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Obama boosts "Daily Show" to new record

Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:47pm EDT

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Comedy Central's "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" pulled in its biggest audience ever Wednesday night.

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The 11 p.m. episode, which featured an appearance by presidential candidate Barack Obama, averaged 3.6 million total viewers, beating by 600,000 viewers the previous record set October 8 when his wife Michelle Obama appeared on the show.

At 11:30 p.m., "Colbert Report" also had its most-watched episode ever, drawing 2.4 million viewers.

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