# List of The Daily Show episodes (2010)

This is a list of episodes for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart in 2010.

## 2010
### January

| Date | Guest | Promotion |
| January 4 | Michael Pollan | Book Food Rules: An Eater's Manual |
| January 5 | George Lucas | Book George Lucas's Blockbusting |
| January 6 | Michael Mullen | Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| January 7 | Maggie Gyllenhaal | Film Crazy Heart |
| January 11 | John Yoo | Book Crisis In Command |
| January 12 | Paul Ingrassia | Book Crash Course |
| January 13 | Ringo Starr and The Ben Harper Band | Album Y Not |
| January 14 | Tom Brokaw | TV show NBC News |
| January 18 | David M. Walker | Book Comeback America |
| January 19 | Colin Firth | Film A Single Man |
| January 20 | Jim Wallis | Book Rediscovering Values |
| January 21 | Julie Andrews | Film Tooth Fairy |
| January 25 | Bill Gates | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |
| January 26 | Elizabeth Warren | Chair, TARP Congressional Oversight Panel |
| January 27 | Ethan Watters | Book Crazy Like Us |
| January 28 | Doris Kearns Goodwin | |

### February

| Date | Guest | Promotion |
| February 1 | Austan Goolsbee | Member, Council of Economic Advisers |
| February 2 | Brian Williams | TV show NBC Nightly News |
| February 3 | Atul Gawande | Book The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right |
| February 4 | Anthony Weiner | |
| February 8 | Jenny Sanford | Book Staying True |
| February 9 | Newt Gingrich | |
| February 10 | Willie Mays | |
| February 11 | Lee Daniels | Film Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire |
| February 22 | Ricky Gervais | TV show The Ricky Gervais Show |
| February 23 | Jeff Garlin | |
| February 24 | Tracy Morgan | Film Cop Out (2010 film) |
| February 25 | Rep. James Clyburn | |

### March

| Date | Guest | Promotion |
| March 1 | Neil DeGrasse Tyson | PBS Special The Pluto Files |
| March 2 | Robert Pattinson | Film Remember Me |
| March 3 | Lynne Olson | Book Citizens of London |
| March 4 | Scott Patterson | Book The Quants: How a New Breed of Math Whizzes Conquered Wall Street and Nearly Destroyed It |
| March 8 | Harry Markopolos | Book No One Would Listen |
| March 9 | Marc Thiessen | Book Courting Disaster: How the CIA Kept America Safe and How Barack Obama Is Inviting the Next Attack |
| March 10 | Jerry Seinfeld | The Marriage Ref |
| March 11 | Eamon Javers | Book Broker, Trader, Lawyer, Spy: The Secret World of Corporate Espionage |
| March 15 | Michael Lewis | Book The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine |
| March 16 | Jude Law | Film Repo Men |
| March 17 | Snoop Dogg | Album More Malice |
| March 18 | Gary Locke | United States Secretary of Commerce |
| March 29 | Ben Stiller | Film Greenberg |
| March 30 | Robin Williams | DVD Weapons of Self Destruction |
| March 31 | Roxana Saberi | Book Between Two Worlds: My Life and Captivity in Iran ISBN 978-0-06-196528-9 |

### April

| Date | Guest | Promotion |
| April 1 | Liz Claman | TV show Countdown to the Closing Bell (anchor) |
| April 5 | Reza Aslan | Book Beyond Fundamentalism: Confronting Religious Extremism in a Globalized Age. (paperback version of How to Win a Cosmic War: God, Globalization, and the End of the War on Terror ISBN 978-1-4000-6672-8) |
| April 6 | Captain Richard Phillips | Book A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea. |
| April 7 | Steve Carell | Film Date Night |
| April 8 | David Remnick | Book Remnick, David (March 11, 2024). The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama. Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 978-1-4000-4360-6. |
| April 12 | Bryan Cranston | TV show Breaking Bad |
| April 13 | Rachel Maddow | TV show The Rachel Maddow Show |
| April 14 | Richard Burt | Global Zero (chair) |
| April 15 | Tracy Morgan | Film Death at a Funeral |
| April 19 | John Dingell | Congressman (D-Michigan) |
| April 20 | John M. O'Hara | Book O'Hara, John M. (January 12, 2010). A New American Tea Party. Wiley. ISBN 978-0-470-56798-2.; Illinois Policy Institute |
| April 21 | Fred Pearce | Book Peoplequake: Mass Migration, Ageing Nations, and the Coming Population Crash |
| April 22 | Zoe Saldana | Film The Losers |
| April 26 | Lisa P. Jackson | EPA (administrator) |
| April 27 | Richard Whittle | Book The Dream Machine: The Untold Story of the Notorious V-22 Osprey. |
| April 28 | Ken Blackwell | Book Kenneth Blackwell, J.; Klukowski, Ken (2010). The Blueprint: Obama's Plan to Subvert the Constitution and Build an Imperial Presidency. Lyons Press. ISBN 978-0-7627-6134-0. |
| April 29 | Michael Caine | Film Harry Brown |

### May

| Date | Guest | Promotion |
| May 3 | Jonathan Eig | Book Eig, Jonathan (April 27, 2010). Get Capone: The Secret Plot That Captured America's Most Wanted Gangster. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4165-8059-1. |
| May 4 | Rosalynn Carter | Book Carter, Rosalynn; Golant, Susan K.; Cade, Kathryn E. (April 27, 2010). Within Our Reach: Ending the Mental Health Crisis. Rodale Books. ISBN 978-1-59486-881-8. |
| May 5 | Jon Meacham | Editor of Newsweek |
| May 6 | Mario Batali | Book Batali, Mario (April 6, 2010). Molto Gusto: Easy Italian Cooking. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-192432-3. |
| May 10 | Jack Rakove | Book Rakove, Jack N. (March 11, 2024). Revolutionaries: A New History of the Invention of America. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978-0-618-26746-0. |
| May 11 | Sebastian Junger | Book Junger, Sebastian (May 25, 2010). War. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-1-55468-554-7. |
| May 12 | Michael Patrick King | Film Sex and the City 2 (director) |
| May 13 | Ian Bremmer | Book Bremmer, Ian (2010). The End Of The Free Market. Portfolio. ISBN 978-1-59184-301-6. |

### June

| Date | Guest | Promotion |
| June 1 | Arthur C. Brooks | Brooks, Arthur C. (May 25, 2010). The Battle: How the Fight between Free Enterprise and Big Government Will Shape America's Future. Basic Books. ISBN 978-0-465-01938-0. |
| June 2 | Morgan Freeman | Through the Wormhole (series) |
| June 3 | Jonah Hill | Actor |
| June 7 | John C. Reilly | Cyrus (film) |
| June 8 | Christopher Hitchens | Hitchens, Christopher (June 3, 2011). Hitch-22: A Memoir. Grand Central. ISBN 978-0-446-54033-9. |
| June 9 | Spencer Wells | Wells, Spencer (2010). Pandora's Seed: The Unforeseen Cost of Civilization. Random House. ISBN 978-1-4000-6215-7. |
| June 10 | Tim Pawlenty | Governor of Minnesota |
| June 14 | Betty White | Hot in Cleveland (sitcom) |
| June 15 | James M. Tabor | Tabor, James M. (March 11, 2024). Blind Descent: The Quest to Discover the Deepest Place on Earth. Random House. ISBN 978-1-4000-6767-1. |
| June 16 | Louis C.K. | Louie (TV series) |
| June 17 | Fred Thompson | Thompson, Fred (May 18, 2010). Teaching the Pig to Dance: A Memoir of Growing Up and Second Chances. Crown Forum. ISBN 978-0-307-46028-8. |
| June 21 | Josh Fox | Gasland (documentary film) |
| June 22 | Cameron Diaz | Knight and Day (film) |
| June 23 | Dr. Connie Mariano | Mariano, Connie (June 22, 2010). The White House Doctor. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0-312-53483-7. |
| June 24 | Adam Sandler and Chris Rock | Grown Ups (2010 film) |
| June 28 | David Axelrod | Senior Advisor to President Obama |
| June 29 | Helen Mirren | Love Ranch (film) |
| June 30 | Landon Donovan and Bob Bradley | U.S. Soccer Team |

### July

| Date | Guest | Promotion |
| July 1 | Jere Van Dyk | Dyk, Jere Van (June 22, 2010). Captive: My Time as a Prisoner of the Taliban. Henry Holt and Company. ISBN 978-0-8050-8827-4. |
| July 5 | Denis Leary | Rescue Me (TV series) |
| July 6 | Julianne Moore | The Kids Are All Right (film) |
| July 7 | Daniel Okrent | Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition. ISBN 978-0-7432-7702-0. |
| July 8 | Marilynne Robinson | Absence of Mind: The Dispelling of Inwardness from the Modern Myth of the Self. ISBN 978-0-300-14518-2. |
| July 26 | William Rosen | The Most Powerful Idea in the World: A Story of Steam, Industry, and Invention. ISBN 978-1-4000-6705-3. |
| July 27 | Fareed Zakaria | Fareed Zakaria GPS (show) |
| July 28 | Robert O'Connell | O'Connell, Robert L. (2010). The Ghosts of Cannae. Hannibal and the Darkest Hour of the Roman Republic. ISBN 978-1-4000-6702-2. |
| July 29 | Liev Schreiber | Salt (2010 film) |

### August

| Date | Guest | Promotion |
| August 2 | Mary Roach | Roach, Mary (August 17, 2010). Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void. ISBN 978-0-393-06847-4. |
| August 3 | Will Ferrell (along with Rob Riggle) | The Other Guys (film) |
| August 4 | Bruce B. Henderson | Henderson, Bruce (June 29, 2010). Hero Found. ISBN 978-0-06-157136-7. |
| August 5 | Akbar Ahmed | Ahmed, Akbar S. (2010). Journey into America: The Challenge of Islam. ISBN 978-0-8157-0387-7. |
| August 10 | Jason Bateman | The Switch (film) |
| August 11 | Laura Linney | The Big C (TV series) |
| August 12 | Arcade Fire | The Suburbs (Arcade Fire album) |
| August 16 | Emma Thompson | Nanny McPhee Returns |
| August 17 | Dick Armey | Armey, Dick; Kibbe, Matt (August 17, 2010). Give Us Liberty. ISBN 978-0-06-201587-7. |
| August 18 | Edward P. Kohn | Kohn, Edward P. (July 27, 2010). Hot Time in the Old Town: The Great Heat Wave of 1896 and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt. Basic Books. ISBN 978-0-465-01336-4. |
| August 19 | Jennifer Aniston | The Switch (film) |
| August 23 | Rod Blagojevich | Former Governor of Illinois |
| August 24 | Brian Williams | NBC Nightly News |
| August 25 | Drew Barrymore | Going the Distance (2010 film) |
| August 26 | Michael Bloomberg | Mayor of New York City |

### September

| Date | Guest | Promotion |
| September 7 | Tim Gunn | Gunn, Tim; Calhoun, Ada (September 7, 2010). Gunn's Golden Rules: Life's Little Lessons for Making It Work. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4391-7656-6. |
| September 8 | Tim Kaine | Democratic National Committee |
| September 9 | Meghan McCain | McCain, Meghan (August 31, 2010). Dirty Sexy Politics. Hyperion Books. ISBN 978-1-4013-2377-6. |
| September 13 | Ben Affleck | The Town (2010 film) |
| September 14 | Tony Blair | Blair, Tony (March 11, 2024). A Journey. Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-26983-6. |
| September 15 | Jon Hamm | The Town (2010 film) |
| September 16 | President Bill Clinton | Clinton Global Initiative |
| September 20 | President Jimmy Carter | White House Diary. 2010. ISBN 978-0-374-28099-4. |
| September 21 | Sigourney Weaver | You Again (film) |
| September 22 | Edward Norton | Stone (2010 film) |
| September 23 | H.M. Abdullah II | King of Jordan |
| September 27 | Bill O'Reilly | O'Reilly, Bill (September 14, 2010). Pinheads and Patriots: Where You Stand in the Age of Obama. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-195071-1. |
| September 28 | Arianna Huffington | Huffington, Arianna Stassinopoulos (March 11, 2024). Third World America: How Our Politicians Are Abandoning the Middle Class and Betraying the American Dream. Crown Publishers. ISBN 978-0-307-71982-9. |
| September 29 | Linda Polman | Polman, Linda (September 14, 2010). The Crisis Caravan: What's Wrong with Humanitarian Aid?. Henry Holt and Company. ISBN 978-0-8050-9290-5. |
| September 30 | Justin Timberlake | The Social Network (film) |

### October

| Date | Guest | Promotion |
| October 4 | Sam Harris | Harris, Sam (October 5, 2010). The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values. Free Press. ISBN 978-1-4391-7121-9. |
| October 5 | Bruce Willis | Red (2010 film) |
| October 6 | Philip Dray | Dray, Philip (2010). There is Power in a Union: The Epic Story of Labor in America. Doubleday. ISBN 978-0-385-52629-6. |
| October 7 | Naomi Watts | Fair Game (2010 film) |
| October 11 | Johnny Knoxville | Jackass 3D |
| October 12 | Eric Cantor | Cantor, Eric; Ryan, Paul; McCarthy, Kevin (September 14, 2010). Young Guns: A New Generation of Conservative Leaders. Threshold Editions. ISBN 978-1-4516-0734-5. |
| October 13 | Condoleezza Rice | Extraordinary, Ordinary People: A Memoir of Family. Crown Publishers. 2010. ISBN 978-0-307-58787-9. |
| October 14 | David Rakoff | Half Empty. ISBN 978-0-385-52524-4. |
| October 25 | Austan Goolsbee | Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) |
| October 26 | Ted Kaufman | United States Senator |
| October 27 | President Barack Obama | 2010 midterm elections |
| October 28 | none | 2010 midterm elections |

### November

| Date | Guest | Promotion |
| November 1 | Zach Galifianakis | Due Date (film) |
| November 2 | Michael Beschloss | Presidential Courage. 2007. ISBN 978-0-684-85705-3. |
| November 3 | Chris Wallace | Fox News Sunday |
| November 4 | David Sedaris | Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary. ISBN 978-0-316-03839-3. |
| November 8 | Rick Perry | Fed Up!. 2010. ISBN 978-0-316-13295-4. |
| November 9 | Harrison Ford | Morning Glory (2010 film) |
| November 10 | Mick Foley | Foley, Mick (October 2010). Countdown to Lockdown: A Hardcore Journal. Grand Central. ISBN 978-0-446-56461-8. |
| November 11 | Rosario Dawson | Unstoppable (2010 film) |
| November 15 | Marion Jones | Jones, Marion (October 26, 2010). On the Right Track. Howard Books. ISBN 978-1-4516-1082-6. |
| November 16 | Bethany McLean and Joe Nocera | McLean, Bethany; Nocera, Joseph (March 11, 2024). All the Devils Are Here: The Hidden History of the Financial Crisis. Portfolio/Penguin. ISBN 978-1-59184-363-4. |
| November 17 | Jay-Z | Jay-z (November 16, 2010). Decoded. Random House Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4000-6892-0. |
| November 18 | Philip K. Howard | Howard, Philip K. (January 26, 2010). Life Without Lawyers: Restoring Responsibility in America. W. W. Norton. ISBN 978-0-393-33803-4. |
| November 29 | Judah Friedlander | Friedlander, Judah (October 5, 2010). How to Beat Up Anybody. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-196977-5. |
| November 30 | Susan Casey | Casey, Susan (2010). The Wave: In the Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean. Doubleday Canada. ISBN 978-0-385-66667-1. |

### December

| Date | Guest | Promotion |
| December 1 | Sting | Live In Berlin |
| December 2 | Stacy Schiff | Cleopatra: A Life. ISBN 978-0-316-00192-2. |
| December 6 | Hugh Shelton | Shelton, Hugh; Levinson, Ronald; McConnell, Malcolm (October 12, 2010). Without Hesitation: The Odyssey of an American Warrior. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0-312-59905-8. |
| December 7 | Seth Green | Robot Chicken (TV series) |
| December 8 | Michelle Williams | Blue Valentine (film) |
| December 9 | Edmund Morris | Morris, Edmund (November 23, 2010). Colonel Roosevelt. Random House Publishing. ISBN 978-0-375-50487-7. |
| December 13 | Gordon Brown | Brown, Gordon (December 7, 2010). Beyond the Crash: Overcoming the First Crisis of Globalization. Free Press. ISBN 978-1-4516-2405-2. |
| December 14 | Ricky Gervais | Out of England 2 (HBO Stand-Up Comedy Special) |
| December 15 | Paul Rudd | How Do You Know (film) |
| December 16 | Mike Huckabee | Huckabee, Mike (2010). Can't Wait Till Christmas. ISBN 978-0-399-25539-7. |