishing, flying cameras and shows about fly-fishing — checked in with the subject, British Columbia-based angler and guide April Vokey (@ApriVokey on Twitter).

The fancy camerawork is for an upcoming show on World Fishing Network called Shorelines With April Vokey, scheduled to premiere in January.

The concept: Follow “Fly Gal” Vokey (whom you might remember from her 60 Minutes Sports profile or her presence in Tom Brokaw’s Buccaneers and Bones bonefishing series) as she, travels from the highland streams of Scotland to the rivers of North America’s West Coast, writing a book about fly-fishing’s evolution. She's already started blogging about it, and posting photos like the one here, from Ontario.

“It’s never been my dream to be a television host, it’s been my dream to be an author,” Vokey told The Wire from a lodge on the Dean River in British Columbia. That’s why this book concept, pitched to WFN by executive producer Nick Pujic, worked to help make her both an author and a television host simultaneously.

“This is my life-long dream,” she said, adding that she has enjoyed meeting and interviewing experts along the way, chronicling the history of the sport and pointing out that modern methods might not always be best to preserve steelhead and Atlantic salmon fishing in the future.

The sport is diminishing, she said: “People my age aren’t reading anymore. Stories of yesterday are starting to disappear. It’s time to embrace our past and remember it again.”

As for the flying cameras, Pujic, producing the series at Vantage Point Media House, said that’s part of the plan to make Shorelines look different from other fishing shows.

“We’re bringing the highest level of production quality that the fishing-show industry has seen,” Pujic said. The series is being shot on RED Epic cameras, which capture five times the detail of high-definition cameras and enable cool post-production enhancements. “For example, if you’re shooting wide, and the fish jumps, you can punch in and get a tight of that fish jumping all in one shot, and you don’t lose any quality.”

Helicopters are used along with four remote-control drones, capable of carrying cameras ranging in size from a GoPro to a RED Epic. “On our first shoot April hooked the first fish of the entire series, and we had the drone up in the air, 10 feet away from her. So it captured the whole thing, and it’s mesmerizing,” Pujic said.

Pujic also told The Wire: “I’ve been producing fishing shows for eight years and almost every single one is focused around the fish. This one is focused around an individual on a mission."

He said he had no doubts about viewers wanting to follow that mission. "April Vokey is the Tiger Woods of flyfishing," he said. "Not my opinion, that’s the fact. So people are generally interested in what April's up to.” Shorelines, he said, "gives people a glimpse into April’s character that they’ve not had in any articles previously, in any show that she’s been in previously. And at the same time it actually raises awareness about a lot of different issues and concerns that face anglers as a whole that she’s bringing to light. There are things that aren’t often discussed like they should be. So it’s thought provoking. Because of that I think it’s going to engage viewers much more so than watching people in a boat cast line.”

Thus far, the production has been to Eastern Canada and it will visit British Columbia and the United Kingdom this fall. Joining Vokey in her travels are her dog, Colby, and a professional photographer. The photos here are by Alyssa Lloyd (on Facebook). The drone pilot was Brock Tompkins of Scene Ace Aerial Photography and Videography.

‘Daily Show’ Fans Crowdsource a New CNN Schedule

Ouch! The Daily Show With Jon Stewart’s “Let’s Buy CNN” tongue-incheek Kickstarter campaign has raised $4.3 trillion to buy the news channel, according to the Daily Show sub-website devoted to the purchase — made possible because CNN would be spun off if Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox prevails in its pursuit of Time Warner Inc.

The crowdsource funding may be faux, but the mock effort has drawn a social media crowd.

The Daily Show created various hashtags and solicited Twitter posts on which new shows its viewers would like to see on the cable news channel once Jon Stewart and company have ponied up the big bucks, what amazing “gratuitous” technology the network should employ next and suggestions for catchy new slogans.

Here are some of The Wire’s printable favorites:

New shows:Outrage Nation, hosted by Marc Summers, where social-media activists out-complain rivals and the winner gets hosed down in CNN’s parking lot; CNN Sunday Sermons; 23 Hours of Apologies and Corrections For the Stuff We Said In Our 1 Hour of Daily ‘News.’

New technology: “Voting Booth Time Machine With 2016 Poll Results”; “Cloned Dinosaur Anchors”; “Fact- Checking.”

New slogans: “CNN: Move Along. Nothing to See Here”; “CNN: Where news isWAIT IS THAT THE MALAYSIAN AIRPLANE? No, just a whale? OK … back to news and courtrooms and laws and stuff ”; “CNN: The Near Beer of News.”

Then there is the Instagram submission showing an airport monitor and the slogan: “CNN: If you’re watching this, your flight’s been cancelled.”

— John Eggerton