The following is a list of awards and nominations received by American comedian Jon Stewart.
Stewart is an American comedian writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host. He served as the host of The Jon Stewart Show (1993–1995) on MTV. From 1999 to 2015 he served as the host of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on Comedy Central, returning in 2024. He also hosted the Apple TV+ series The Problem with Jon Stewart from 2021 to 2023.
He has received two Daytime Emmy Award nominations and 64 Primetime Emmy Award nominations winning 24 awards for his work on The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, and for producing The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. He has also received two Grammy Award nominations winning twice for Best Comedy Album for America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction in 2005 and Best Spoken Word Album for Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race in 2011.
He has also received five Peabody Awards for his work on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart in 2000 and 2004, The Colbert Report in 2007, and 2011, and for the final season of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart in 2015. He has received twelve Producers Guild of America Award nominations winning seven times for The Daily Show and ten Writers Guild of America Awards winning once for The Daily Show.
Major associations BAFTA TV Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.2009 Best International Programme The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. Primetime Emmy Awards2001 Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy SeriesThe Daily Show with Jon Stewart Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program 2002 Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series Emmys.com list of 2002 Nominees & Winners Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program 2003 Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series Emmys.com list of 2003 Nominees & Winners Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program 2004 Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series Emmys.com list of 2004 Nominees & Winners Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program 2005 Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series Emmys.com list of 2005 Nominees & Winners Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program 2006 Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series Emmys.com list of 2006 Nominees & Winners Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series The Colbert Report 2007 Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy SeriesThe Daily Show with Jon Stewart Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series The Colbert Report 2008 Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy SeriesThe Daily Show with Jon Stewart Emmys.com list of 2008 Nominees & Winners Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series The Colbert Report Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program 80th Academy Awards 2009 Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy SeriesThe Daily Show with Jon Stewart Emmys.com list of 2009 Nominees & Winners Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series The Colbert Report 2010 Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy SeriesThe Daily Show with Jon Stewart Emmys.com list of 2010 Nominees & Winners Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series The Colbert Report 2011 Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy SeriesThe Daily Show with Jon Stewart Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series The Colbert Report 2012 Outstanding Variety SeriesThe Daily Show with Jon Stewart Emmys.com list of 2012 Nominees & Winners Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series Outstanding Variety Series The Colbert Report 2013 Outstanding Variety SeriesThe Daily Show with Jon Stewart Emmys.com list of 2013 Nominees & Winners Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series Outstanding Variety Series The Colbert Report 2014 Outstanding Variety SeriesThe Daily Show with Jon Stewart Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series Outstanding Variety Series The Colbert Report 2015 Outstanding Variety Talk SeriesThe Daily Show with Jon Stewart Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series Outstanding Variety Talk Series The Colbert Report 2017 Outstanding Variety Talk Series The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Outstanding Variety Special Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale: Who's Going to Clean Up This Sh*t? 2018 Outstanding Variety Talk Series The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Outstanding Variety Special (Live) Night of Too Many Stars 2019 Outstanding Variety Talk SeriesThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert 2020 Outstanding Variety Talk Series 2021 Outstanding Variety Talk Series Outstanding Variety Special (Live) Stephen Colbert's Election Night 2020: Democracy's Last Stand Building Back America Great Again Better 2022 Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or SpecialThe Problem with Jon Stewart Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Programming Outstanding Variety Talk Series The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 2023 Outstanding Talk Series The Problem with Jon Stewart Outstanding Variety Talk Series The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 2024 Outstanding Talk SeriesThe Daily Show Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series The Daily Show – After the Cut Outstanding Variety Talk Series The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 2025 Outstanding Talk SeriesThe Daily Show Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series Outstanding Variety Talk Series The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Daytime Emmy Awards2011 Outstanding Special Class SpecialRally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear Outstanding Special Class Writing
Grammy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.2005 Best Comedy Album America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction 2011 Best Spoken Word Album Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race Ladies Antebellum And Gaga, Jeff Beck, David Frost, John Legend Win Three GRAMMYs Each
Peabody Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2000 Peabody Award The Daily Show with Jon Stewart 60th Annual Peabody Awards, May 2001.2005 Peabody Award The Daily Show with Jon Stewart 64th Annual Peabody Awards, May 2005.2008 Peabody Award The Colbert Report 2012 Peabody Award The Colbert Report 2016 Peabody Award The Daily Show with Jon Stewart 2015 Individual and Institutional Honorees", from PeabodyAwards.com (accessed 4/18/2016)
Guild awards Producers Guild Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.2008 Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Competition Television The Colbert Report 2009 Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Competition Television The Colbert Report 2010 Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Competition Television The Colbert Report 2011 Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Competition Television The Colbert Report 2012 Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television The Colbert Report 2013 Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television The Colbert Report 2014 Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television The Colbert Report 2015 Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television The Colbert Report 2016 Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television The Colbert Report 2018 Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television The Late Show With Stephen Colbert 2019 Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 2020 Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television The Late Show With Stephen Colbert 2021 Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television The Late Show With Stephen Colbert 2022 Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment, Variety, Sketch, Standup & Talk Television The Late Show With Stephen Colbert 2023 Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment, Variety, Sketch, Standup & Talk Television The Late Show With Stephen Colbert 2025Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment, Variety, Sketch, Standup & Talk Television The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment, Variety, Sketch, Standup & Talk Television The Daily Show
Writers Guild Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.2007 Comedy/Variety – (Including Talk) Series The Daily Show with Jon Stewart 2008 Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) – Series The Daily Show with Jon Stewart 2009 Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) – Series The Daily Show with Jon Stewart 2010 Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) – Series The Daily Show with Jon Stewart 2011 Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) – Series The Daily Show with Jon Stewart 2012 Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) – Series The Daily Show with Jon Stewart 2013 Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) – Series The Daily Show with Jon Stewart 2014 Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) – Series The Daily Show with Jon Stewart 2015 Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) – Series The Daily Show with Jon Stewart 2016 Comedy/Variety – Talk Series The Daily Show with Jon Stewart 2022 Comedy/Variety – Talk Series The Problem with Jon Stewart 2023 Comedy/Variety – Talk Series The Problem with Jon Stewart Comedy/Variety – Specials The Problem with Jon Stewart: Election Wrap-Up Special 2024 Comedy/Variety – Talk Series The Problem with Jon Stewart 2025 Comedy/Variety – Talk or Sketch Series The Daily Show
Critics awards Astra Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.2021 Best Variety Series, Talk Show, or Comedy/Variety Special The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 2022 Best Streaming Variety Sketch Series, Talk Series, or Special The Problem with Jon Stewart 2023 Best Talk Show The Problem with Jon Stewart Best Talk Show The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 2024 Best Talk Series The Daily Show Best Talk Series The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 2025 Best Talk Series The Daily Show Best Talk Series The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Critics' Choice Television Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2011 Best Talk Show The Daily Show with Jon Stewart 2012 Best Talk Show The Daily Show with Jon Stewart 2013 Best Talk Show The Daily Show with Jon Stewart 2014 Best Talk Show The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Best Talk Show The Colbert Report 2015 Best Talk Show The Daily Show with Jon Stewart 2016 Best Talk Show The Daily Show with Jon Stewart 2019 Best Late-Night Talk Show The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 2021 Best Talk Show The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 2024 Best Talk Show The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 2025 Best Talk Show The Daily Show Best Talk Show The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TCA Awards