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Bowen Yang, Paul W. Downs, Tom Colicchio Talk "SNL," "Hacks," & "Top Chef" | The Daily Show

2025-08-25 Comedy
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Emmy Nominees Discuss SNL Craft, Culinary Culture, and Intense Storytelling

Discover the rigorous process behind Emmy-nominated performances, from crafting difficult political impressions to confronting death and trauma through honest acting.

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  • Actors detail the pressure of satirizing complex figures like JD Vance on SNL.
  • Chef Tom Colicchio contrasts historical kitchen toxicity with modern mentorship standards.
  • Jenny Slate explains why Dying for Sex focuses on powerful, imperfect female friendship and caretaking.
  • Paul W. Downs reveals the interwoven nature of writing, directing, and acting in Hacks.

This discussion offers candid insights into maintaining creative integrity while navigating cultural scrutiny in high-stakes entertainment fields. Readers gain appreciation for the hidden demands placed upon comedians and dramatic actors today.

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The Daily Show rolls out the red carpet for Emmy nominees Bowen Yang, Tom Colicchio, Paul W. Downs, and Jenny Slate to discuss their critically recognized work on "SNL," "Top Chef," "Hacks," and "Dying for Sex." #DailyShow #EmmyAwards #BowenYang Subscribe to The Daily Show: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwWhs_6x42TyRM4Wstoq8HA/?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Daily Show: Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDailyShow Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedailyshow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedailyshow Stream full episodes of The Daily Show on Paramount+: http://www.paramountplus.com/thedailyshow Follow Comedy Central: Twitter: https://twitter.com/ComedyCentral Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ComedyCentral Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/comedycentral About The Daily Show: Jon Stewart and The Best F**king News Team host The Daily Show, an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning program analyzing the biggest stories in news, politics, and culture through a sharp, satirical lens. The Daily Show redefined the late night show category on TV and, with an audience of over 51M across social media platforms, has become a launching pad for some of the biggest stars in entertainment. The Daily Show airs weeknights at 11/10c on Comedy Central.

Top Comments (10)

@memento81 2025-08-25

Hey lovely Daily Show editor or social media person who puts these up. I love the themed compilations of older clips or interviews, but please please for the sake of my overthinker brain show us an original air date, at least for a second in the beginning or here in the info text. That helps so much to contextualizse many of the questions and remember which then-current thing they are refering to. Sometimes it drives me mad trying to place an interview in time just by the answers. Last part is a me-problem, but could also be fixed by those very helpful original airdates. 🙏

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@deadraider420 2025-08-26

LIKE ALL OF YOU READING THIS… WHERE IS THE DAILY SHOW ?

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@willsonpena8696 2025-08-26

Does anyone know what happened to the daily show. I like my 20 minute news and it's going on week 3. Everyone cant be on vacation 😢

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@jenunmaskedca 2025-08-26

Where’s Jon???!!!!

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@lovefrogsalot 2025-08-26

John can you come back from vacation please

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@strawberry_coffin_evermore 2025-08-26

The next time you have representatives on, please ask them why they are not organizing and attending protests? It would make all the difference is if they went outside with citizens against ICE, DC takeover, Israel etc.

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@everythingcollectibles 2025-08-25

Jimmy is my favorite character on Hacks!

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@ShawnsterVideos 2025-08-26

If Chevy Chase can play Gerald Ford, then Bowen Yang can easily play James Donald Bowman.

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@tclmac1 2025-08-25

I was in the army. The fact that part of training is to endure swearing, shouting, and pressure, while shooting, cleaning gun... the whole thing does not make sense.

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@spyder9179 2025-09-05

4 people in the thumbnail, 3 names in the title...

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