The Comedy Central talk show saw a big jump from the 1.85 million same-day figure.
Stewart, who walked away from The Daily Show to much fanfare, returns to his old perch Monday night. He’s agreed to host each Monday through the election, and to executive produce the weeknight show for Comedy Central into next year to help it through another transition.
Flexibility was key to the deal for the star host as Comedy Central hopes to reenergize its flagship show.
Comedy Central on Wednesday said Stewart will host the topical TV show, the perch he ruled for 16 years starting in 1999, every Monday starting Feb. 12. A rotating lineup of show regulars are on tap for the rest of the week.
CNN is considering hiring a comedian to host one of its prime time shows. The “news entertainment” personality could fill the 9 to 11 p.m. hours with a nontraditional version of the news, five people familiar with the planning said. CNN executives have floated names including Bill Maher, Trevor Noah, Arsenio Hall and Jon Stewart, and have looked at other comedic news-focused talk shows for inspiration.
Exclusives
On the eve of entering the comedy hall of fame, the former host of The Daily Show is already in his second act.
The 59-year-old Stewart rose to prominence as a standup comic and host of multiple failed talk shows before taking over Comedy Central’s The Daily Show in 1999. His 16-year run as Daily Show host turned him into a cultural and political force as Stewart trained his satirical eye on both politics and an increasingly polarized national media.
The streamer is teasing its forthcoming “The Problem With Jon Stewart,” which will apparently include the former “Daily Show” host grilling U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen.
Stewart will host an hour-long, current affairs series that will explore topics of national interest as well as his advocacy work, the streaming service said Tuesday.
NEW YORK (AP) — Jon Stewart gave a heartfelt send-off to Larry Wilmore Thursday as “The Nightly Show” ended its 19-month run. “I just decided to stop by and tell […]
Stewart, 53, who became an icon in entertainment and political commentary during his 16-year run as host of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, will be launching his new program on HBO “sometime in September or October,” according to the network’s programming president, Casey Bloys.
Jon Stewart Fires Back At Trump Speech
NEW YORK (AP) — Jon Stewart has told Donald Trump’s supporters they can’t take America back, because they “don’t own” the country in a riff that mirrored his signature segments […]
TV news is corrupt and incentivized to accentuate conflict over clarity, with Washington’s media and politicians constituting “an incredibly corrupt and blinded, symbiotic terrarium,” according to Jon Stewart. The comic-satirist and longtime TV host left no doubt that he’s not softened toward the media, government or the political process since exiting The Daily Show during an appearance at the University of Chicago.
NEW YORK (AP) — Fresh from “The Daily Show,” Jon Stewart has signed on with HBO in an exclusive four-year production pact. HBO said Tuesday the partnership will start with […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The former host of “The Daily Show” and his wife are transforming their New Jersey farm into a sanctuary for neglected animals. Jon and Tracey Stewart […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Jon Stewart said goodbye to “The Daily Show” on Thursday, America’s foremost satirist of politicians and the media ushered out by Bruce Springsteen and a reunion […]
Jon Stewart’s ‘Daily Show’ Legacy
The Wall Street Journal Senior Editor Chris Farley reports on Jon Stewart’s legacy, influence on latenight TV and the Daily Show’s impact on how people perceive real news.
To engage privately with the president in his inner sanctum at two sensitive moments — previously unreported meetings that are listed in the White House visitor logs and confirmed by three former Obama aides — speaks volumes about Stewart and his reach, which goes well beyond the million or so viewers who tune into The Daily Show on most weeknights. Love Stewart’s jokes or hate them, he has proven to be a unique voice who is capable of turning in-the-weeds policy discussions into viral video sensations that the country is still talking about the next morning.
President Barack Obama criticized the media Tuesday for letting its fascination with “shiny objects” distract from more important issues. “The media are a bunch of different medias. Some get on my nerves more than others,” the president said during an appearance on The Daily Show, his last with Jon Stewart as host. Stewart had asked Obama whether the media was “inflammatory” and “focused on the wrong things.”
NEW YORK (AP) — Jon Stewart enters the home stretch of his 16 years on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” on Monday, with 12 more nights of jokes at the […]
Jon Stewart now has a firm departure date from Comedy Central’s The Daily Show. The comic announced on Monday’s program that he will leave the show after its Aug. 6 broadcast.
Stewart’s decision to retire as host of the satirical news show after 16 years has left liberal America in mourning. So why is he leaving just before an election — and what will happen when he steps out from behind the desk?
