Jim Cramer's Thursday night appearance on Jon Stewart's "The Daily Show" on Comedy Central was not only good for laughs, but for the ratings as well, the cable network announced on Friday.

With an average audience of 2.3 million viewers, Thursday's "Daily Show" ranked second only to January's inauguration day episode, which delivered 2.6 million. Overall, it was among the top 10 shows in the 12 1/2-year history of the fake news program.  
It all started on Monday when Jon Stewart showed a classic mash-ups of CNBC anchors, journalists and hosts giving horrible advice to investors, often on the eve of one of the great financial/banking/investment meltdowns over the past year charging that people at CNBC knew what was going on behind the scenes but didn't tell the public. He accused CNBC anchors and pundits of abandoning their journalistic duties and acting like cheerleaders for the market.

While most CNBC people in the mash-up kept quiet, "Mad Money" host Jim Cramer did not, complaining that his segments in the mash-up were "taken out of context." The next day, Jon Stewart showed even more clips of "Mad Money," this time "in context," which made it even worse. Cramer fired back again mocking Stewart as "a comedian."

When Cramer finally joined Stewart on his show, the "Daily Show" host continued his angry interrogation forcing Cramer to acknowledge his mistakes.