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.

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    5 months ago

    I absolutely turned around on Noah. His standup is fantastic.

    His daily show era is still kinda bland. His “Outsider looking into America” perspective didn’t really fit what Stewart built up.

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      5 months ago

      Agreed. He had big shoes to fill, and I don’t know that anyone except maybe Colbert could’ve actually done it. He did have some good moments though, I remember a brief segment where he questioned why the US always seems to make things into an X vs Y dynamic, instead of X and Y.

      “Why does it have to be cat people and dog people? Why can’t we just love both of them?!”