Inside Comedy

[An] amiably entertaining series about laugh-makers.

Mr. Steinberg, a comedian who is now also an admired television director, is the ideal interviewer.

What's most intriguing here is deconstructing the process, when Stewart outlines the surprisingly demanding "skill set" needed by "Daily Show" correspondents (with supporting clips), when Colbert clarifies how their shows are only "curating the news" to the point of setting up "the joke you wish to tell."

In the three episodes provided for review the show still seems to be tinkering with its format....It's the premiere that gets the balance right.