January 28, 2008 - January 31, 2008

Tallahassee, Tampa, Orlando, St. Augustine, and Tavernier. Florida's disputed primary was a big deal.

January 21, 2008 - January 24, 2008

Moscow, Helsinki, Reyjavik, Ottawa, Tallinn, and Ulan Bator. These were capitals of cold places. It was cold at the time.

January 14, 2008 - January 17, 2008

Princeton, Smallville, Tree Hill, Dillon, Scranton, and Jericho. The settings for television shows without writers.

January 7, 2008 - January 10, 2008

Hollywood, Uniontown, Unionbridge, and Tenstrike. The 2007-2008 WGA strike was underway, and the Daily Show was one of the few programs to return sans writers.

On January 9 the strike theme was abandoned in favor of Manchester, Concord, and Dixville Notch. This was the night of the New Hampshire primary. The next night the strike theme returned.