Tonight, investigative reporter for The New York Times and author of The Commission: The Uncensored History of the 9/11 Investigation, Philip Shenon.



Jon begins tonight with a bit of good news regarding the writers strike as the strike may come to an end this Wednesday.



Next, a segment called "Torture Talk" with Jon reporting on recent news that the administration finally admitted to committing acts of waterboarding against detainees, but still claim that this is not torture. Senior Waterboarding Analyst John Oliver discusses the subtleties hidden within the administrations definition of waterboarding and torture.



Finally, an "Indecision 2008" update as Obama's audio book goes up against Bill Clinton's audio book at the Grammy's. Not only did Obama win the Grammy, but all five primaries last Saturday. Another primary is coming up this Tuesday and Jon notices how the media has such colorful nicknames for it.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 13 Episode 21 of The Daily Show resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

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• s13e01 - Ronald Seeber
• s13e02 - David Frum
• s13e03 - John Zogby
• s13e04 - Lou Dobbs
• s13e05 - Fareed Zakaria
• s13e06 - Amb. John Bolton
• s13e07 - Jonah Goldberg
• s13e08 - Allen Raymond
• s13e09 - Jon Meacham
• s13e10 - Jim Wallis
• s13e11 - P.J. O'Rourke
• s13e12 - Gerri Willis
• s13e13 - RNC Day 1 - Brian Williams
• s13e14 - Doris Kearns Goodwin
• s13e15 - Peggy Noonan
• s13e16 - Karen Tumulty
• s13e17 - Tim Gunn
• s13e18 - Chris Wallace
• s13e19 - Tom Brokaw
• s13e20 - Laton McCartney
• s13e21 - Philip Shenon
• s13e22 - Bill Kristol
• s13e23 - Mark Siegel
• s13e24 - Lee Siegel
• s13e25 - Madeleine Albright
• s13e26 - Allen Guelzo
• s13e27 - Brian Williams
• s13e28 - Hillary Clinton
• s13e29 - Ralph Nader
• s13e30 - Martin Fletcher
• s13e31 - Sen. Tom Daschle
• s13e32 - Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell
• s13e33 - Grover Norquist
• s13e34 - Ronald Kessler
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• s13e36 - Brian Fagan
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• s13e39 - Alex Kingsbury
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• s13e48 - Judd Apatow
• s13e49 - Jack Goldsmith
• s13e50 - Peter Steinfels
• s13e51 - Uma Thurman
• s13e52 - Senator Barack Obama
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• s13e54 - Howard Fineman
• s13e55 - Colin Firth
• s13e56 - Jimmy Carter
• s13e57 - Newt Gingrich
• s13e58 - Robert Schlesinger
• s13e59 - Howard Dean
• s13e60 - Sen. Harry Reid
• s13e61 - Fareed Zakaria
• s13e62 - Senator John McCain
• s13e63 - David Perlmutter
• s13e64 - Douglas Feith
• s13e65 - Bill Moyers
• s13e66 - John Harwood
• s13e67 - Denis Leary
• s13e68 - Matt Taibbi
• s13e69 - Fred Burton
• s13e70 - Richard A. Clarke
• s13e71 - Scott McClellan
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• s13e73 - Barbara Walters
• s13e74 - Adam Sandler
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• s13e81 - Steve Carell
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• s13e83 - James McAvoy
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• s13e85 - Coldplay
• s13e86 - Ted Koppel
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• s13e88 - Pierce Brosnan
• s13e89 - Kenneth Pollack
• s13e90 - Maggie Gyllenhaal
• s13e91 - Richard Bitner
• s13e92 - Will Ferrell
• s13e93 - T.J. English
• s13e94 - Geo Beach
• s13e95 - Nancy Pelosi
• s13e96 - Bill Bishop
• s13e97 - Ben Wattenberg
• s13e98 - Brian Williams
• s13e99 - Dennis Hopper
• s13e100 - Seth Rogen
• s13e101 - Sen. Chuck Schumer
• s13e102 - David Gregory
• s13e103 - Ron Suskind
• s13e104 - Senator Mel Martinez
• s13e105 - Philip Pan
• s13e106 - Ben Stiller
• s13e108 - Howard Dean
• s13e110 - Evan Bayh
• s13e111 - Look Who's Coming to Denver
• s13e112 - Newt Gingrich
• s13e113 - Mike Huckabee
• s13e114 - RNC Coverage Concludes
• s13e115 - Barton Gellman
• s13e116 - Ricky Gervais
• s13e117 - Charlize Theron
• s13e118 - Tony Blair
• s13e119 - Bill Clinton
• s13e120 - Aaron Eckhart
• s13e121 - Bob Schieffer
• s13e122 - Hooman Majd
• s13e123 - Bill Maher
• s13e124 - Peggy Noonan
• s13e125 - Clint Eastwood
• s13e126 - Tim Robbins
• s13e127 - Sarah Vowell
• s13e128 - Michelle Obama
• s13e129 - Robert DeNiro
• s13e130 - Amity Shlaes
• s13e131 - Ari Fleischer
• s13e132 - Richard Lewis
• s13e133 - Robert Reich
• s13e134 - Eugene Jarecki
• s13e135 - Christopher Buckley
• s13e136 - Tom Brokaw
• s13e137 - Jon Corzine
• s13e138 - Campbell Brown
• s13e139 - Steve Martin
• s13e140 - Barack Obama
• s13e141 - Bill Kristol
• s13e143 - Doris Kearns Goodwin
• s13e144 - Chris Wallace
• s13e145 - Paul Rudd
• s13e146 - Thomas Friedman
• s13e147 - T. Boone Pickens
• s13e148 - Bill O'Reilly
• s13e149 - Sir David Frost
• s13e150 - Denis Leary
• s13e151 - Jon Meacham
• s13e152 - Richard Belzer
• s13e153 - Anne Hathaway
• s13e154 - Calvin Trillin
• s13e155 - Arianna Huffington
• s13e156 - Ron Howard
• s13e157 - Matthew Alexander
• s13e158 - Gov. Mike Huckabee
• s13e159 - Don Rickles
• s13e160 - Philip Seymour Hoffman

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