Jon Stewart returning as part-time host of "The Daily Show" through the 2024 election cycle
According to Variety, Stewart is expected to serve as Monday night host through the 2024 elections and into 2025. For the Tuesday-through-Thursday episodes, The Daily Show will continue to rotate its roster of correspondents at the hosting desk.
HE'S BACK!
Jon Stewart Returning to ‘The Daily Show’ as Monday Host Through 2024 Election
Beloved former host reveals he's rejoining Comedy Central late-night series on a once-a-week basis until 2025
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JANUARY 24, 2024
THE DAILY SHOWis bringing back beloved former host Jon Stewart on a part-time basis to shepherd the late-night show through the 2024 election season.
Following Trevor Noah’s exit in December 2022, the series spent 2023 relying on a revolving door of special guests and correspondents to hold down the fort while Comedy Central settled on a permanent host.
However — despite Roy Wood Jr.’s very public pleadings at the Emmys— The Daily Showhas opted not to bring in a full-time host, and instead will have Stewart return for Monday night broadcasts.
Stewart addressed his return on social media, sorta:
“Jon Stewart is the voice of our generation, and we are honored to have him return to Comedy Central’s The Daily Show to help us all make sense of the insanity and division roiling the country as we enter the election season,”Chris McCarthy, President/CEO of Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios, said in a statement (viaVariety).
“In our age of staggering hypocrisy and performative politics, Jon is the perfect person to puncture the empty rhetoric and provide much-needed clarity with his brilliant wit.”
Jon Stewart is coming back to “The Daily Show” after nearly a decade.
Stewart headlined the satirical talk show from 1999 to 2015, turning it into a cultural behemoth where interview clips and segments frequently went viral for days after they aired. The show won 24 Emmys under Stewart and helped launch the careers of other successful comedians, including Stephen Colbert, John Oliver and Samantha Bee. During Stewart’s last year as host, “The Daily Show” had about 1.3 million viewers on average.
Stewart left to pursue other career opportunities, including a stint with his own social commentary talk show “The Problem With Jon Stewart” on Apple TV Plus, which was canceled in October 2023. He’s also been spending time on Capitol Hill, tearing into Congress over the 9/11 victims fund.
“The Daily Show” has been seeking a new host after Trevor Noah, who replaced Stewart, left in December 2022. Noah had about 70 percent fewer viewers than Stewart during his last season.
Since then, Comedy Central had been cycling through a rotating cast of guest hosts to fill the void, including Charlamagne tha God, Sarah Silverman, Leslie Jones and Michelle Wolf. Comedian Hasan Minhaj was seen as a leading candidate to take the gig, but a New Yorker report on his embellished personal stories may have hurt his chances. The network said last year that a permanent host wouldn’t be announced until 2024.
The comedy talk show landscape is much different than when Stewart headlined the show. Late-night comedy shows are generally struggling with revenue and ratings, as well as how to contend with more competition on streaming and digital platforms.
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