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Biden's interview after dropping out, Trump's uncertainty about audience size, Elon's legal fitness | The Daily Show
Following its win for Outstanding Talk Series at the Emmys in January, The Daily Show is looking for more success, even after the departure of host Trevor Noah for this pivotal season, which is focused heavily on a presidential election that is proving to be unlike any other. It's also a season like no other for the show itself, with Jon Stewart returning to the anchor chair on Mondays and rotating with a variety of other hosts on other nights.
It’s a format that seems to work brilliantly in place of the single host the show has used since its inception. I’ll be talking to you all about it during Saturday’s virtual Contenders Television: The Nominees event: director and supervising producer David Paul Meyer, supervising producer Elise Terrell, and Daily Show news team member Troy Iwata.
Meyer, who is also nominated for directing the series, explained why the show is still going strong. "It's a great place to work because there are so many people who are all at the top of their game — from the writers, the producers, the crew, our graphics team, our editors, post," he said. "There are about 150 people on the show, and everyone is focused on their own process, whatever that may be, and treating each one as equally important as the next. It's just a beautiful choreography, I think, of the whole thing coming together."
