Jon Stewart Returns to ‘Daily Show’ as Monday Host, Executive Producer
Jon Stewart Returns to ‘Daily Show’ as Monday Host, Executive Producer
Jon Stewart will return to 'The Daily Show' as its Monday host and executive producer. Show correspondents will host other nights of the week
After scuttling a months-long search for a new host, the Paramount Global network said it had enlisted Jon Stewart, who presided over the late-night mainstay’s most popular era, to serve as its host on Monday nights throughout the 2024 election cycle and to run the program. He is expected to oversee the program through 2025. Various “Daily Show” correspondents will host the program Tuesday through Thursday nights, and Jen Flanz, the current executive producer, will continue her duties on the show.
You son of a bitch, I'm in.
Finally, some good news.
Out of a lot of jackasses in the world, Jon Stewart continues to be clear-headed unmitigated good.
Yes, that means I have forgiven him for using trans people as the butt of his jokes for a long time, and I'm hoping he's had enough growth to understand why those were bad. Also, to be fair, it's been quite a while since he has done a joke like that. And if he turns on a dime and makes some uncouth remarks about trans folks, he'll be in shit-city with me, and I'll take back the good things I said about him. Pretty sure he won't tho.
Jon is how I got sucked into US politics all those years ago. He was amazing. Look at me now, knowing things about stuff and all. Thanks Jon!
Excellent. Keep fighting the good fight Jon.
I'm just a random person in the world, so my opinion doesn't mean much in the grand scheme of things.....but I have never found Trevor Noah even slightly funny my entire life.
I feel bad saying that, because he seems like a genuine, sincere person from what I have read and watched, but his delivery on the Daily Show just comes across as bland/flat to me, I stopped watching maybe 1 year into his tenure.
I am so here for this
They've got a really talented bench of people, I'm surprised this has gone on so long (though I am far from a regular viewer). My vote would have gone to Jordan Klepper, who I think has both the intelligence and sincere anger that made Jon Stewart the cultural force he was on the show. My theory is that the execs saw him as too much of a risk after his previous (unfortunately) failed solo outings.
Noah left? Huh. Makes sense i guess, he felt better during the pandemic when it felt like he was hosting a podcast instead of a show. Eh probably not going to watch anyway, i haven't even turned my television on since early pandemic.
Thank god, he left when we needed him most. No one gives a shit about what a south African comedian is saying about American politics. Harsh but true
Suggestion for first guest: A shirtless Jason Kelce
It's a little surprising that he's never ventured into his own platform. At this point, Comedy Central (as well as they've been for his sense of political humor thus far) seems a bit of a downgrade for Stewart. Meanwhile, you've got the far right conspiracists getting banned from mainstream social media and forced to establish their own "free speech" platforms. Isn't Jon, in some sense, just the far(ther) left mirror-image version of Jones?
I really enjoyed his stint at Apple (more akin to Last Week Tonight + VOX) and would have liked him to continue more down that path of investigative reporting and interviews. I just don't know if he'll have the freedom he wants / deserves on platform owned by Paramount.
Jon deserves something bigger than a cable comedy network. He deserves a ton of money to invest in passionate journalists and writers. At least something as big, if not bigger, than Oliver gets. I don't know... I just feel like we haven't yet seen Jon as his ultimate form. Maybe our projections of what we all want from him are too grand for his own aspirations.
This is fantastic. Great news!
WOOT!!!
Chuckling at the news doing nothing is hip again
