However it kicked off a "fundamental strategic review" of the children's business, a key area due to the potential for DVD, toy and other merchandising spin-offs, reported a £7.2m annual loss.
The Radio 4 spin-off station reported a 12.6% rise in listeners to hit 2.2 million, surpassing 6 Music, which also managed a record quarter, according to the latest official listening figures from Rajar.
In its first earnings report since its spin-off from Viacom, CBS reported pro forma fourth-quarter earnings of 41 cents per share, beating the analyst's estimate by 5 cents and the Street's estimate by 2 cents.
In mid-October, Stephen Colbert, who played an ill-informed know-it-all on "The Daily Show," will make his solo debut in another Comedy Central spin-off, "The Colbert Report".
What's more, Stewart's Busboy Productions puts out and profits from popular spin-off The Colbert Report and newcomer Important Things with Demetri Martin.
A spin-off, The Colbert Report, was announced in early May 2005.
In 2005, the show's longest-serving correspondent, Stephen Colbert, became the host of the spin-off The Colbert Report, earning critical and popular acclaim, and has been selected to replace David Letterman as host of CBS's Late Show in 2015.
Mr Stewart, the smart and popular host of "The Daily Show", a satirical news programme, was addressing the many who had come for his October 30th "Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear", which he co-hosted with Stephen Colbert, the star of the faux conservative spin-off show, "The Colbert Report".
In 2005, he left The Daily Show to host a spin-off series, The Colbert Report.
Yearbook Superlative: Most likely to have a French spin-off of the Colbert Report.
