Jon Stewart will return to The Daily Show as executive producer and Monday-night host, the Paramount Global network announced.
“Jon Stewart is the voice of our generation, and we are honored to have him return to Comedy Central’s The Daily Show to help us all make sense of the insanity and division roiling the country as we enter the election season,” Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios President/CEO Chris McCarthy said in a statement on Wednesday.
“In our age of staggering hypocrisy and performative politics, Jon is the perfect person to puncture the empty rhetoric and provide much-needed clarity with his brilliant wit.”
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Stewart hosted the satirical news program from 1999 to 2015, and is expected to stay on through 2025. His first show back on the air will be Feb. 12, the day after Super Bowl LVIII.
Stewart himself shared the news in a post on X, the social media platform previously known as Twitter.
“Friends,” he wrote. “After much reflection I have decided to enter the transfer portal for my last year of eligibility. Excited for the future! 5’7” ish; 165; 14.8 second 40; #Blessed #NILBABY #TDSnation #LFGM”
The move comes on the heels of a long, fruitless search for a permanent host to replace Trevor Noah, who quit unexpectedly in 2022. Since then, a revolving lineup of guest hosts including Sarah Silverman, Leslie Jones, and Charlamagne tha God, have occupied his seat. Regular Daily Show correspondents will handle hosting duties on Tuesday through Thursday, according to Variety.
Stewart’s Apple TV + show, The Problem with Jon Stewart, ran for two seasons before being canceled over creative differences between the tech giant and the 61-year-old Stewart regarding potential topics and guests.
