Jon Stewart Will Stay at “The Daily Show” Through 2025
Jon Stewart isn’t going anywhere—at least through 2025. Stewart announced Monday that he’ll stay on The Daily Show as the once-a-week host on Mondays and remain an executive producer through December 2025. Stewart announced his return to the show nine months ago just as the presidential election was heating up—Stewart hosted The Daily Show from 1998 to 2015 and turned it into a cultural juggernaut—and his recent captaining of the program has boosted its ratings and profile.
When Stewart returned, the cadence was set that he’d mostly host on Monday nights through the presidential election. On Election Day, Stewart will be hosting a live, hour-long special on November 5, and the new extension means he’ll be on air for the first year of the winner’s term. Stewart will keep his Monday schedule, with The Daily Show‘s correspondents—Jordan Klepper, Ronny Chieng, Michael Kosta, and Desi Lydic—rotating hosting duties Tuesday through Thursday.
“I’ve truly enjoyed being back working with the incredible team at The Daily Show and Comedy Central,” Stewart said in a statement. “I was really hoping they’d allow me to do every other Monday, but I’ll just have to suck it up.”
The Daily Show recently won a second straight Emmy for Best Talk Series, and Stewart’s return has been a boon for the show’s ratings, which have averaged more than a million viewers since he got behind the desk again.
“Jon’s incisive intellect and sharp wit make him one of the most important voices in political and cultural commentary today,” said Chris McCarthy, Paramount Global Co-CEO and president/CEO of Showtime & MTV Entertainment Studios. “His ability to cut through the noise and deliver clear-eyed insights is exactly what we need, which is why we are thrilled to have him leading The Daily Show for another year.”
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Featured image: NEW YORK, NY – AUGUST 06: Jon Stewart hosts “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” #JonVoyage on August 6, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Brad Barket/Getty Images for Comedy Central)
