Thursday evening marked the inimitable, upsettingly talented Jessica Williams’ last episode of The Daily Show before leaving to start work on her own show for Comedy Central. I’m not sure what caliber send-off would have satisfied me, but this wasn’t it! Maybe I love too deeply?
Jessica Williams is done at The Daily Show; her last episode will be Thursday. But don’t worry, she isn’t going far: she’s got a deal to develop her own show at Comedy Central.
Shockingly, even powerful, rich actors have poor boundaries when it comes to women’s bodies.
Paul Ryan is willing to run for Speaker of the House... under some conditions. For instance, a workplace that allows him quality time with his family, the kind of workplace he doesn’t support for the rest of America. The Daily Show’s Jessica Williams outlined some additional riders that he might attach to his…
Apparently, conservative activists have decided that Paul Ryan, of all people, just isn’t conservative enough for the position of Speaker of the House of Representatives. Looking for a little context on why? The Daily Show explains that he got “Playboy’d.”
Despite its position as liberal watchdog and Jon Stewart’s persona as mensch-y everyman, his legacy at The Daily Show has been tainted by its perceived woman problem. Critics have pointed out that its female correspondents have been few and far-between, and the writing staff (as with every late night show) has…
Last night, the Daily Show and Jessica Williams tackled the addition of a woman (TBD) to the $10, which she calls not a giant leap so much as an “awkward trip forward on a jagged sidewalk that you pretended you did on purpose.” You see, the Treasury is redesigning it because it was due for an anti-counterfeiting…
While the Supreme Court is currently considering the question of marriage equality, the wider cultural consensus has shifted so much on the matter in recent years that this feels like a last stand for opponents of same-sex marriage. And so, Jessica Williams and The Daily Show took a few minutes to bid farewell to the…
Last night, The Daily Show covered CNN’s horrendous coverage of the White House Correspondent’s Dinner, which took place at the same time protests were erupting in Baltimore following the funeral of Freddie Gray.
HB 494, Alabama's new parental consent law regarding abortion is, as we've noted before, uniquely heinous, given that it allows fetuses to be appointed a guardian ad litem to "represent the interests of the unborn child during certain proceedings" as the text of the law puts it. Yep, that would be a lawyer who argues…
After a whirlwind two days in New York, Will & Kate have returned home to the U.K., leaving America wondering what to make of it all. Well, the Daily Show's Jessica Williams is here to break this whole thing wide open: "Jon, the royals came here looking for a black friend." In the process, she manages to ruin Oreos…
The Daily Show heads to Austin this week, for a string of Texas-themed jokes (Guns! The death penalty! Hats! Everything is so big!) and, last night, a chat with Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis. But first, they tackled how Texas dealt with its recent brush with Ebola.
In the market for an exorcism? If you're shopping around, take a moment to watch this Daily Show segment from Jessica Williams, which examines the technological cutting-edge of sending demons back to the fiery pit from whence they came.
In today's Tweet Beat, Lindsay Lohan needs our help, Jessica Williams dispenses brilliance and I thiiiink Justin Timberlake has a new favorite movie.
In her previous Daily Show segment on catcalls, correspondent Jessica Williams made it very clear that a woman's walk to work is not a red carpet. But clueless commentators continue to insist catcalling is just a buncha chill dudes dispensing free compliments, and so she is back for round two, bringing a camera on…
Well this is... something. One Direction fans are currently blowing up Twitter with the hashtag #thedailyshowgonetoofar because they feel their number one main man, Zayn, was called a terrorist in a segment on The Daily Show earlier this week.
Lifetime's Girlfriend Intervention is an embarrassment on a number of levels. The entire premise is based on a tired stereotype of the sassy, quick-talking black girl whose only purpose is to serve up some soul and down-home advice to her white girlfriends.
On Tuesday night, The Daily Show dived head first into the great catcalling debate, with spectacular results.
Last night, Daily Show correspondent Jessica Williams reflected on how, in light of the Michael Dunn verdict, black teens can protect themselves from getting shot to death by scared white guys — don't leave your house, have friends, or listen to music. This rant is so good, Williams ended it with a mic drop. As well…
In light of all the hubbub and hullabaloo around the addition three black women to SNL — two writers and one cast member — folks have been reaching out to The Daily Show's fantastic Jessica Williams to get her thoughts on her life and career as a black women in comedy. And, per usual, Williams' two cents are solid…
