Stewart, again, put it best in that post-cancellation “Daily Show” monologue when he made a direct address to the companies that own the late-night shows.
“Shows that say something, shows that take a stand, shows that are unafraid…” are what made the corporations money, he said. “If you believe — as corporations or as networks — you can make yourselves so innocuous that you can serve a gruel so flavorless that you will never again be on the boy king’s radar…Why will anyone watch you? And you are fucking wrong…