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Jon Stewart Returns to ‘Daily Show’ as Monday Host, Executive Producer

After scuttling a months-long search for a new host, the Paramount Global network said it had enlisted Jon Stewart, who presided over the late-night mainstay’s most popular era, to serve as its host on Monday nights throughout the 2024 election cycle and to run the program. He is expected to oversee the program through 2025. Various “Daily Show” correspondents will host the program Tuesday through Thursday nights, and Jen Flanz, the current executive producer, will continue her duties on the show.

doctornormal ,
@doctornormal@lemmy.l0l.city avatar

They didn’t ask meeee!

Everythingispenguins ,

Remember that phone call a few months ago from some random number that you didn’t answer…

cyborgbabyman ,
@cyborgbabyman@lemmy.l0l.city avatar

https://lemmy.l0l.city/pictrs/image/5d4cce4d-13c6-4b77-ad84-2e59452e614a.jpeg

nutsack ,

thanks for the garbage kind stranger

Desistance ,
@Desistance@lemmy.world avatar

Roy Wood Jr. was great for the job and they didn’t want him. Shame. But I’m glad that they caved and gave Jon Stewart more money to fix their ignorance.

gregorum OP ,

I dunno. I really like Roy Wood, Jr., but I don’t think he’d be great as host. His performance isn’t… energetic enough. His style is a bit more laid back, and I’m not sure if that’s the best fit for host of this show. I think he’s great, and an important part of the show, but whenever he hosts, it feels a bit flat.

Just my opinion, though.

I really liked when Charlemagne the God guest hosted. He was hilarious. 

phoenixz ,

The only way this would get any better is of he can get an interview with Donald Trump. That’d be like bringing the pig to a slaughter house

ki77erb ,

Trump is pretty dumb, but I don’t think he’s dumb enough to do that. Jon would eviscerate him.

Death_Equity ,

He is egotistical enough to think he could go toe to toe with Stewart.

If he did go on, he would spin his absolute journalistic murder into more fuel for his media hate campaign.

rishado ,

Thank god, he left when we needed him most. No one gives a shit about what a south African comedian is saying about American politics. Harsh but true

mrmanager ,
@mrmanager@lemmy.today avatar

This is fantastic. Great news!

Tetractys ,

Can you americans explain what this means to everyone else in the world? Seems like a big deal to some people…

mrmanager ,
@mrmanager@lemmy.today avatar

He has a great mix of humor and serious discussions about important topics. He calls out guests for avoiding answering difficult questions etc.

I cant even express it very well, but the man is a legend. One of a kind.

Tetractys ,

Tucker Carlson’s career after that Hardball segment!

Sounds like what a journalist should be.

scaredoftrumpwinning ,

He’s willing to ask the questions other networks are to afraid to ask. He has destroyed careers because of it look up jon Stewart and hard ball. We do have NPR and MSNBC but they still won’t ask the hard questions or confront the hosts. I’ve heard that only a couple of times on NPR but only lately. Plus Jon can taunt the people to afraid to come on unlike a professional news orgs.

When he got together with Colbert and did the Colbert report and tricked the entire GOP that was just icing on the cake.

Nomecks ,

Yeah he sure “destroyed” Tucker Carlson’s career after that Hardball segment!

psychothumbs ,

He took Tucker down so hard he was ejected from the real media and had to work at Fox.

Nomecks ,

And rake in millions and become a cult figure. Really ruined him let me tell you what.

psychothumbs ,

Sure he was successful in his second career as a Fox hack (though ultimately ejected from that as well and bumped down another level to a twitter video guy) - it’s a lot to ask to not just take someone down so hard they have to not only leave their job and go work at a different kind of company, but can never be successful again.

Nomecks ,

He was a hack at CNN. Jon Stewart may have gotten him fired, but you can’t seriously look at Tucker Carlson and say Jon ruined his career. Listen, I hate the man with a passion, but he’s living high on the hog.

psychothumbs ,

Like I said, he ruined his career in the mainstream media, after which he did what so many people who couldn’t make it in the mainstream have done before him and went into the less prestigious right-wing propaganda industry where standards are lower if you’re willing to say abhorrent things. Tucker was indeed very successful at that second career and is a rich man (though he was already with the Swanson frozen food fortune) but I don’t think that invalidates the initial takedown.

GreatCornolio , (edited )

If you’re a cook fired from a steakhouse downtown, and get hired at a cafe/restaurant near the town college’s campus, you haven’t changed careers. Someone’s opinion of the two restaurants doesn’t change that.

FoxBJK ,
@FoxBJK@midwest.social avatar

In addition to what the others have said, Jon was a strong advocate for the 9/11 First Responders. Being a New Yorker himself, he took it extremely personally when Congress (controlled by, well go ahead and guess) was dragging their feet on giving these guys the health benefits they needed.

His testimony before Congress was fantastic, and ultimately he succeeded

Ross_audio ,

Whoever uploaded that realised they could cut it to exactly the right length.

I didn’t even notice the first time I saw it and I don’t know it’s deliberate on Jon’s part but the speech and reaction fit perfectly.

It’s an incredible speech and worthy of that detail.

GreatCornolio , (edited )

Was gonna link his monologue after 9/11 as well

Jon Stewart made me a proud blue dog Democrat growing up. Maybe I’ll be one again someday

Furbag ,

He’s a much beloved comedian and a great show host. I think people are just excited to have him back again, especially in this contentious political environment where he thrives as “the guy who asks hard questions when nobody else will”.

phoenixz , (edited )

Jon Stewart is quite awesome in my book. He is legit funny and he put the Daily Show on the map with being officially a comedy show (and it was hilariously funny) but at the same time being just about the only reliable news source as he just cut through the political bullshit from both sides (again, in a super funny way). He has great interviews with politicians where he calls them out on their bullshit so hard that you wonder why any politician would still want to do interviews with him, but yet they kept coming.

Thing is, you can tell that he researches and knows the subjects that he talks about and he actually cares, so if during interviews the guy comes up with some bullshit arguments Jon would typically tear him a new hole with actual facts. He was like the original “he crushed that guy” guy. IIRC, he (temporarily) crushed ticket Carlson’s career by literally ending tickets show overnight with an interview. Unfortunately, Jon retired and Tucker was fucking back.

His show also was the birth place of other comedians like john Oliver (who went on to make the similar great show “last week tonight”), Steve carell, and Stephen Colbert

The guy following after him, Trevor Noah, was just a sad little shadow, honestly, and in stoked to hear Jon is back as he has shown that he hasn’t lost his touch.

Eccitaze ,
@Eccitaze@yiffit.net avatar

Yeah, before Tucker got his Fox segment, he used to do a show on CNN with Paul Begala called Crossfire, whose entire schtick was having a conservative and a liberal talking head co-hosting the show and basically arguing with each other for an hour. Jon came on the show in 2004 and ripped the entire concept apart so thoroughly that it got the entire show cancelled. It’s truly a glorious moment: youtu.be/aFQFB5YpDZE&t=0

Tetractys ,

That’s intense. Good on him.

postmateDumbass ,

And twenty years later the knock on effects of that era of programing have become the culture.

Tetractys ,

Thanks, that’s some resume.

postmateDumbass ,

The Daily Show was funny with Craig Killborn.

More like Talk Soup funny than anything intellectual or political.

But still was worth a chuckle.

xenoclast ,

He would have made the best president in America’s history (yes). Look to Ukraine for what you get when you elect the guy who speaks truth to power.

dangblingus ,

He was the best host of The Daily Show, a show that made current events and politics palatable to Americans that have Comedy Central. He’s also immensely likable as a person. He fought for the US government to uphold their promise to first responders of 9/11 that all have mesothelioma from asbestos inhalation. He generally cuts to the core of most issues and doesn’t suffer fools. He will call people out directly to their faces.

Tetractys ,

Sounds like a good egg.

ILikeBoobies ,

More people will tune into non-Fox based politics because of his showmanship

bc1 ,
@bc1@lemmy.l0l.city avatar

Chuckling at the news doing nothing is hip again

generalpotato ,

Consequential election + Stewart… America’s back baby!!

willis936 ,

Hanging chads pt II coming this Winter

Tristaniopsis ,

Was it Jon who fell down a conspiracy rabbit hole regarding COVID19? Or the other guy.

eskimofry ,

Are you thinking about Jordan Peterson?

Tristaniopsis ,

Nope.

anarchy79 ,
@anarchy79@lemmy.world avatar

I remember him talking about the Wuhan COVID research facility a stone throws away from ground zero for the outbreak. I have since also had some questions.

Tristaniopsis ,

I mean I’m not saying that the Wuhan lab couldn’t have been the source, or that the CCP should be given even a millimetre of credit for approximating something like ‘the truth’, but I’ve heard that he went a bit unhealthily hard to wave a particular flag.

anarchy79 ,
@anarchy79@lemmy.world avatar

“You have heard”?

Look, could it be that you are spreading rumors?

Tristaniopsis ,

It’s a possibility because I didn’t hear it first hand, but my source was an interview I heard on a reputable podcast. TBH I can’t remember which one or who the person was. It was something like the NYT’s ‘The Daily’ or maybe Slate’s ‘What Next TBD’. I believe the person was a journalist who had been dedicated to following the COVID trail since the beginning.

It’s not a hill I’m prepared to die on, so add your own amount of salt to taste.

anarchy79 ,
@anarchy79@lemmy.world avatar

Ha ha ha I appreciate those poetics! No worry, I just know that a lot of people talk a lot about a lot of people, and I’m just trying to stay sane. A lot of people say a lot of things these days, right? That’s why sourcing is important, to me, I think.

Tristaniopsis , (edited )

Totally fair thinking. I’ll do what I can to hunt down that podcast and post it here, but it was like … six or eight months ago or more.

Best wishes on your sanity!

EDIT: it could be this one:

www.nytimes.com/2023/08/20/…/covid-origins.html

anarchy79 ,
@anarchy79@lemmy.world avatar

Nah, human. It’s all good, I just wanted to CHECK ya, you know what I mean? Just CHECK ya, so I know you legit. I ain’t saying you are, but I ain’t saying you ain’t, just sayin.

Tristaniopsis ,

Oh… I’m far, far too human. Sadly. Oh fuk.

airportline ,
@airportline@lemmy.ml avatar

Finally some good fucking news

recapitated ,

About bad news

Welt ,

9/11 was good news. Well it wasn’t good news, obviously, but it was good news.

VerdantSporeSeasoning ,

For people who love Bad news 🎶

Sorry, kinda had that feel

assassin_aragorn ,

Well Jon Stewart’s coming back, so we’ve got that going for us at least!

Cyberflunk ,

Doing more for America than the government was.

anarchy79 ,
@anarchy79@lemmy.world avatar

He’s a god damn hero, I mean that genuinely.

loopedcandle ,

I’m alright. Nobody worry about me.

brazenstrikingliaison ,

The world is healing.

Sagifurius ,

Thank God. I still can’t believe he was off air for the first Trump presidency.

CoggyMcFee ,

How dare you say “first”. Don’t you put that bad mojo on me

Sagifurius ,

Oh…you’re gonna be a sad, sad boy January next year.

FrankTheHealer ,

Excellent. Keep fighting the good fight Jon.

JakenVeina ,

Is the show itself only airing on Mondays, or is that just the only night that Jon will host?

Also, as excited as I am to get him back, I hope he didn’t let himself get bullied out of retirement. He had definitely earned it.

bramblepatchmystery ,

I don’t think he got bullied out of retirement, I think running the sanctuary full time, while fulfilling, might only meet his needs 80% of the time and he still wants to express himself creatively.

And plus, animal sanctuaries are expensive to run.

DadVolante ,
@DadVolante@sh.itjust.works avatar

He didn’t retire, really. His show on Apple+ was canceled a few months ago.

I was actually wondering if he would wind up back at home because of it.

bramblepatchmystery ,

No, his original retirement was from the daily show to have an animal sanctuary with his wife.

Apple gave him a stupid amount of money to come out of retirement.

ikidd ,
@ikidd@lemmy.world avatar

And then fucked him off because he dared to criticize China, who got big mad at Apple who wants to sell iPhones to Chinese still.

cybersandwich ,

His apple+ show kinda sucked though tbh. I wanted to like it but it didn’t have “it”. I could never get into it and stopped watching it pretty quickly

gregorum OP ,

He will host Mondays and Executive Produce. Other correspondents will host T, W, and Th.

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