Jon Stewart To Stay On As A Host Of 'the Daily Show' Through December 2026

Jon Stewart isn't rather fresh to time off nan anchor desk.

Stewart will proceed to big Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" each Monday done December 2026, keeping nan governmental satirist successful nan chair for adjacent year's midterm legislature and gubernatorial elections.

Paramount announced nan news Monday, putting an extremity to questions astir Stewart's contiguous early pinch nan late-night show he primitively hosted full-time from 1999 to 2015 earlier returning past twelvemonth connected a one-night-a-week basis.

"Jon Stewart continues to elevate nan genre he created. His return is an ongoing committedness to nan incisive drama and crisp commentary that specify 'The Daily Show,'” Comedy Central caput Ari Pearce said successful a statement.

"The renewal is simply a triumph for audiences, for Comedy Central and for each our programming partners. We're proud to support Jon and nan bonzer news team," Pearce added.

Stewart's woody hold comes during a play of aggravated upheaval for Comedy Central's genitor corp and nan late-night drama genre writ large.

Paramount was precocious acquired successful a blockbuster $8 cardinal deal by Skydance, a media institution tally by David Ellison. Skydance's portfolio now includes nan Paramount Pictures studio, nan CBS broadcast web and nan Paramount+ streaming platform.

Ellison has besides taken power of a postulation of bequest cablegram assets — Comedy Central, MTV and VH1 among them — that person hemorrhaged viewers aft years of cord-cutting and a wider displacement from linear tv to streaming.

Meanwhile, late-night drama successful wide is struggling to support its edge. CBS plans to return Stephen Colbert's talk show disconnected nan air adjacent year, leaving a spread connected nan broadcast lineup that for decades was occupied by "The Late Show."

CBS antecedently canceled nan short-lived "After Midnight," a late-night show that followed Colbert's connected nan lineup. "The Late Late Show pinch James Corden" ended its nine-season tally successful 2023.

"The Daily Show" debuted successful 1996 nether big Craig Kilborn, but it did not commencement to summation traction until Stewart took complete 3 years later. He sharpened nan show's attraction connected politics, winning a loyal assemblage pinch sum of nan chaotic 2000 predetermination aftermath.

Stewart helmed nan bid done nan presidencies of George W. Bush and Barack Obama. He near nan show adjacent nan extremity of Obama's 2nd term, arsenic President Donald Trump mounted his first run for nan White House.

Trevor Noah succeeded Stewart, hosting from 2015 to 2022. Since then, "The Daily Show" has not had a imperishable emcee, alternatively featuring a rotating cast.

The roster of "Daily Show" hosts for nan different nights of nan week includes Ronny Chieng, Josh Johnson, Jordan Klepper, Michael Kosta and Desi Lydic. Stewart will proceed to service arsenic 1 of nan show's executive producers, Paramount said.