"The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart opened his live election night coverage by cracking a joke about his own audience's enthusiasm — as former President Donald Trump took a commanding lead over Vice President Kamala Harris — and chided a Democratic senator who apparently canceled on the show seconds before he was to appear.
As the audience erupted into cheers, Stewart joked: "That is the sound of a crowd that does not have access to a television set and does not know what's happening in the...