The Jon Stewart Show

The Jon Stewart Show was a short-lived talk show hosted by comedian Jon Stewart on MTV. It premiered in 1993 and became the second highest-rated program on the network behind Beavis and Butt-Head.

In 1994, Paramount canceled The Arsenio Hall Show and with new corporate sibling MTV (through MTV parent Viacom's acquisition of the studio), launched an hour-long syndicated version of The Jon Stewart Show. The syndicated show featured such segments as "Talk Show Jon", "The Moron Walk", and "Raymond and Ass." It was broadcast in 11:30PM timeslots by some local stations, and was canceled in June 1995 because the show was competing with The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Late Show with David Letterman.

Guests

Celebrity guests who made appearances on the show included Howard Stern, David Letterman, Jonathan Brandis, Courteney Cox, Lorenzo Lamas, Bronson Pinchot, Conan O'Brien and William Shatner. The show was also popular for showcasing the type of musical guests that usually were not seen on other talk shows, such as Quicksand, Blind Melon, Killing Joke, Buffalo Tom, Diamanda Galás, King's X, Slayer, Van Halen, Sunny Day Real Estate, Naughty by Nature, ......
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