This article is a list of the correspondents and on-screen contributors who have appeared on the satirical television program The Daily Show. Correspondents, collectively known as "The Best F#@king News Team Ever", normally have two roles: "experts" with satirical "senior" titles whom the host interviews about certain issues, or hosts of original reporting segments, which often showcase interviews of serious political figures. During Jon Stewart's tenure, the show's contributors often had their own unique recurring segment on the show and tended to appear less frequently; former host Trevor Noah is a former correspondent and contributor who was featured during the Stewart era.
| Name | Year Joined | Year Left | Notes |
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| September 20, 2005 | September 25, 2007 | Hired to replace departing correspondent Stephen Colbert on September 25, 2005. Filed his final report on September 25, 2007. |
| July 10, 2003 | April 30, 2015 | "This Week in God", "Are You Prepared?!?"; The Daily Shows first non-US citizen correspondent; all-time longest-serving regular correspondent after passing Stephen Colbert in 2011; filled in for a sick Jon Stewart on October 7, 2014. Bee departed the show on April 30, 2015, to host Full Frontal with Samantha Bee on TBS. She is married to fellow former correspondent Jason Jones. |
| January 31, 2002 | March 14, 2002 | Contributing correspondent. |
| July 23, 1996 | December 15, 1998 | "Backfire"; was one of The Daily Shows original correspondents. Had his own The Daily Show special in 1998 called "Weirder Than Whitney". |
| December 7, 1999 | August 8, 2002 | "We Love Showbiz", "Popular Music Omnibus", "Dollars and "Cents"". Was credited under maiden name, Nancy Walls, and has been married to fellow former correspondent Steve Carell since 1995. |
| February 11, 1999 | April 4, 2005 | "Even Stephven", "Produce Pete", "Dollars and "Cents"", "We Love Showbiz", "Slimmin' Down With Steve", "Ad Nauseam". Carell had his own The Daily Show special in May 2001 called "Steve Carell Salutes Steve Carell" highlighting his most popular field assignments on the show. Carell is the first correspondent to become a major movie and television star, and the only correspondent to receive an Academy Award nomination since leaving The Daily Show in early 2005. Carell has since returned numerous times as a featured guest. He is married to fellow former correspondent Nancy (Walls) Carell. |
| June 3, 2008 | December 13, 2012 | Senior Correspondent; also provides voice for Michael Steele puppet. Filed his final report on December 13, 2012, but also made cameo guest appearances on August 15, 2013, for the last show of guest host John Oliver. |
| June 4, 2014 | September 18, 2014 | Left to co-anchor "Weekend Update" on Saturday Night Live. Shortest correspondent tenure as of 2015.[4] Was among the former correspondents who made an appearance on Jon Stewart's final episode on August 6, 2015. |
| June 26, 1997 | September 26, 2005 | "Even Stephven", "This Week in God", "The Jobbing of America". Stephen Colbert hosted The Daily Show six times (January 24, 2001; February 20 and 22, 2001; March 26–27, 2001; April 3 and 5, 2001; May 2–3, 2001; March 6, 2003; July 6, 2004). Although Colbert left The Daily Show team in mid-2005, through 2010 Stewart frequently "tossed" to him at The Colbert Report at the end of a show. Colbert has also made a number of Daily Show cameos since 2005, particularly in reference to his mock "presidential campaigns" in 2007/08 and 2011/12, and Stewart's stewardship of Colbert SuperPAC in 2011. With a nearly nine-year tenure, Colbert was the longest serving correspondent on The Daily Show until his record was broken by Samantha Bee in 2011. Before taking over as new host of The Late Show on CBS. |
| October 4, 2005 | May 2, 2006 | The younger brother of correspondent Rob Corddry. As a running joke on the show, older brother Rob would often appear in Nate's segments usually picking on him. This eventually led to the two brothers having their own "Even Stephven"-style debate segment called "Brother vs. Brother". |
| April 17, 2002 | August 24, 2006 | "This Week in God", "Come On!", "Popular Music Omnibus", and as he liked to call them, "Poop jokes". Corddry filled in for Stewart (on paternity leave) on February 9, 2006. He left the show in August 2006 to start a film career and to star in The Winner, a Fox comedy that ran from March 4 to March 18, 2007. He has also returned as a special guest correspondent several times since. |
| May 5, 2009 | June 27, 2011 | Contributing Correspondent. Made his last appearance on June 27, 2011. |
| January 14, 1999 | May 17, 2001 | "Dollars and "Cents"", "A Tale of Survival", had his own The Daily Show special in 2000 highlighting his popular "Tales of Survival" segments. |
| October 28, 2002 | March 20, 2003 | "Mark Your Calendar", "We Love Showbiz". |
| April 29, 2002 | December 5, 2006 | "Digital Watch", "Ad Nauseam", "Mark Your Calendar", "We Love Showbiz", "This Week in God". Helms and fellow correspondent Rob Corddry had their own The Daily Show special in 2003 called "I'm a Correspondent: Please Don't Fire Me". Helms made an appearance on July 21, 2008, as a special guest correspondent. Helms was one of the stars of the 2009 comedy The Hangover and was a regular cast member on NBC's The Office, beginning with its third season. |
| September 29, 2005 | March 26, 2015 | "Are You Prepared?!?", "Jason Jones 180"; Filled in for a sick Jon Stewart on October 7, 2014. Departed the show on March 26, 2015. He is married to fellow former correspondent Samantha Bee. |
| March 3, 2014 | September 21, 2017 | New Senior Caucasian Correspondent. Senior Congressional Correspondent. Senior Campaign Correspondent. Senior Technology Correspondent. Senior Fantasy Culture Correspondent. Senior Fantasy Sports Correspondent. Senior Iowan Correspondent. Senior U.K. Correspondent. "Jordan Fingers the Pulse". Filled in for a sick Trevor Noah on October 20, 2016. Left the show so he can begin hosting his own spin-off The Opposition with Jordan Klepper on September 25, 2017. After the show got cancelled in 2018, he hosted a docuseries titled Klepper in 2019. He returned to The Daily Show on December 16, 2019, making him the last remaining correspondent from the Jon Stewart era. |
| July 24, 1996 | May 18, 2000 | "The Beth Littleford Interview", "bETh". In 1999, she had her own The Daily Show special called "The Beth Littleford Interview Special", highlighting her popular celebrity interviews. She was the only original correspondent to stay with the show after Jon Stewart took over as host, leaving the show in 2000. |
| May 17, 2011 | January 12, 2016 | Senior Latino Correspondent. California correspondent. |
| August 9, 2006 | October 14, 2015 | Senior Middle East Correspondent; started as a contributor; but made correspondent in March 2007.[5] Senior Campaign Correspondent. |
| November 19, 2014 | August 16, 2018 | Senior Indian Correspondent. Senior Political Correspondent. Senior Congressional Correspondent. Departed to host his own show Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj on Netflix. |
| June 3, 2010 | September 12, 2011 | Senior Asian Correspondent. |
| July 31, 2006 | December 19, 2013 | Senior British Person; "Wilmore-Oliver Investigates"; on writing staff from 2007 to 2013. Interim host during the summer of 2013. He departed the show on December 19, 2013, to prepare hosting his own late night show Last Week Tonight with John Oliver on HBO which premiered on April 27, 2014. Returned to host the show on November 13, 2014, to promote Jon Stewart's film, Rosewater. |
| September 20, 2006 | December 10, 2008 | Senior Military Affairs Correspondent; Some of his most memorable work on the show included his overseas special assignments. His week-long reports from Iraq in 2007 titled "Operation: Silent Thunder" brought much attention to the show. After the success of "Silent Thunder", he traveled to China for his second overseas four-part series during the 2008 Olympics, titled "Rob Riggle: Chasing the Dragon". Shortly after announcing he would be leaving the show, he made his farewell appearance on December 10, 2008. Riggle made a surprise appearance on the August 3, 2010, show, during an interview with Will Ferrell and again on August 15, 2013, for the last show of guest host John Oliver. Made a cameo the week of Nov 17th in a correspondent report. |
| November 16, 1998 | August 20, 2003 | "Dollars and "Cents"", "Mark Your Calendar", "Mopinion". Rocca went on to parlay his Daily Show correspondent persona in numerous other cable appearances, such as several VH1 "talking head" shows and at the 2004 political conventions for Larry King Live. He is currently a correspondent for CBS News Sunday Morning. |
| July 22, 1996 | June 18, 1997 | Contributing correspondent. |
| February 2, 1999 | April 15, 1999 |
| October 9, 1998 | January 18, 1999 |
| Miriam Tolan | June 15, 2000 | July 25, 2001 | Contributing correspondent. Also occasionally filled in for Nancy Walls on "Dollars and "Cents"" |
| July 22, 1996 | December 16, 1998 | "Backfire", was one of The Daily Shows original correspondents. |
| July 23, 1996 | August 6, 1996 | Contributing correspondent. |
| May 2, 2001 | June 25, 2002 | News You Can Utilize, "Dollars and "Cents"", had his own The Daily Show special in May 2002 called "Matt Walsh Goes to Hawaii". |
| July 16, 2001 | October 7, 2002 | "Dollars and "Cents"", "We Love Showbiz". |
| October 11, 2018 | May 5, 2021 | Senior Youth Correspondent.[6] [7] |
| January 11, 2012 | June 30, 2016 | Senior Youth Correspondent. Senior Beyoncé Correspondent. Senior Congressional Correspondent. Senior Campaign Correspondent. Senior Political Correspondent. Made surprise appearances on April 22, 2024 and October 28, 2024. |
| April 6, 2004 | December 1, 2005 | Contributing correspondent. |
| July 22, 1996 | December 18, 1997 | Original correspondent and co-creator of The Daily Show. |
| September 28, 2015 | May 1, 2023[8] | Senior Mars Correspondent, Senior Wall Street Correspondent, Senior Campaign Correspondent, Senior Immigration Correspondent, Senior Hollywood Correspondent, Steve Harvey impersonator,[9] Segment Host: "CP Time", Segment Co-Host: "I Apologize for Talking While You Were Talking", Traffic reporter. |
| April 2, 1998 | October 21, 2003 | Contributing correspondent. | |
| Name | Year Joined | Year Left | Notes |
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| March 10, 1998 | March 23, 1998 | Contributor. |
| April 1, 1999 | January 22, 2002 | Contributor, "The Ugly American". |
| Michael Blieden | July 30, 1996 | January 24, 2000 | Contributor, original host of "Ad Nauseam". |
| July 25, 1996 | June 20, 2000 | Contributor, "God Stuff". |
| Neal Brennan | March 14, 2016 | January 30, 2020 | Contributor, Trevor's friend. |
| Rich Brown | October 20, 1998 | May 9, 2000 | Contributor, "Public Excess". Also a one-time correspondent. |
| Sameer Butt | December 4, 1997 | April 16, 1998 | Contributor. |
| May 16, 2016 | January 24, 2017 | Newest Contributor; Senior Latina Contributor |
| October 10, 1996 | March 19, 2003 | Contributor, "Out at the Movies"; he hosted his own program on Sirius Satellite Radio and was a celebrity panelist on GSN's revival of I've Got a Secret. |
| Mick Foley | November 19, 2009 | June 18, 2013 | Contributor, "Senior Ass Kicker". |
| April 24, 2006 | October 5, 2006 | Contributor, "Poll Smoking"; appeared on the show once as a guest in 2001 to promote Are You Dave Gorman?. |
| Al Greenwood | March 16, 1998 | October 18, 2000 | Contributor, "Al Up in That". Greenwood (known for his local "Bedspread King" commercials) appeared as the show's "elderly consumer advocate". In 2000, he hosted The Daily Show special "Al Greenwood's Wrinkled Nuts", a best-of collection of the correspondent's field interviews with elderly residents. Greenwood died on June 6, 2001, at age 93. An "in memoriam" clip for Greenwood was shown as the "Moment of Zen" on the show that week. |
| January 31, 2007 | September 24, 2007 | Contributor, "The Henry Stops Here", Senior Historical Perspectivist. Henry died on January 8, 2020, at age 89.[10] |
| January 16, 2006 | June 4, 2015 | Resident Expert, Deranged Millionaire, "You're Welcome", "Exper-teasers"; "Money Talks"; appeared on the show once as a guest in November 2005 to promote The Areas of My Expertise. |
| Tom Johnson | May 11, 2000 | October 2, 2001 | Contributor, "Lord Viper Scorpion". |
| October 19, 2000 | March 21, 2001 | Contributor, "TV Guy". |
| Robert Knight | February 4, 1997 | April 23, 1997 | Contributor. |
| September 30, 1996 | December 19, 1996 | Contributor, "Ed Lover's America". |
| December 9, 2015 | March 2, 2017 | Senior Jewish Correspondent |
| November 14, 2005 | February 28, 2008 | Contributor, "Trendspotting". Left to star in his own Comedy Central show, Important Things with Demetri Martin. |
| July 24, 1996 | May 28, 1998 | Originally co-hosted The Daily Shows movie review segments with Frank DeCaro. Eventually, DeCaro would go solo with his own segment "Out at the Movies" in 1997. |
| Kristen Schaal | March 13, 2008 | March 1, 2016 | Women's Issues Correspondent; married to long-time Daily Show writer Rich Blomquist. |
| September 29, 1998 | July 20, 2000 | Contributor, "This Week in Hate". Become a correspondent in 2000 before leaving. |
| Campbell Smith | May 8, 2001 | January 14, 2002 | Contributor, "Dollars and "Cents"". |
| William Stephenson | April 20, 1999 | August 27, 1999 | Contributor, "What I'm Sayin". Stephenson died on January 14, 2019, at age 61.[11] |
| August 6, 1998 | December 3, 1998 | Contributor, "Us People's Weekly Entertainment". |
| August 22, 2006 | December 2, 2014 | Senior Black Correspondent, "Wilmore-Oliver Investigates". Left to host The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore. |
| April 7, 2016 | November 15, 2017 | Senior Women's Issues Correspondent. Previously a writer on Late Night with Seth Meyers, Wolf went on to host her own show, The Break with Michelle Wolf on Netflix, which ran for ten episodes. |
| March 16, 2017 | July 16, 2018 | Senior British Correspondent.[12] |
| February 10, 2015 | April 14, 2015 | Senior Middle East Correspondent. The host of Al-Bernameg (The Program), a satirical news program broadcast in Egypt from 2011 to 2014. The press has compared Youssef with Stewart, who served as an inspiration for Youssef to begin his career.[13] [14] [15] | |
