Writers for The Daily Show—for us, at least, the single biggest
hole that's been blown in the TV schedule thus far—are refusing
to be slowed by their temporary lack of an indoor studio,
regular host, and Comedy Central-financed production values,
producing a strike-altered version of the program on the streets
of NY.  Though the sidewalk shoot progressed smoothly enough at
first, their hypervigiliant Viacom bosses eventually caught wind
of the guerrilla production, and in a move designed to show how
seriously the company takes the staff's unauthorized actions,
dispatched CEO Philipppe Dauman (who, weirdly, decided to adopt
a pseudonym for the raid but didn't bother to change out of his
instantly recognizable Monopoly Man ensemble) to disrupt the
segment and reclaim the scripted material that is rightfully
theirs.