Episode
The Daily Show: Mahershala Ali
Overview
The media grapples with President-elect Trump's lying, Adam Lowitt weighs in on a Holocaust-themed ice skating performance in Russia, and Mahershala Ali discusses "Moonlight."
Details
- Series
- The Daily Show
- Season
- Season 22
- Episode
- Episode 29
- Air date
- 2016-11-29
Episode context
Mahershala Ali is Episode 29 in Season 22 of The Daily Show. It aired on 2016-11-29.
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