List of The Daily Show recurring segments
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This is a list of recurring segments featured on The Daily Show. This list is incomplete for The Daily Show with Craig Kilborn and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
During The Daily Show's first ten years, a significant part of its airtime was devoted to different branded recurring segments, usually hosted by the show's correspondents. After the 2005 launch of The Colbert Report, which was largely made up of different recurring segments, the time devoted to such segments on The Daily Show has declined. Normal commentary segments about ongoing news stories can also have recurring titles to help sort them and talk about continuation.
Current segments
Your Moment of Zen (July 22, 1996–present)
Your Moment of Zen is a segment that occurs at the close of every show; indeed, it has been part of The Daily Show since the very first episode. Series co-creator and original showrunner Madeleine Smithberg was inspired to create the segment after observing her cat being mesmerized by the nature footage that closed each edition of CBS News Sunday Morning with Charles Kuralt.
Continuing under the same structure throughout its run and regardless of its host (who precedes it with the sign-off message, "Here it is, Your Moment of Zen"), the segment initially featured what Smithberg pitched as "the most disturbing videotape we can possibly find." One early example of that was footage of potato chips frying in vats of Olestra, a fat-free food additive known for having diarrhea and other side effects). More often, the segment features random video related to a news figure or news item discussed during the episode, or out-of-context banter among news anchors and reporters. Sometimes, the Moment will be used as a tribute to a recently-deceased celebrity or prominent figure.
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