{"id":776394,"date":"2026-07-21T19:21:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T19:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/776394\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T19:21:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T19:21:08","slug":"the-daily-show-to-release-its-first-microdrama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/776394\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Daily Show\u2019 to Release Its First Microdrama"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe Daily Show<\/a> has long satirized television news, but now, it\u2019s spoofing the microdrama format as well. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe Comedy Central brand will soon debut a microdrama series titled The Daily Show Presents: Two Billionaires Fight to Dominate the Country\u2026 And My Heart!, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The story is set to satirize both the state of U.S. politics as well as the verticals format, which typically uses soap opera-esque plotlines, romance and wild twists to keep viewers hooked.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe series\u2019 logline suggests the media diet of Daily Show writers has recently included not only very serious news reports but also spicy vertical romances. \u201cWhen the president\u2019s beautiful daughter Alonka announces that her aging father wants to spend more of his Oval Office time sleeping, two filthy rich tech gods \u2014 Egon Husk and Jiff Davos \u2014 must compete to build a new AI President to help him run the country. But their lust for power, and Alonka, leads to dangerously hot complications,\u201d the description states.<\/p>\n

\n\tComedy Central will disclose the release date and the platform(s) hosting the series at a separate point, and stars of the series were also not revealed as of press time.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhat is known is that this is the first-ever microdrama from The Daily Show, which has long produced original sketches and segments for digital platforms (like \u201cJordan Klepper Fingers\u00a0the\u00a0Pulse\u201d) in addition to its traditional, Jon Stewart<\/a>-hosted show on linear television. The brand also operates a podcast, The Daily Show: Ears Edition, featuring Stewart and The Daily Show\u2019s news team. <\/p>\n

\n\tWhile many brands, from Marc Jacobs to the WWE<\/a>, are currently testing the microdrama waters to engage consumers in new ways, The Daily Show appears to be distinguishing itself by tapping into the format\u2019s comedic possibilities. With many verticals featuring<\/a> campy premises and heavy-handed dialogue, and with frequent tropes including vampires, werewolves and \u201cenemies to lovers,\u201d the jokes nearly write themselves.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Daily Show, which is nearing its 30th anniversary mark, was recently nominated<\/a> for seven Emmys including best variety series and outstanding short form comedy, drama or variety series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Daily Show has long satirized television news, but now, it\u2019s spoofing the microdrama format as well. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":776395,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[88,9609,165653,9610,92],"class_list":["post-776394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-jon-stewart","tag-microdramas","tag-the-daily-show","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=776394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776394\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/776395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=776394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=776394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=776394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}