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Daily News TV Editor Richard Huff doesn't like The Daily Show, and he doesn't understand why it gets so much attention when so few people watch it. So how many people do watch it, Richard?

"A Dislocated Hipster," Jan. 31: "Take a look at the Nielsen figures for the show, and the numbers are startling. This supposedly terrific program, with its high hipness factor - people actually say they get their only news from 'The Daily Show' — is averaging 1.3 million viewers in January, most of them men between the ages of 18 and 49."

"A Daily Does of Fans and Foes," Feb. 3: " Moreover, the audience for 'The Daily Show's' four daily telecasts is just north of 2.3 million viewers, or not enough to make Nielsen's rank of the top 40 programs on cable."

"Inner Tube," Feb. 6: "Correction: Richard Huff inadvertently omitted the 8 p.m. audience for reruns of Comedy Central's 'The Daily Show.' The show's combined estimated daily audience for five telecasts is 3,084,000 viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research."

If nothing else, that's one nice trend line.

A Dislocated Hipster [NYDN]
A Daily Does of Fans and Foes [NYDN]
Inner Tube [NYDN]