Comedian will host show he previously helmed for 16 years every Monday starting 12 February and serve as executive producer

Jon Stewart is returning to The Daily Show, the groundbreaking comedy news program he had previously helmed for 16 years.

The homecoming, announced by Showtime and MTV Entertainment Studios on Wednesday, comes after the production’s yearlong search for a replacement for host Trevor Noah – and just in time for the 2024 presidential election to heat up in earnest.

The plan is for Stewart to host every Monday, beginning on 12 February. He will also serve as an executive producer for the show, which will have a rotating lineup of comedians during the rest of the week.

  • Buffalox@lemmy.world
    1·
    10 months ago

    Thanks, Interesting.
    John Stewart was amazing on Daily Show IMO, but I don’t think he will have similar impact today.

    • MudMan@kbin.social
      3·
      10 months ago

      I agree. Everybody is doing his shtick today and there’s no more common water cooler TV anymore, so it’s impossible to have the impact he had (if any, which itself is debatable).

      If one needs proof, there’s always the pretty obvious fact that he already had a show until very recently and it’s not like anybody cared. I bet he’ll do great for TDS’ ratings, though. I’ll probably watch.

      • Kedly@lemm.ee
        2·
        10 months ago

        Tbf, I hate Apple more than I like Stewart, so that had an impact on why I didnt add to his view count, and even if I did, it wouldnt have been in a way that added to his sucess metrics (Aka yohoho)