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.
I tried Noah. Dudes stand up is legitimately good, but his Daily Show stuff could be summed up as “what’s all that about shrug”. Just wasn’t the right man for the job.
Yeah, and unfortunately, some of the correspondents seemed to be more about representation than being legitimately funny. I thought Noah was affable enough, but maybe too affable, if you know what I mean. I like Jon’s persona very much and the format suits him well. Craig Kilborn’s version of the show was barely memorable for me. I think I Tivo’ed it just because, but once Jon made it his own, I forgot all about the prior version.
The best thing on the show in recent years has been, ironically enough, a white dude - Jordan Klepper does standout work, especially when out talking to the magabunch. But he is rarely part of the show.
Comedy Central need to give him full employment, TBH. His show only lasted about a minute there, but it was great. The other funny people on there are the one white guy that is sort of the everyman and the white woman ( I think they were both given a chance to guest host too, and did pretty good), and then there is Ronnie Chang, who is usually hilarious. Love it when he’s on the screen.
As for many other guest hosts and correspondents - I don’t know, I guess some audiences confuse being very loud with actually being funny, but that is not my thing.
Desi Lydic seemed to be the most comfortable in that host chair. But I’d be perfectly happy with Klepper. Hard no from me on Ronnie Chang though. He’s an alright in small doses kinda guy.
I had to look up their names, yeah, Desi. I’d rank them as Klepper, Michael Kosta, then Desi as far as hosting. Ronny Chieng needs more air time, though.
Also, if Al Franken and Samantha Bee are interested - I’d love to see more of them. Honestly, the show needs to expand its cinematic universe and maybe have several spinoffs and give all of these talents more time.
For me it’s Klepper then Roy Wood Jr.
Don’t sugarcoat it. Noah was pure garbage on the show. Makes me want to avoid anything he does like the plague.
Listened to the first half of his show via podcast for a while, mostly around the 2020 election and afterwards.
Just never hit with me. He would have some good takes, but it seemed like he was trying really hard to do Jon’s shtick, and it just fell flat. Feel the same about his stand up.
I hope he continues doing something with current event commentary. Hope he finds his niche.
I first saw him on QI on BBC. I was really excited about the pick because I thought he was quite interesting. The announcement was the first I heard any press about him here.
I second your opinion.