Jon Stewart took time on last night's Daily Show to reflect on the hundreds of hours and millions of dollars it took to stage Wednesday's interview with George Lucas, giving us a glimpse behind the scenes of that journalistic feat.

As the 2000s become the 2010s, we all feel a little bit different and older, even if we can't see it. Not so for the liberal's Walter Cronkite, Jon Stewart.

Today at Gawker.TV, Snoop and Martha talk drugs, pondering if we're sick of Jersey Shore just yet, Today celebrates itself, crime television shows use "image enhancements," and David Letterman drives around in a $25,000 car shaped like a cupcake.

Former presidential candidate and Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee appeared on last night's Daily Show and briefly engaged in Christmas/Hanukkah debate with host Jon Stewart. He also finally put to rest the rumors surrounding his own miraculous birth.

Tonight on "The Daily Show", Jon Stewart picked on one of his favorite targets: financial reporters. We get a double dose of schadenfreudey laughs—from both Dubai's spectacular downfall and the reporter who had no clue it was happening.

You know about how Jon Stewart caught Sean Hannity lying, basically, about the size of a conservative rally on his show? And how Sean Hannity apologized? On his daily program tonight, Stewart made fun of this, and it was funny.

Sean Hannity just apologized for running footage on his program yesterday that inflated the size of a crowd at some awful protest. And he gave props to Jon Stewart and "The Daily Show" for calling him out on it. But...

On last night's Daily Show, Jon Stewart performed a bravura 8-and-a-half minute monologue in the style of Glenn Beck on the subject of Glenn Beck's appendicitis.

• Miramax's chief, Daniel Battsek, has been forced out of the company. [LAT]
• The Washington Post Co. reports revenue and profits were up in the third quarter, not that it had anything to do with its newspaper division. [AP]
• Sony posted a loss for its most recent quarter even though it says it's sold 9 million Michael Jackson albums since his death in June. [AP, Wrap]
• The Travel Channel may fetch $1 billion as part of a bidding war. [NYT]
• Shepard Smith is Fox News' man of reason, according to Lloyd Grove. [TDB]
• Related: Jon Stewart ripped Fox News apart again last night. [TDS]
• Will new talk shows hosted by Wanda Sykes, George Lopez, and Mo'Nique revive the late night format? Probably not, but they're going to try. [WSJ]

Martha tries to spruce up Jay's ratings, Ed Norton joins Jimmy Kimmell, while most other hosts take the week off. What a bunch of deadbeats! We've got your rundown of what to watch tonight.

• There may be other suitors for NBC in addition to Comcast. Like News Corp. And Liberty Media. And Time Warner. Or maybe not. Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes, for one, says he isn't interested. [THR, DHD, Gawker, AdAge]
• More on the sale of BusinessWeek: "Knowledgeable sources" say Bloomberg is paying $2-$5 million in cash for the mag. And another source reports the mag will be changing its name to Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Naturally. [BW, NYT]
• The war between the White House and Fox News goes on. [NYDN, ABC, CJR]
• If you notice TV commercials seem more upbeat than usual, it's because the advertising world has decided to be cheerful and optimistic again. [NYT]
• The Atlantic has determined that NBC CEO Jeff Zucker and New York Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. are "Brave Thinkers," for some reason. [NYO]

Kate Winslet walking in the meatpacking district with her son ... Donna Karan eating lunch outside with a friend in SoHo ... Jon Stewart walking with his wife and son in Tribeca ... Mischa Barton running errands with her dog ... Brad Pitt with son Maddox catching a flight at JFK ... Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg shooting scenes for The Other Guys in Chinatown ... Gerard Butler walking downtown ... David Byrne riding his bike near the West Side Highway ... Model Kara Young walking home from the gym in the West Village ... Sarah Jessica Parker leaving the Serge Normant Hair Salon in the meatpacking district, and later arriving at Barbra Streisand's performance at the Village Vanguard ... Clive Owen walking with a friend in SoHo ... and Jay-Z leaving dinner with a bunch of bodyguards.

[Jon Stewart plays candy man backstage after winning two Emmy awards last night. Image via Getty]

The world's absolutely abuzz over news about the Emmy Awards, which are kind of like television's Oscars and very important. In case you missed them, here are some things you should know about the winners, the losers and the critics.

• Ted Kennedy's death late last night sent the media into a predictable scramble. Some newspapers stopped the presses in the wee hours to change out the front page; every news network has been busy mobilizing its troops and planning various TV specials; Time announced plans to publish a commemorative edition; and the publication date of Kennedy's forthcoming memoir has been moved up to September 14 from early October.
• Some people watch Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's shows because they think it makes them look cool, according to a new research report. [NYT]
• The premiere of True Blood on Sunday night reeled in more than 5.3 million viewers and generated HBO its biggest audience in years. [MCN]
• Because The View is determined to provide a home to the most insufferable women on earth, Kate Gosselin has signed on to guest host the show next month, joining the likes of Meghan McCain and LaToya Jackson. [E!]

Last night on The Daily Show, Jon Stewart and his staff compiled a pretty amazing takedown of Fox News, branding the network as "the new liberals." Bill O'Reilly was not pleased by this, so tonight he offered a rebuttal.

Every now and again, The Daily Show will do something that just about makes you want to stand up and cheer. Tonight was one of those nights, as the show aired a Fox News takedown for the ages.

In January of 2008, just 16 months ago, Glenn Back underwent "ass surgery" to remove a hemorrhoid. The Daily Show dug up video of Beck detailing how horrific his personal experience was, video that contradicts everything he's been saying lately.

In softball! The Daily Show played the NBC Nightly News last night, and even the bosses showed up. Fake news beat real news, 12 to 2.

Last night The Daily Show assembled correspondents Samantha Bee, John Oliver and Aasif Mandvi for a roundtable discussion about the dreaded Obamacare "Death Panels" issue recently brought to light by that noted teller-of-truths, Sarah Palin. Hilarity ensued.