The Daily Show (partially found Craig Kilborn episodes; 1996-1998)

A still of the show from 1996

Status: Partially Found

The Daily Show is an American late night talk and news satire program that was created by Madeleine Smithberg and Lizz Winstead and premiered on Comedy Central on July 22, 1996. The show was hosted by former SportsCenter anchor Craig Kilborn for its first couple of years before his replacement by comedian Jon Stewart in 1999. The show is currently hosted by comedian Trevor Noah, who replaced Stewart in 2015. The show parodies conventional newscasts with comedic monologues about the day's headlines, mockumentary-style on-location reports, in-studio segments, and debates among the show's regular correspondents. The host also interviews special guests who will often promote their current projects or perform.

The show originally premiered as a replacement for the controversial Bill Maher program Politically Incorrect, which was then in the process of moving from Comedy Central to ABC. It was compared to the Weekend Update segments from Saturday Night Live and received positive reviews despite being last place in the ratings. It was not until Stewart took over as host and executive producer that the show became a critical success, with its coverage of the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections earning the show a new level of respect.

Episodes from the start of Stewart's tenure to the present day are available to view online at Comedy Central's website, but Craig Kilborn's tenure has not been made available, and very little of his run as host seems to have survived.

Episodes

#	Air Date	Title	Status
1	July 22, 1996	No Guest Star	Lost
2	July 23, 1996	Mary Kay Place	Lost
3	July 24, 1996	Jon Cryer	Lost
4	July 25, 1996	Jackie Chan	Lost
5	July 29, 1996	No Guest Star	Lost
6	July 30, 1996	Bobby Slayton	Lost
7	July 31, 1996	Jamie Lee Curtis	Lost
8	August 1, 1996	No Guest Star	Lost
9	August 5, 1996	Gordon Elliott	Lost
10	August 6, 1996	Engelbert Humperdinck	Lost
11	August 7, 1996	Susan Norfleet	Lost
12	August 8, 1996	Kevin Meaney	Lost
13	August 12, 1996	Dennis Miller	Lost
14	August 13, 1996	Henriette Mantel	Lost
15	August 14, 1996	Phyllis Diller	Lost
16	August 15, 1996	Charlton Heston	Partially Found
17	August 19, 1996	Edward Burns	Lost
18	August 20, 1996	John Hulme & Michael Wexler	Lost
19	August 21, 1996	Dave Attell	Lost
20	August 22, 1996	Mario Van Peebles	Lost
21	September 9, 1996	Rolonda Watts	Lost
22	September 10, 1996	Eric Stoltz	Lost
23	September 11, 1996	The Amazing Kreskin	Lost
24	September 12, 1996	Jon Stewart	Partially Found
25	September 16, 1996	Robert Wuhl	Lost
26	September 17, 1996	Wink Martindale	Lost
27	September 18, 1996	Joan Rivers	Lost
28	September 19, 1996	Jerry Springer	Lost
29	September 24, 1996	Clea Lewis	Lost
30	September 25, 1996	David Cross	Lost
31	September 26, 1996	Dan Hedaya	Lost
32	September 30, 1996	Tom Rhodes	Lost
33	October 1, 1996	Joey Slotnick	Lost
34	October 2, 1996	Kathy Ireland	Lost
35	October 3, 1996	Jennifer Tilly	Lost
36	October 7, 1996	Renée Taylor & Joseph Bologna	Lost
37	October 8, 1996	María Conchita Alonso	Lost
38	October 9, 1996	Jeff Stilson	Lost
39	October 10, 1996	Frank DeCaro	Lost
40	October 21, 1996	Jamie Foxx	Lost
41	October 22, 1996	Robert Schimmel	Lost
42	October 23, 1996	Bill Murray	Lost
43	October 24, 1996	Janet Leigh	Lost
44	November 6, 1996	Arianna Huffington	Lost
45	November 7, 1996	Richard Dean Anderson	Lost
46	November 11, 1996	Brenda Vaccaro	Lost
47	November 12, 1996	Kurt Loder	Lost
48	November 13, 1996	Marilu Henner	Lost
49	November 14, 1996	David Cross & Bob Odenkirk	Lost
50	November 18, 1996	Michael Boatman	Lost
51	November 19, 1996	Elayne Boosler	Lost
52	November 20, 1996	James Doohan	Lost
53	November 21, 1996	Mark Curry	Lost
54	December 2, 1996	Robin Leach	Lost
55	December 3, 1996	Bobcat Goldthwait	Lost
56	December 4, 1996	Tom Bergeron	Lost
57	December 5, 1996	Julia Sweeney	Lost
58	December 9, 1996	Bruce Davison	Lost
59	December 10, 1996	Jim Breuer	Lost
60	December 11, 1996	Richard Lewis	Lost
61	December 12, 1996	Wes Craven	Lost
62	December 16, 1996	Rob Morrow	Lost
63	December 17, 1996	Robyn Lively	Lost
64	December 18, 1996	Debbie Reynolds	Lost
65	December 19, 1996	Holiday Spectacular	Lost
66	January 6, 1997	David Faustino	Lost
67	January 7, 1997	Kathy Kinney	Lost
68	January 8, 1997	John Salley	Lost
69	January 9, 1997	Jill Novick	Lost
70	January 13, 1997	Richard Kind	Lost
71	January 14, 1997	Vincent D'Onofrio	Lost
72	January 15, 1997	Jonathan Katz	Lost
73	January 16, 1997	Richard Kline	Lost
74	January 20, 1997	Sydney Biddle Barrows	Lost
75	January 21, 1997	John Cleese	Lost
76	January 22, 1997	Tracy Nelson	Lost
77	January 23, 1997	Steve Guttenberg	Lost
78	January 27, 1997	Vondie Curtis-Hall	Lost
79	January 28, 1997	Christopher Guest	Lost
80	January 29, 1997	Jonathan Silverman	Lost
81	January 30, 1997	Rodney Dangerfield	Lost
82	February 3, 1997	Rob Estes	Lost
83	February 4, 1997	Montel Williams	Lost
84	February 5, 1997	Timothy Dalton	Lost
85	February 6, 1997	John Leguizamo	Lost
86	February 10, 1997	Scott Glenn	Lost
87	February 11, 1997	Uri Geller	Lost
88	February 12, 1997	Nancy Glass	Lost
89	February 13, 1997	Chevy Chase	Lost
90	February 24, 1997	Paul Rudd	Lost
91	February 25, 1997	Pauly Shore	Lost
92	February 26, 1997	Tommy Davidson	Lost
93	February 27, 1997	Merrill Markoe	Lost
94	March 3, 1997	Debi Mazar	Lost
95	March 4, 1997	Carol Alt	Lost
96	March 5, 1997	Jackie Collins	Lost
97	March 6, 1997	Bruno Kirby	Lost
98	March 10, 1997	Charles Osgood	Lost
99	March 11, 1997	Pat O'Brien	Lost
100	March 12, 1997	Richard Lewis	Lost
101	March 13, 1997	Blair Brown	Lost
102	March 17, 1997	George Segal	Lost
103	March 19, 1997	Spalding Gray	Lost
104	March 20, 1997	Jennifer Tilly	Lost
105	March 24, 1997	Famke Janssen	Lost
106	March 25, 1997	Joe Pantoliano	Lost
107	March 26, 1997	The Cast of Viva Variety	Lost
108	March 27, 1997	Marlon Wayans & Kadeem Hardison	Lost
109	April 7, 1997	Michael DeLorenzo	Lost
110	April 8, 1997	Milton Berle	Lost
111	April 9, 1997	John Waters	Lost
112	April 10, 1997	Joanna Kerns	Lost
113	April 14, 1997	Ron Palillo	Lost
114	April 15, 1997	David Alan Grier	Lost
115	April 16, 1997	Keith Olbermann	Lost
116	April 17, 1997	Peri Gilpin	Lost
117	April 21, 1997	Tom Wopat & John Schneider	Lost
118	April 22, 1997	Kevin Meaney	Lost
119	April 23, 1997	Cathy Moriarty	Lost
120	April 24, 1997	Joyce Brothers	Lost
121	April 28, 1997	Janeane Garofalo	Lost
122	April 29, 1997	Wilt Chamberlain	Lost
123	April 30, 1997	Wendy Liebman	Lost
124	May 1, 1997	Joely Fisher	Lost
125	May 5, 1997	Connie Britton	Lost
126	May 6, 1997	Sheryl Lee Ralph	Lost
127	May 7, 1997	Mike Myers	Lost
128	May 8, 1997	Patrick Dempsey	Lost
129	May 12, 1997	Lea Thompson	Lost
130	May 13, 1997	Judd Nelson	Lost
131	May 14, 1997	Tisha Campbell-Martin	Lost
132	May 15, 1997	Ron Leibman	Lost
133	May 19, 1997	Rita Rudner	Lost
134	May 20, 1997	Charo	Lost
135	May 21, 1997	Sammy Hagar	Lost
136	May 22, 1997	Kenny Anderson	Lost
137	June 2, 1997	Kim Coles	Lost
138	June 3, 1997	Elayne Boosler	Lost
139	June 4, 1997	Ken Ober	Lost
140	June 5, 1997	Vince Vaughn	Lost
141	June 9, 1997	Andy Dick	Lost
142	June 10, 1997	Reginald VelJohnson	Lost
143	June 11, 1997	Charles Shaughnessy	Lost
144	June 12, 1997	Troy Donahue	Lost
145	June 16, 1997	Marlon Wayans & Shawn Wayans	Lost
146	June 17, 1997	David Arquette	Lost
147	June 18, 1997	Bobcat Goldthwait	Lost
148	June 19, 1997	Eric Schaeffer	Lost
149	June 23, 1997	Robert Wuhl	Lost
150	June 24, 1997	Darrell Hammond	Lost
151	June 25, 1997	Peter Fonda	Lost
152	June 26, 1997	Brent Spiner	Lost
153	July 7, 1997	Dyan Cannon	Lost
154	July 8, 1997	Betty White	Lost
155	July 9, 1997	Kathy Griffin	Lost
156	July 10, 1997	Julia Sweeney	Partially Found
157	July 14, 1997	Richard Jeni	Lost
158	July 15, 1997	Brendan Fraser	Lost
159	July 16, 1997	Belinda Carlisle	Lost
160	July 17, 1997	The Bert Fershners	Lost
161	July 22, 1997	First Anniversary Special	Found
162	July 23, 1997	Sugar Ray Leonard	Lost
163	July 24, 1997	Ben Stein	Lost
164	July 28, 1997	Erica Jong	Lost
165	July 29, 1997	Thomas Haden Church	Lost
166	July 30, 1997	Jay Mohr	Lost
167	July 31, 1997	John Leguizamo	Lost
168	August 11, 1997	Cindy Crawford	Lost
169	August 12, 1997	Lauren Lane	Lost
170	August 13, 1997	Joy Behar	Lost
171	August 14, 1997	Tony Randall	Lost
172	August 18, 1997	Marilu Henner	Lost
173	August 19, 1997	Isaac Hayes	Lost
174	August 20, 1997	Loretta Lynn	Lost
175	August 21, 1997	Rebecca Lobo	Lost
176	September 2, 1997	Vicki Lawrence	Lost
177	September 3, 1997	Lorrie Morgan	Lost
178	September 4, 1997	Christopher McDonald	Lost
179	September 8, 1997	Khandi Alexander	Lost
180	September 9, 1997	Mark Addy	Lost
181	September 10, 1997	Michael Palin	Lost
182	September 11, 1997	Andrew Dice Clay	Lost
183	September 15, 1997	Stefanie Powers	Lost
184	September 16, 1997	Yasmine Bleeth	Lost
185	September 17, 1997	Richard Lewis	Lost
186	September 18, 1997	David Cross & Bob Odenkirk	Lost
187	September 22, 1997	Guy Pearce	Lost
188	September 23, 1997	Debbie Reynolds	Lost
189	September 24, 1997	Jaleel White	Lost
190	September 25, 1997	Maureen McCormick	Lost
191	September 29, 1997	Joe Lando	Lost
192	September 30, 1997	Keith Olbermann	Lost
193	October 1, 1997	John Tesh	Lost
194	October 2, 1997	Sharon Lawrence	Lost
195	October 6, 1997	Alan Ruck	Lost
196	October 7, 1997	Harland Williams	Lost
197	October 8, 1997	Janeane Garofalo	Lost
198	October 9, 1997	Penelope Ann Miller	Lost
199	October 20, 1997	Joey Lawrence	Lost
200	October 21, 1997	Richard Jeni	Lost
201	October 22, 1997	Lucy Lawless	Lost
202	October 23, 1997	Annie Potts	Lost
203	October 27, 1997	Matt Stone & Trey Parker	Partially Found
204	October 28, 1997	Suzanne Somers	Lost
205	October 29, 1997	Adam Arkin	Lost
206	October 30, 1997	Paul Provenza	Lost
207	November 3, 1997	Michael J. Fox	Lost
208	November 4, 1997	Jason Gedrick	Lost
209	November 5, 1997	French Stewart	Lost
210	November 10, 1997	Paul Rodriguez	Lost
211	November 11, 1997	Lynn Whitfield	Lost
212	November 12, 1997	Gail O'Grady	Lost
213	November 13, 1997	Bill Murray	Lost
214	November 17, 1997	Fred Savage	Lost
215	November 18, 1997	Kathy Griffin	Lost
216	November 19, 1997	Bill Murray	Lost
217	November 20, 1997	Denis Leary	Lost
218	December 1, 1997	Alexandra Wentworth	Lost
219	December 2, 1997	Ernie Hudson	Lost
220	December 3, 1997	Richard Belzer	Lost
221	December 4, 1997	Garcelle Beauvais	Lost
222	December 15, 1997	Benjamin Salisbury	Lost
223	December 16, 1997	Mark Hamill	Lost
224	December 17, 1997	Andy Williams	Lost
225	December 18, 1997	Jamie Luner	Lost
226	January 5, 1998	Robert Townsend	Lost
227	January 6, 1998	Alan Thicke	Lost
228	January 7, 1998	Ricki Lake	Lost
229	January 8, 1998	Jason Bateman	Lost
230	January 12, 1998	Randy Quaid	Lost
231	January 13, 1998	Caroline Rhea	Lost
232	January 14, 1998	Tracey Ullman	Lost
233	January 15, 1998	Dave Chappelle	Lost
234	January 19, 1998	Bruce Boxleitner	Lost
235	January 20, 1998	Alexander Chaplin	Lost
236	January 21, 1998	Ben Stiller	Lost
237	January 22, 1998	Mark Cohen	Lost
238	January 27, 1998	Jim Breuer	Lost
239	January 28, 1998	Janeane Garofalo	Lost
240	January 29, 1998	Matthew Lillard	Found
241	February 2, 1998	Rose McGowan	Lost
242	February 3, 1998	Harry Hamlin	Lost
243	February 4, 1998	Gloria Reuben	Lost
244	February 5, 1998	Carol Leifer	Lost
245	February 9, 1998	Michael Bergin	Lost
246	February 10, 1998	Maury Povich	Lost
247	February 11, 1998	Jayson Williams	Lost
248	February 12, 1998	Richard Lewis	Lost
249	February 17, 1998	Dan Cortese	Lost
250	February 18, 1998	Marlon Wayans	Lost
251	February 19, 1998	Gordon Elliott	Lost
252	February 23, 1998	Jackie Collins	Lost
253	February 24, 1998	Michael Boatman	Lost
254	February 25, 1998	Matthew Modine	Lost
255	February 26, 1998	Peter Graves	Partially Found
256	March 9, 1998	Miguel Ferrer	Lost
257	March 10, 1998	Timothy Dalton	Lost
258	March 11, 1998	Jason Priestley	Lost
259	March 12, 1998	Henry Thomas	Lost
260	March 16, 1998	Holly Robinson Peete	Lost
261	March 17, 1998	Carrot Top	Lost
262	March 18, 1998	Dave Grohl	Lost
263	March 19, 1998	Robert Klein	Lost
264	March 23, 1998	Mark Harmon	Lost
265	March 24, 1998	Jeffrey Ross	Lost
266	March 25, 1998	Olivia Newton-John	Lost
267	March 26, 1998	Vivica A. Fox	Lost
268	March 30, 1998	Al Franken	Lost
269	March 31, 1998	Jody Watley	Lost
270	April 1, 1998	Dave Foley	Found
271	April 2, 1998	Mimi Rogers	Lost
272	April 13, 1998	Natasha Henstridge	Lost
273	April 14, 1998	Ben Stein	Lost
274	April 15, 1998	Scott Bakula	Lost
275	April 16, 1998	Denis Leary	Lost
276	April 20, 1998	Jonathan Silverman	Lost
277	April 21, 1998	Loni Anderson	Lost
278	April 22, 1998	Mark Wahlberg	Found
279	April 23, 1998	Johnny Galecki	Lost
280	April 27, 1998	Bob Hoskins	Lost
281	April 28, 1998	Sheryl Lee Ralph	Lost
282	April 29, 1998	Jason Gedrick	Lost
283	April 30, 1998	Patrick Swayze	Lost
284	May 4, 1998	Paul Rudd	Lost
285	May 5, 1998	Natasha Gregson Wagner	Lost
286	May 6, 1998	Patrick Swayze	Lost
287	May 7, 1998	Jon Favreau	Lost
288	May 18, 1998	Rob Estes	Lost
289	May 19, 1998	Jack Wagner	Lost
290	May 20, 1998	Tiffani Amber Thiessen	Lost
291	May 21, 1998	Doug Savant	Lost
292	May 26, 1998	Andy Kindler	Lost
293	May 27, 1998	Matthew Perry	Lost
294	May 28, 1998	Suzanne Somers	Lost
295	June 1, 1998	Bobcat Goldthwait	Lost
296	June 2, 1998	Eric Stoltz	Lost
297	June 3, 1998	David Boreanaz	Lost
298	June 4, 1998	Jeff Foxworthy	Lost
299	June 8, 1998	Jon Cryer	Lost
300	June 9, 1998	Marilu Henner	Lost
301	June 10, 1998	Norm Macdonald	Lost
302	June 11, 1998	Peter MacNicol	Lost
303	June 16, 1998	William Shatner	Lost
304	June 17, 1998	Bob Saget	Lost
305	June 18, 1998	Cathy Lee Crosby	Lost
306	June 22, 1998	Peter Scolari	Lost
307	June 23, 1998	Roma Maffia	Lost
308	June 24, 1998	Greg Germann	Lost
309	June 25, 1998	Scott Thompson	Lost
310	June 29, 1998	Veronica Webb	Lost
311	June 30, 1998	Diamond Dallas Page	Lost
312	July 1, 1998	Joy Behar	Lost
313	July 20, 1998	Tony Randall	Lost
314	July 21, 1998	Richard Lewis	Lost
315	July 22, 1998	Kathy Griffin	Lost
316	July 23, 1998	Jay Mohr	Lost
317	July 27, 1998	Jerry Mathers	Lost
318	July 28, 1998	Jonathan Katz	Lost
319	July 29, 1998	Yasmine Bleeth	Lost
320	July 30, 1998	David Brenner	Lost
321	August 3, 1998	Nick DiPaolo	Lost
322	August 4, 1998	Lisa Ann Walter	Lost
323	August 5, 1998	Lemmy	Lost
324	August 6, 1998	Adam Arkin	Lost
325	August 10, 1998	Dana Gould	Lost
326	August 11, 1998	Carla Gugino	Lost
327	August 12, 1998	LL Cool J	Lost
328	August 13, 1998	Penn & Teller	Lost
329	August 17, 1998	Joyce Brothers	Lost
330	August 18, 1998	Joseph Gordon-Levitt	Lost
331	August 19, 1998	Debbie Matenopoulos	Lost
332	August 20, 1998	Sela Ward	Lost
333	August 24, 1998	Josie Bissett	Lost
334	August 25, 1998	Pam Grier	Lost
335	August 26, 1998	Rosanna Arquette	Lost
336	August 27, 1998	Amy Brenneman	Partially Found
337	September 8, 1998	Peter Gallagher	Lost
338	September 9, 1998	Colin Quinn	Lost
339	September 10, 1998	Terry Jones	Lost
340	September 14, 1998	René Hicks	Lost
341	September 15, 1998	Dr. Ruth	Lost
342	September 16, 1998	Ben Stiller	Partially Found
343	September 17, 1998	Vince Vaughn	Lost
344	September 21, 1998	Jackie Chan	Lost
345	September 22, 1998	Bonnie Raitt	Lost
346	September 23, 1998	Denis Leary	Lost
347	September 24, 1998	Janeane Garofalo	Lost
348	September 28, 1998	Brian Benben	Lost
349	September 29, 1998	John Waters	Lost
350	September 30, 1998	Will Ferrell & Chris Kattan	Lost
351	October 1, 1998	Faith Ford	Lost
352	October 5, 1998	Billy Connolly	Lost
353	October 6, 1998	Richard Grieco	Lost
354	October 7, 1998	Dee Snider	Lost
355	October 8, 1998	Jeff Goldblum	Lost
356	October 19, 1998	Stephen Baldwin	Lost
357	October 20, 1998	Chris Elliott	Lost
358	October 21, 1998	Jennifer Tilly	Lost
359	October 22, 1998	Erik Estrada & Larry Wilcox	Lost
360	October 26, 1998	Margaret Cho	Lost
361	October 27, 1998	David Cross & Bob Odenkirk	Partially Found
362	October 28, 1998	Kevin Sorbo	Lost
363	October 29, 1998	Kevin James	Lost
364	November 2, 1998	Blair Underwood	Lost
365	November 3, 1998	Upright Citizens Brigade	Lost
366	November 4, 1998	Queen Latifah	Lost
367	November 5, 1998	Henry Winkler	Lost
368	November 9, 1998	John Fugelsang	Lost
369	November 10, 1998	Travis Tritt	Lost
370	November 11, 1998	Roma Downey	Lost
371	November 16, 1998	Ken Olin	Lost
372	November 17, 1998	Kate Mulgrew	Lost
373	November 18, 1998	Shannen Doherty	Lost
374	November 19, 1998	Jerry Springer	Lost
375	November 30, 1998	Jon Favreau	Lost
376	December 1, 1998	Todd Rundgren	Lost
377	December 2, 1998	Patricia Heaton	Lost
378	December 3, 1998	Bill Maher	Lost
379	December 7, 1998	Tim Conway	Lost
380	December 8, 1998	Elijah Wood	Lost
381	December 9, 1998	Jeremy Piven	Lost
382	December 10, 1998	Patrick Stewart	Lost
383	December 14, 1998	Wendie Malick	Lost
384	December 15, 1998	Deborah Norville	Lost
385	December 16, 1998	Jon Stewart	Partially Lost
386	December 17, 1998	Richard Lewis	Found

Kilborn's Departure

The exact reason for the omission of Kilborn's episodes from streaming releases of The Daily Show is unknown, but it may have to do with tension behind the scenes between Kilborn and the show's female staff. Co-creator Lizz Winstead was not involved with the hiring of Kilborn and the two would have a lot of disagreements over the show's direction. Kilborn may have exacerbated these troubles in a 1997 interview with Esquire with an obscene joke about Winstead, who, he insinuated, was so attracted to him that she would do to him what Monica Lewinsky allegedly did to President Clinton. Kilborn ended up not getting paid for a week because of the joke and Winstead's departure would follow. Kilborn's departure was announced the same time; Worldwide Pants would then choose him to replace the late Tom Snyder as host of CBS's The Late Late Show, and Jon Stewart was announced as Kilborn's replacement on The Daily Show. Even though she was no longer with the show, Winstead supported the choice to hire Stewart and praised the show after Stewart's first episode aired. After Kilborn's final episode aired, his episodes would be rerun until Stewart's tenure premiered on January 14, 1999. Even though Kilborn's tenure is mostly forgotten, he did appear in Stewart's final Daily Show episode in August 2015.

Availability

Of the 386 episodes from Kilborn's tenure that were made and aired, only four of them have surfaced in their entirety. Various clips from other episodes, including Kilborn's interview with Jon Stewart from the first season, and promos, as well as the show's intro have also surfaced online. Given the behind-the-scenes drama surrounding Kilborn's tenure and the genuine unpopularity of his run, it is extremely unlikely his entire run will ever resurface.