Jon Stewart will stay the Monday evening host of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” all through 2025, the community introduced.
Stewart, 61, will even stay in his position as government producer for the present at massive, with its staff of correspondents — together with Jordan Klepper, Michael Kosta, Desi Lydic and Ronny Chieng — taking up internet hosting duties Tuesday via Thursday.
The present’s rankings have improved after Stewart’s return, with its reside episode after the talk between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris netting the present its finest audience-share numbers in seven years.
“I’ve truly enjoyed being back working with the incredible team at ‘The Daily Show’ and Comedy Central. I was really hoping they’d allow me to do every other Monday, but I’ll just have to suck it up,” Stewart stated in an announcement.
The community introduced final week that the comic would host “Indecision 2024: Nothing We Can Do About it Now,” a reside, hourlong particular on Election Day. The contract extension will discover him staying on to cowl (no less than) the primary 12 months of the following presidential administration.
“Jon’s incisive intellect and sharp wit make him one of the most important voices in political and cultural commentary today,” Paramount World Co-CEO Chris McCarthy stated. “His ability to cut through the noise and deliver clear-eyed insights is exactly what we need, which is why we are thrilled to have him leading ‘The Daily Show’ for another year.”
Stewart had beforehand rejoined the present final winter with plans to host Monday editions via subsequent month’s presidential election. That got here after Apple TV+ abruptly canceled “The Problem With Jon Stewart” in October 2023 and “The Daily Show” introduced in plenty of visitor hosts, together with Sarah Silverman and DL Hughley.
The Emmy- and Peabody-award-winning present just lately had interviews with Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz and author Ta-Nehisi Coates.
Stewart first hosted “The Daily Show” from 1996 till 2015. Successor Trevor Noah left the present in 2022.
Initially Revealed: October 29, 2024 at 12:01 PM PDT
