Believe it or not, there was a period of time when late-night satire news show “The Daily Show” was genuinely funny. When the show debuted in 1996 with Craig Kilborn as host, “The Daily Show” was far less politically focused and sought to skewer the parody-worthy newscasts of the mid-’90s. That iteration of the show was more character-driven than the news-driven version that the next host — Jon Stewart \– would foster in when he took over in 1999. Stewart captained the show from 1999 to 2015 and generally got less and less funnier with each passing year. Not coincidentally, the show also got…