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Laura Benanti and Jason Jones Will Host Off Broadway’s Lucille Lortel Awards “One beautiful, hilarious theater star who has a deep respect for the theater and all it stands for and a middle-aged white guy.”
By Jackson McHenry
Jason Jones on ‘The Detour,’ Politics, and Making It in the States In his show The Detour, Jason Jones plays the dad in a family that is constantly trying to evade capture from some authority or government […]
By Kenneth Arthur
How The Detour Destroyed Six Snowmobiles While Shooting One Episode Jason Jones, co-creator and star of the TBS sitcom, discusses the season three premiere’s destructive opening bit.
By Stacey Wilson Hunt
vulture festival la 2017
Nov. 20, 2017
Natalie Zea: My ‘Crazy’ Detour Character Is Making Me a Worse Mom “I’ve gotten a talking-to a couple times for being a little too candid with my daughter, who is 2.”
By Scott Huver
Jason Jones Advises Against Looking to Hollywood for Heroes “It’s not good to put stock in a celebrity. Enjoy their work, but know their lives are fucked up.”
By Scott Huver
Season 3 of ‘The Detour’ Premieres on TBS in January TBS has set the season 3 premiere date for Jason Jones and Samantha Bee’s The Detour. Deadline reports that the show, which was renewed back in […]
By Megh Wright
TBS Renews Jason Jones and Samantha Bee’s ‘The Detour’ for a Third Season Jason Jones and Samantha Bee’s TBS show just got a season renewal. The network announced today that it’s given The Detour starring Jones and […]
By Megh Wright
On ‘The Detour’ with Jason Jones Jason Jones doesn’t look at his new TV role on The Detour as much of a departure from his days as a correspondent for The Daily Show. In fact, […]
By Megh Wright
Season 2 of ‘The Detour’ Premieres on TBS in February TBS just announced the season 2 premiere date for Jason Jones and Samantha Bee’s comedy The Detour. The new season will debut on the network […]
By Megh Wright
upfronts 2016
May 18, 2016
Samantha Bee on Full Frontal and The Detour “I play Jason’s mother and so just digest that.”
By Trupti Rami
‘The Detour’ Is a Surprising, Fun, and Filthy Take on the Family Sitcom
Recently in the sitcom world, there has been an influx of successful family comedies. It’s not that the family comedy ever really went out of […]
By Pilot Viruet
TBS Renews Jason Jones and Samantha Bee’s ‘The Detour’ Ahead of Its Season […] Samantha Bee just got a big renewal for Full Frontal, but that’s not the only good Bee-related news at TBS this week. The network announced […]
By Megh Wright
Jason Jones and Stephen Colbert Look Back on Their ‘Daily Show’ Years To promote his upcoming TBS series, Jason Jones stopped by The Late Show last night, where he and Stephen looked back on their years as Daily […]
By Megh Wright
Here’s a Sneak Peek of TBS’s New Comedy ‘The Detour’ Starring Jason Jones Now that Samantha Bee has settled into her new job at TBS, it’s time for her husband and fellow Daily Show alum to make his debut as well. […]
By Megh Wright
new york comic-con 2015
Oct. 9, 2015
By Nate Jones
Samantha Bee on Her New TBS Show, The Detours “All the dirty ways that you can be, our show is dirty.”
By Trupti Rami
upfronts 2015
May 13, 2015
Turner Upfront: New Shows From Carell, Conan And more details on that Jason Jones–Samantha Bee project.
By E. Alex Jung
Watch Jon Stewart Say Goodbye to Jason Jones on ‘The Daily Show’ After ten years as a correspondent, Jason Jones made his final appearance on The Daily Show last night, and Jon Stewart gave a proper tribute […]
By Megh Wright
the daily show
Mar. 5, 2015
By Lindsey Weber
TBS Orders Jason Jones and Samantha Bee’s Comedy Pilot to Series; Jones […] Good news for The Daily Show’s Jason Jones and Samantha Bee: According to THR, the husband/wife duo just landed a 10-episode series order at […]
By Megh Wright
Hasan Minhaj, Jessica Williams, and Jason Jones Have a Condemnation-Off Following an insensitive tweet Rupert Murdoch posted about Muslims, Jon Stewart gathered his Daily Show Senior Condemnologists Hasan Minhaj, […]
By Megh Wright
‘The Daily Show’s Jason Jones and Samantha Bee Are Developing a Comedy for […] When TBS ordered a new comedy called Wrecked last week, reports also mentioned that the network had teamed up with Daily Show correspondents […]
By Megh Wright
Samantha Bee and Jason Jones Have a ‘Daily Show’ Host-Off Jon Stewart was too sick to host The Daily Show last night, so husband/wife duo and newly made American citizens Jason Jones and Samantha Bee […]
By Megh Wright
Watch Jason Jones’s Eye-Opening Report on Google Glass Discrimination Here’s the newest Daily Show report from Jason Jones on the latest target of discrimination and hate crimes: a bunch of nerds who annoy people […]
By Megh Wright
Contenders for ‘Late Late Show’ Include Michael Ian Black, Joel McHale, […] While Stephen Colbert’s appointment as David Letterman’s successor went down in record time, THR reports that the hiring process to replace […]
By Megh Wright
Jessica Williams Takes Jason Jones Behind the Scenes of Her ‘Black Friday […] Veteran Daily Show correspondent Jason Jones is hosting a new web series “Behind the Spotlight” while the show’s on break this week, and above […]
By Megh Wright
‘The Daily Show’s Jason Jones to Star in NBC Pilot from ‘Borat’ Co-Writer Longtime Daily Show correspondent Jason Jones may be moving to network TV in the fall. THR reports that Jones has landed one of the lead roles […]
By Bradford Evans
Jason Jones Searches Moscow for Signs of Gay Rights Support
Last night on The Daily Show, Jason Jones continued his “Sochi-ish” Olympics coverage by interviewing Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Sergey Markov […]
By Megh Wright
Jason Jones Explores the Unappreciated Art of Gerrymandering
Last night on The Daily Show, Jason Jones met one of the country’s finest squiggly line artists, a squiggly line artist who understands that […]
By Megh Wright
Jason Jones Figured Out the Key to Getting People to Vote On last night’s Daily Show, Jason Jones investigated a recent Colorado recall election that saw a state senator removed from office for passing […]
By Elise Czajkowski
Jason Jones and Samantha Bee Personified Washington D.C.’s Nihilism and […]
The Daily Show has been killing during this busy time in Washington D.C., with so much material churned up from both the government shutdown […]
By Elise Czajkowski
Jason Jones Finally Found a Way To Sell Obamacare
The Daily Show’s Jason Jones looked at the first day of Obamacare last night and, for once, couldn’t quite keep a straight face when talking […]
By Elise Czajkowski
‘The Daily Show’ Correspondents Were Determined to Break News Last Night
The Best F#@king News Team Ever hit the streets of New York last night to figure out just what the hell was going on, and as always, their […]
By Elise Czajkowski
Jason Jones Profiles a Raisin Outlaw for ‘The Daily Show’
From last night’s Daily Show, here’s a report correspondent Jason Jones filed on a criminal raisin farmer. Stay tuned for the ending, a […]
By Bradford Evans
Jason Jones and Al Madrigal Got Hitched Last Night on ‘The Daily Show’
Since yesterday’s historic Supreme Court ruling essentially mandated that everyone dissolve their straight marriages and jump into gay […]
By Adam Frucci
‘The Daily Show’s Jason Jones Teaches Canadian Bankers About the Free […]
Here’s a report Jason Jones filed for The Daily Show last night in which he tries but fails to teach a good-hearted Canadian banker the […]
By Bradford Evans
Watch John Oliver Take Over for Jon Stewart on ‘The Daily Show’
Last night was Jon Stewart’s final episode of The Daily Show for three months, while he takes his first-ever hiatus from the fake news program […]
By Bradford Evans
Jason Jones, Jenny Slate, and Martin Mull Will Star in Different Pilots Pilot season 2013 continues, as all the networks are scrambling to cast actors in their potential new fall shows. The Daily Show’s Jason Jones […]
By Bradford Evans
‘The Daily Show’s Jason Jones Takes on ‘The Pablo Escobar of Maple Syrup’
The Daily Show sent correspondent Jason Jones back to his home country of Canada to dive deep into the nation’s sordid maple syrup ring. […]
By Bradford Evans
Steve Carell Is Producing a New Show for ‘Daily Show’ Brethren Jason Jones Daily Show alumnus Steve Carell just sold a new show to Fox that he’ll be producing as a starring vehicle for current Daily Show correspondent […]
By Bradford Evans
‘The Daily Show’ Correspondents Will Explain the Amendments to You
Getting a little rusty on your Constitutional Amendments? Well, The Daily Show correspondents are stepping in to kick that problem to the […]
By Bradford Evans
21 questions
Mar. 28, 2012
Jason Jones Is Into Bath Salts and Cheap Hot Dogs The Daily Show comedian answers our patented 21 questions.
By Vanita Salisbury
Trade Roundup: Wendi McLendon-Covey, Jason Jones, Justin Kirk Bridesmaids’ Wendi McLendon-Covey will star opposite Goldie Hawn in The Viagra Diaries pilot. She’ll play Goldie’s therapist daughter and if […]
By Hallie Cantor
Daily Show’s Jason Jones Joins The Assistants Reportedly The Daily Show’s Jason Jones will co-star in The Assistants for CBS. Also starring TJ Miller, Assistants will feature Jones as […]
By Halle Kiefer
questionable judgment
Nov. 2, 2010
By Nitasha Tiku
early and often
Sept. 5, 2008
St. Paul Report: Eugene Mirman, Chicken Run Afoul of Secret Service 23/6’s on-air personality, New York comedian Eugene Mirman, had a little incident.
By Jada Yuan
cultural capital
Nov. 17, 2006
Comedy Nerds, Meet Indie-Rock Nerds
“There’s a lot of sexy geeks here tonight,” said Clem Snide front man Eef Barzelay from the stage. The crowd at Irving Plaza last night for The Daily Show ’s “Ten Fucking Years” anniversary concert cheered in agreement. From the program guide that is sure to be on eBay within 24 hours (introduction by Thomas Pynchon for serious!) to the bouncing thrum of Superchunk, the event was a social mixer few would dare to host. (Consider: Sarah Vowell was one of night’s biggest star sightings.) Proceeds went to the cool kids’ favorite charity, Dave Eggers’s 826NYC.