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::::[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]], were they TV-watching types of people?  I'm not suggesting that tons of people actually watch it all that much, just that if they get cable TV (and maybe the conference goers don't? - not everyone does) then it's hard not to have heard of it.  I mean, you've heard of it, and I've heard of it.  (I'm guessing neither of us watch it a lot LOL!)  I did a bit of looking - this article, from 2005, says that The Daily Show gets 1.4 million viewers a night.<ref>WIRED:  Reinventing Television, By Thomas Goetz[http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.09/stewart.html]</ref> I don't know if that's a lot or not, but it doesn't seem like a "cult following" - that would be more like the people who watch Star Trek and learn to speak Klingon, know what I mean? South Park is also popular - I've never seen it (doesn't seem like it would be my kind of thing), but I'm aware that it's out there.  The Colbert Report is also widely known.  Most of the rest is probably total trash - but that could be said of several cable channels (MTV2 comes to mind, Spike TV also). I guess I would just feel better about this article if there were some references to back it up.  Perhaps someone can find a reference for "cult following among liberals" and for "and particularly adolescents".  Me, I'm off to put the kiddos to bed and finish up the laundry!--[[User:Hsmom|Hsmom]] 21:26, 29 September 2007 (EDT)

::::[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]], were they TV-watching types of people?  I'm not suggesting that tons of people actually watch it all that much, just that if they get cable TV (and maybe the conference goers don't? - not everyone does) then it's hard not to have heard of it.  I mean, you've heard of it, and I've heard of it.  (I'm guessing neither of us watch it a lot LOL!)  I did a bit of looking - this article, from 2005, says that The Daily Show gets 1.4 million viewers a night.<ref>WIRED:  Reinventing Television, By Thomas Goetz[http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.09/stewart.html]</ref> I don't know if that's a lot or not, but it doesn't seem like a "cult following" - that would be more like the people who watch Star Trek and learn to speak Klingon, know what I mean? South Park is also popular - I've never seen it (doesn't seem like it would be my kind of thing), but I'm aware that it's out there.  The Colbert Report is also widely known.  Most of the rest is probably total trash - but that could be said of several cable channels (MTV2 comes to mind, Spike TV also). I guess I would just feel better about this article if there were some references to back it up.  Perhaps someone can find a reference for "cult following among liberals" and for "and particularly adolescents".  Me, I'm off to put the kiddos to bed and finish up the laundry!--[[User:Hsmom|Hsmom]] 21:26, 29 September 2007 (EDT)

:::::I agree with HSmom and think that your sample size is flawed.  The Daily show alone has hit a 2 million viewer per night average (as of Sept 2008][http://www.nypost.com/seven/09252008/tv/jons_got_game_130617.htm numbers found here from the New York Post] South Park, another constant top 20 show, is also run on Comedy Central.  Despite the flaws of the network, no one can argue that they're obscure. [[User:StephenK|StephenK]] 19:14, 1 February 2009 (EST)

:::::I agree with HSmom and think that your sample size is flawed.  The Daily show alone has hit a 2 million viewer per night average (as of Sept 2008][http://www.nypost.com/seven/09252008/tv/jons_got_game_130617.htm numbers found here from the New York Post] South Park, another constant top 20 show, is also run on Comedy Central.  Despite the flaws of the network, no one can argue that they're obscure. [[User:StephenK|StephenK]] 19:14, 1 February 2009 (EST)