Jon Stewart returns to his roots.
The comedian will host “The Daily Show” on Monday nights starting Feb. 12 and continuing through the 2024 election cycle, Comedy Central announced Wednesday. Stewart will also executive produce the show until 2025.
Other members of “The Daily Show” news team will anchor the remaining nights of the week.
Episodes will air on Comedy Central and will be available to stream on Paramount+ the following day.
“Jon Stewart is the voice of our generation and we are honored to have him return to Comedy Central's 'The Daily Show' to help us all make sense of the madness and division shaking the country as we enter election season,” Chris said. McCarthy, president and CEO of Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios. “In our age of staggering hypocrisy and performative politics, Jon is the perfect person to cut through the empty rhetoric and provide much-needed clarity with his brilliant wit.”
The news comes more than a year after Stewart's successor, Trevor Noah, resigned from his position on “The Daily Show,” leaving the show without a permanent host, and four months after the abrupt cancellation of “The Problem With “Jon Stewart.” Stewart's Apple+ Talk Show.
Stewart's return will coincide with what is sure to be a contentious presidential election year with a likely rematch between President Biden and former President Trump, with vital risks to American democracy.
Stewart took over as host and executive producer of the Comedy Central show in 1999 and helped give it a more contemporary focus. From the chaotic presidential election of 2000, to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the Iraq War and the rise of the Tea Party, “The Daily Show” became a must-see source of political and media commentary. Stewart was especially known for his harsh criticism of conservative media, particularly Fox News. He left the show in 2015, just as Trump began his political rise.
During Stewart's tenure, “The Daily Show” also became an outlet for comedy talent, helping advance the careers of John Oliver, Stephen Colbert, Steve Carell, Samantha Bee, Jessica Williams and others.
