Guest Jon Stewart on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” on June 17, 2019.
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Jon Stewart is going back to “The Daily Show”– however just on Mondays.
The comic helmed the Comedy Central talk program in between 1999 and 2015, before passing the torch to South African comic TrevorNoah Noah left the program in late 2022, and the program has actually cycled through a multitude of visitor hosts over the previous year, however never ever chosen a single replacement.
Stewart will work as “The Daily Show” host on Mondays startingFeb 12, and appear a minimum of through the 2024 election cycle. The remainder of the week will include a turning cast of program regulars.
Stewart’s return comes as Paramount, Comedy Central’s owner, looks for to keep the signature series afloat at the network, particularly throughout an election year, as Stewart’s political commentary has actually typically flourished in the past.
The economics of late-night television have actually damaged over the last few years, as marketers get away the direct area. Audiences, too, have actually gravitated towards streaming video and typically see these programs online by means of YouTube the day after they run.
“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 and CEO of Showtime and MTV Entertainment Studios, stated in a declarationWednesday “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.”
Since his 2015 exit from “The Daily Show,” Stewart has actually kept hectic as the executive manufacturer of CBS’ “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” and weekly areas on Apple’s streaming service by means of his program “The Problem with Jon Stewart,” which was just recently canceled.
Stewart is likewise a passionate benefactor and has actually lobbied for health-care advantages for veterans and 9/11 very first responders.
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