Jon Stewart
TV satire icon returns to “Daily Show.”
Jon Stewart will return to his old show “The Daily Show” every Monday from mid-February.
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TV legend Jon Stewart has surprisingly announced his return to the satirical show “The Daily Show”. The reason for this: the 2024 US election.
Almost ten years after his departure as host of “The Daily Show”, Jon Stewart (61) returns as host of the award-winning US satirical show. However, not forever, but for a very specific major news event that will take place in 2024: the upcoming US election. Like the channel Paramount Global According to Variety and other media reports, Stewart has signed on as Monday night anchor and show host for the duration of the election cycle.
Accordingly, from February 12th he will be seen in front of the camera again every Monday in the news satire show. As usual, various “The Daily Show” correspondents will moderate the program from Tuesday to Thursday – since the last presenter, Trevor Noah (39), left, there has been no permanent successor for the format.
“The perfect person” for the US election year
Showtime/MTV Entertainment CEO Chris McCarthy called Jon Stewart the “voice of our generation” in a statement. He said he was honored that the comedian was returning to Comedy Central and “The Daily Show.” “In our age of breathtaking hypocrisy and performative politics, Jon Stewart is the perfect person to cut through the empty rhetoric and provide much-needed clarity with his brilliant wit.”
Jon Stewart himself confirmed his return to the “Daily Show” with a post on X (formerly Twitter). After careful consideration, he decided to use the transfer portal for his final year of eligibility. He writes that he is looking forward to the future.
“The Daily Show” airs Mondays through Thursdays on Comedy Central. Jon Stewart was a permanent presenter of the satirical news program from 1999 to 2015. His successor Trevor Noah left the show with a final episode on December 8, 2022. Since then, the show has been running with weekly changing guest presenters. The German adaptation of “The Daily Show” is the “heute-show” with Oliver Welke (57), which has been running on ZDF since 2009.