The Day by day Present, simply over a yr after Trevor Noah’s shock departure and a subsequent revolving door of visitor hosts, has lastly (form of) settled on a number: Trevor’s personal predecessor Jon Stewart.
Nearly ten years after his 2015 departure, the beloved comic and political commentator is returning to the acquainted submit, albeit solely as soon as every week, Mondays, and solely via the 2024 election cycle. Chris McCarthy, President/CEO of Showtime/MTV Leisure Studios, instructed Selection in an announcement: “Jon Stewart is the voice of our era, and we’re honored to have him return to Comedy Central’s The Day by day Present to assist us all make sense of the madness and division roiling the nation as we enter the election season.”
He added: “In our age of staggering hypocrisy and performative politics, Jon is the right individual to puncture the empty rhetoric and supply much-needed readability together with his sensible wit.” Under, learn all we all know concerning the determination, beginning with why the host ever left within the first place.
Why did Jon Stewart go away The Day by day Present?
Jon changed sports activities commentator and authentic host Craig Kilburn because the star of The Day by day Present again in 1999, and within the following years, he strengthened the present’s lean in direction of information and political satire.
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In a 2015 dialog with The Guardian explaining his determination to go away the present – which got here as we approached the contentious 2016 election between former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump – Jon defined: “It isn’t like I believed the present wasn’t working any extra, or that I did not know learn how to do it. It was extra, ‘Yup, it is working. However I am not getting the identical satisfaction.'”
He particularly pointed to the upcoming election as a part of the motivation to go away, and, one would say fairly sarcastically, mentioned on the time: “I would coated an election 4 instances, and it did not seem that there was going to be something wildly completely different about this one.”
© GettyWhat has been the response to Jon Stewart’s Day by day Present comeback?
Followers and business colleagues alike are excited. Jon – who in 2021 reentered the world of political commentary with Apple’s The Drawback with Jon Stewart till its cancellation in 2023 – wrote on X of the information: “Buddies. After a lot reflection I’ve determined to enter the switch portal for my final yr of eligibility. Excited for the long run!”
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Fellow political commentator Mehdi Hasan, who not too long ago left his submit on MSNBC, tweeted: “Whoa. Superb. [Jon Stewart] on Trump, one thing we did not get in 2016 or 2020,” plus Trevor himself shared on the social media platform: “Yesssss he is again,” with praising fingers emojis. Acclaimed director Nancy Meyers additionally mentioned on Instagram: “Excellent news! I used to be starting to neglect what that felt like.”
© GettyWho else will host The Day by day Present?
On the remaining days that Jon is not internet hosting, Tuesdays via Thursdays, Comedy Central continues to be maintaining its rotation of visitor hosts, which have included Kal Penn, Charlamagne Tha God, Michelle Wolf, and Leslie Jones, amongst others.
The transfer comes even after longtime Day by day Present correspondent Roy Wooden Jr. hilariously mouthed: “Please rent a number. We do not care. Please rent a number,” whereas standing behind Trevor when accepting their Emmy award for Excellent Speak Sequence this month.
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