List of The Daily Show correspondents

This article is a list of the correspondents and on-screen contributers, past and present, who have appeared on the satirical television program, "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart". Correspondents normally have two roles: "experts" with satirical "senior" titles whom host Jon Stewart interviews about certain issues, or hosts of original reporting segments which often showcase interviews of serious political figures. The show's contributors often have their own unique recurring segment on the show and tend to appear less frequently.

Current cast

Correspondents

* Samantha Bee (July 2003 to present) — "This Week in God", "Are You Prepared?!?"; married to correspondent Jason Jones.
* Jason Jones (September 2005 to present) — "Are You Prepared?!?", "Jason Jones 180"; married to correspondent Samantha Bee.
* John Oliver (July 2006 to present) — Senior British Correspondent; "Wilmore-Oliver Investigates"; Oliver has in many ways become the show's new lead correspondent, in the tradition of leaders of the past like Stephen Colbert, Steve Carell and Rob Corddry. In 2007 he was added to "The Daily Show" writing staff.
* Rob Riggle (September 2006 to present) — Senior Military Correspondent; hired to replace departing correspondent Rob Corddry.
* Aasif Mandvi (March 2007 to present) — Senior Middle East Correspondent; started as an occasional contributor in August 2006, later promoted to full correspondent in March 2007.
* Wyatt Cenac (June 2008 to present) — New Correspondent; is also a new addition to "The Daily Show" writing staff.

Contributors

* Lewis Black (July 1996 to present) — "Back in Black", Lewis is the longest running actor to work on "The Daily Show", having served on the show since the beginning.
* Demetri Martin (November 2005 to present) — "Trendspotting"
* John Hodgman (January 2006 to present) — Resident Expert, "Exper-teasers"; appeared on the show once as a guest in November 2005 to promote "The Areas of My Expertise"
* Larry Wilmore (August 2006 to present) — Senior Black Correspondent, "Wilmore-Oliver Investigates"
* Kristen Schaal (March 2008 to present) — Women's Issues Commentator, first appearance on March 13, 2008.

Former correspondents and contributers

* Dave Attell (1999 to 2002) — Contributor, "The Ugly American".
* Dan Bakkedahl (2005 to 2007) — Hired to replace departing correspondent Stephen Colbert in 2005. Filed his final report on September 25, 2007.
* Mary Birdsong (2002) — Contributing correspondent.
* Michael Blieden (1996 to 1999) — Contributor, original host of "Ad Nauseam".
* John Bloom (1996-1998) — Contributor, "God Stuff".
* A. Whitney Brown (1996 to 1998) — "Backfire"; was one of "The Daily Show"'s original correspondents. Had his own "The Daily Show" special in 1998 called "Weirder Than Whitney".
* Rich Brown (1996 to 1999) — Contributor, "Public Excess".
* Sameer Butt (1997 to 1998) — Contributor.
* Steve Carell (1999 to 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 since leaving "The Daily Show" in early 2005. Steve has since returned numerous times as a featured guest. He is married to fellow former correspondent Nancy Walls.
* Stephen Colbert (1997 to 2005) — "Even Stephven", "This Week In God", "The Jobbing of America". Although Colbert is no longer a part of "The Daily Show" team, Stewart will frequently "toss" to him at "The Colbert Report" at the end of a show. He has also made a number of cameos, including an appearance on the October 16, 2007 episode of "The Daily Show" in which he contemplated running for president. On February 8, 2006, a recurring segment called "Klassic Kolbert" debuted on "The Daily Show", consisting of a previously aired segment featuring Colbert. Colbert currently holds the record as the longest serving correspondent on "The Daily Show".
* Nate Corddry (2005 to 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 lead to the two brothers having their own "Even Stephven"-style debate segment called "Brother v. Brother".
* Rob Corddry (2002 to 2006) — "This Week In God", "Come On!", "Popular Music Omnibus", and as he liked to call them, "Poop jokes". Corddry left the show in September 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 returned as a special guest correspondent several times since.
* Frank DeCaro (1996 to 2003) — Contributor, "Out at the Movies"; he currently hosts his own program on Sirius Satellite Radio and was a celebrity panelist on GSN's revival of "I've Got a Secret".
* Vance DeGeneres (1999 to 2001) — "Dollars and "Cents"", "A Tale of Survival", had his own "The Daily Show" special in 2000 highlighting his popular "Tales of Survival" segments.
* Eric Drysdale (2001) — A long time writer for "The Daily Show" and later on "The Colbert Report"; Drysdale was a one-time correspondent as well as often appearing in other various comedy bits for the show.
* Susie Essman (1996) — Contributing correspondent.
* Adrianne Frost (2002) — One-time correspondent.
* Jon Glaser (2004) — One-time correspondent.
* Dave Gorman (2006) — Contributor, "Poll Smoking"; appeared on the show once as a guest in 2001 to promote "Are You Dave Gorman?".
* Rachael Harris (2002 to 2003) — "Mark Your Calendar", "We Love Showbiz".
* Ed Helms (2002 to 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 recently made an appearance on July 21, 2008 as a special guest correspondent.
* Buck Henry (2007) — Contributor, "The Henry Stops Here", Senior Historical Perspectivist.
* Laura Kightlinger (1999) — Contributing correspondent.
* Andy Kindler (2000 to 2001) — Contributor, "TV Guy".
* Beth Littleford (1996 to 2000) — "The Beth Littleford Interview", "bETh". In 1999, Beth had her own "The Daily Show" special called "The Beth Littleford Interview Special", highlighting her popular celebrity interviews. Littleford was the only original correspondent to stay with the show after Jon Stewart took over as host. She married former "Daily Show" producer Rob Fox in the summer of 1998.
* Jerry Minor (2000) — One-time correspondent.
* Molly Pesce (1996-1997) — Originally co-hosted "The Daily Show"'s movie review segments with Frank DeCaro. Eventually, DeCaro would go solo with his own segment "Out at the Movies" in 1997.
* David Pompeii (2001) — One-time correspondent.
* Caroline Rhea (1996) — Contributing correspondent.
* Mo Rocca (1998 to 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".
* Jeffrey Ross (1996-1997) — Contributing correspondent.
* Michael Showalter (1996) — Contributing correspondent.
* Tom Shillue (1998 to 1999) — Contributor, "This Week in Hate".
* Denny Siegel (1999) — Contributing correspondent.
* Campbell Smith (2001) — Contributor, "Dollars and "Cents"".
* Jeff Stilson (1998) — Contributor.
* Miriam Tolan (2000 to 2001) — Contributing correspondent. Also occasionally filled in for Nancy Walls' on "Dollars and "Cents""
* Paul F. Tompkins (1998) — Contributor, "Us People's Weekly Entertainment".
* Brian Unger (1996 to 1998) — "Backfire", was one of "The Daily Show"'s original correspondents.
* David Wain (1996) — Contributing correspondent.
* Nancy Walls (1999 to 2002) — "We Love Showbiz", "Popular Music Omnibus", "Dollars and "Cents"", married to fellow former correspondent Steve Carell.
* Matt Walsh (2001 to 2002) — News You Can Utilize, "Dollars and "Cents"", had his own "The Daily Show" special in May 2002 called "Matt Walsh Goes to Hawaii".
* Lauren Weedman (2001 to 2002) — "Dollars and "Cents"", "We Love Showbiz".
* Bob Wiltfong (2004 to 2005) — Contributing correspondent.
* Lizz Winstead (1996 to 1997) — Original correspondent and co-creator of "The Daily Show".
* Stacey Grenrock-Woods (1998 to 2003) — Contributing correspondent.

External links

* [http://www.thedailyshow.com/ "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" official website]