Jon Stewart says he’s leaving The Daily Show
By Sean O'Neal@seanoneal
Feb 10, 2015 5:38 PM
Ending one of the most venerable and trusted careers in making a complete mockery of the news, Jon Stewart has announced that he is stepping down as host of The Daily Show. According to sources who were there (some of whom are already passing word along on social media), Stewart let the news slip at the taping of today’s episode, telling those in the audience that he’s retiring. No word yet on when exactly he’s leaving, whether this means he’s ending his time in the anchor chair to focus on being a Serious Movie Director now, or just how much this is Brian Williams’ fault. Presumably all of this information will be revealed in time—and delivered by Stewart himself tonight on your television. We’ll update when we have more.
holdtite jon stewart for providing liberals an angst outlet during the shitty ass bush years :bow2
I know people are gonna try and pass it off like pffft I'm coo...did i mention whetevs??, but Stewart and Colbert were such a huge part of what made the '00s less shitty. It might be time for both of them to move on, but don't pretend like losing them both in a year isn't a thing.
holdtite jon stewart for providing liberals an angst outlet during the shitty ass bush years :bow2
Jessica Williams da gawd movin on up
:lawd
All the praise here is warranted, but the writing was on the wall for at least a couple years if not more.
RIP comedy central :trash
All the praise here is warranted, but the writing was on the wall for at least a couple years if not more.
RIP comedy central :trash
south park
although i wouldn't be surprised if that only has a few years left. when that's gone then they'll really have the fire under their ass.
All the praise here is warranted, but the writing was on the wall for at least a couple years if not more.
RIP comedy central :trash
south park
although i wouldn't be surprised if that only has a few years left. when that's gone then they'll really have the fire under their ass.
Tru, south park the GOAT
anyone else remember the days of actual stand-up comedy, followed by marathons of Dr. Katz?
Haven't seen The Nightly Show but Larry was killin it since way before Daily Show, so i should give it a go
It's great. He did a thing with black fathers last week and it was :heartbeat
I never really watched the Daily Show consistently. There was a period last year when I first got me Roku that I'd watch it a few times a week on Plex, but after awhile I moved on. Id rather watch a noteworthy clip here or there. The full show wasnt really my thing. His interviews were often hit or miss: a mixture of soft balls, him getting rolled by policy folks, etc. I enjoyed the one with Raza Aslan or whatever his name is, that was insightful. And the Nancy Pelosi one was cringeworthy in the sense of exposing her as nothing more than a talking head.
Overall it felt kind of circle jerky for me. Perhaps I read too much stuff, so seeing it rehashed or abbreviated on the show wasn't really interesting.
Yeah, we also deserve a nice circlejerk too
His interviews were often hit or miss: a mixture of soft balls, him getting rolled by policy folks, etc.What a smug opinion, the show was the pinnacle of hard-hitting intellectual debate and accountability journalism. Just because your right-wing heroes like Tucker Carlson and Jim Cramer were destroyed forever from orbit by Stewart personally (who writes the entire show himself) and made you look bad as a supporter is no reason to deny reality.
Colbert GONE
Stewart GOING
South Park only has a few seasons left
What does Comedy Central have after this? Key And Peele?
I know after Colbert they won't base another show on a joke character
I know after Colbert they won't base another show on a joke character, but Samantha Bee hosting a Nancy Grace-esque show would be UNGODLY
South Park has been :trash since at least Chef left
I grew up with The Daily Show. It hit its stride during the 2004 election—my last full year in high school—and was critical viewing when Barack Obama won the Democratic nomination and then the presidency, my last full year in college. I attended Stewart’s Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear in 2010 and have watched the show on a semi-regular basis for almost a decade. And as a liberal, college-educated millennial—the almost prototypical viewer for The Daily Show—I’m thrilled Stewart is leaving.
I’m not saying this because Stewart has given his time or deserves to try something new. I’m saying this because Jon Stewart, with his brand of left-leaning cynicism (sprinkled with occasional earnestness), is a bad example for the liberals who watch and love him.
The emblematic Stewart posture isn’t a joke or a witticism, it’s a sneer—or if we’re feeling kind, a gentle barb—coupled with a protest: I’m just a comedian. Sometimes, this is refreshing. Of everything Stewart can be proud of in his professional career, special attention goes to his appearance on an Oct. 15, 2004, episode of CNN’s Crossfire, then-hosted by Paul Begala and Tucker Carlson. In his now famous rant, Stewart goes after the two hosts—and cable news writ large—as bad for the country. “Stop, stop, stop, stop hurting America. … Right now, you’re helping the politicians and the corporations. And we’re left out there to mow our lawns,” he said.
More often however, Stewart’s stance is frustrating. His protests to the contrary, Stewart is a pundit, and like many pundits, he’s wed to a kind of anti-politics, where genuine difference doesn’t exist (or isn’t as relevant as we think) and political problem-solving is mostly a matter of will, knowledge, and technocratic know-how.
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Cable, however, isn’t the only forum for debate, and most political conversations aren’t as shallow as the ones you see on TV. On op-ed pages and around dinner tables, Americans have substantive conversations about politics. And while the facts aren’t always right, the discussion is often valuable. Stewart gives short shrift to that kind of talk. Instead, in the world of The Daily Show, the only politics is cable politics, where venality rules, serious disputes are obscured, and cynicism is the only response that works.
Not only does this discourage people who want to make a difference—like the earnest young viewers of Stewart’s audience—but it blurs the picture and makes it hard to see when those arguments really matter. It’s how we get the spectacle of Stewart’s rally, when tens of thousands of liberals gathered on the National Mall in Washington to hear an ode to civility—with an extended metaphor about the Lincoln Tunnel—as if Washington gridlock were a case of bad manners and not deep-seated ideological differences about government and its place in the world.
Again, there are times when this basic perspective is vital, when we need someone to bathe our government in light and mockery and challenge the dishonesty, incompetence, and self-seriousness of our leaders and elites. But this approach, which worked wonders during the Bush administration, isn’t always the best one. For liberals in particular, the idea that government is only hypocrisy and dysfunction is self-defeating and nihilistic.
The natural response to all of this is a version of Stewart’s protest—He’s just a comedian—and a refrain from The Dark Knight: Why so serious? The answer is easy: He’s influential. And for a generation of young liberals, his chief influence has been to make outrage, cynicism, and condescension the language of the left. As a comedian and talk show host, Jon Stewart has been pretty funny. But as a pundit and player in our politics, he’s been a problem. And while I wish him luck in his next move, I’m glad he’s stepping from the stage.
South Park has been :trash since at least Chef left
:what
South Park has been trash since some minor ass character left? More like "I stopped watching the show ten years ago just because."
South Park's recent season was awesome besides the last one or two episodes.
Best option would be Jason Jones and Samantha Bee co-hosting
I'd rather have bee hosting, period
I'd rather have bee hosting, period
racist :pacspit
It wasn't a problem when there were two white hosts in a row. :ufupI'd rather have bee hosting, period
racist :pacspit
Comedy Central already has a black host with his own show right after the daily show.
Colbert GONE
Stewart GOING
South Park only has a few seasons left
What does Comedy Central have after this? Key And Peele?
Drunk history - owns
@midnight - owns
Tosh.o - sucks
Colbert GONE
Stewart GOING
South Park only has a few seasons left
What does Comedy Central have after this? Key And Peele?
Drunk history - owns
@midnight - owns
Tosh.o - sucks
No ma'am, Tosh is okay by me. Always makes me laugh.
It wasn't a problem when there were two white hosts in a row. :ufupI'd rather have bee hosting, period
racist :pacspit
Comedy Central already has a black host with his own show right after the daily show.
The people in here suggesting Daily Show correspondents take the host's chair make me cock an eyebrow. They might be able to handle the first half of the show and celebrity guests, but when it comes to grilling politicians or waxing philosophic with nonfiction authors, I don't see them holding it together.
However I'm having a hard time picturing anybody that could fill that position. Maybe rope Rachel Maddow and drive the show even further out of comedy territory? She already injects a lot of bitter humor into her own show. Or maybe Charlie Brooker? I feel like he'd probably bring back some of that Kilborn vibe that all but disappeared during Stewart's tenure.
a channel called "Comedy Central"
a channel called "Comedy Central"
Cable channel names stopped meaning anything a long time ago.
The blows keep coming for Comedy Central in the quest to find a new host for The Daily Show: Longtime show correspondents Jason Jones and Samantha Bee are headed to TBS. The network has picked up an untitled comedy series executive-produced by the married pair and starring Jones as a dad taking his family on a road trip.
The sitcom itself is less important than what it augurs for Comedy Central, which has recently seen several Daily Show stars unwilling or unable to take over the powerful nightly franchise. Jessica Williams took herself out of contention to replace Jon Stewart; Stephen Colbert left for CBS, where he’s to replace David Letterman, before Stewart announced his own departure; John Oliver’s contract at HBO was just renewed, while Larry Wilmore’s show is still establishing itself in Comedy Central’s 11:30 p.m. timeslot.
Maybe the Daily Show is gonna get hosted by Depressing South African Guy from now on.
:fbm
Honestly, I feel like Last Week Tonight has surpassed the Daily Show in a lot of ways. Whether that's Stewart starting to lose his edge over time or John Oliver/Last Week Tonight just being better in general with what they're doing, I don't know.
Honestly, I feel like Last Week Tonight has surpassed the Daily Show in a lot of ways. Whether that's Stewart starting to lose his edge over time or John Oliver/Last Week Tonight just being better in general with what they're doing, I don't know.
30. Says Gov. Rick Scott's approval ratings are up.Politifact discredited.
Brian Kilmeade, April 15, 2001
According to one industry source, Comedy Central wanted to have a host who was not another white guy.I wonder what clout the show is going to have against the network now, Stewart's longevity and position allowed him a ton of freedom and even protected Colbert initially.
He’s cute but I have no sense of what he’s about. It’s been too soon since they hired him. Not that it makes any difference, I suppose. Just hire Rachel Maddow, if they can wrest her from MSNBC, which I doubt.
Rachel Maddow would be another excellent choice. She’s got deep experience in the political arena and she is also very funny while still able to make a point.
She’s one of very few women journalists out there right now who I think could make a serious go at the TDS desk and pull it off.
I think Comedy Central should give her a week and see how she does.
Fugelsang would be a fantastic choice. Or what about Kevin Pereira, who worked with Chris Hardwick and co-hosted G4’s Attack of the Show?
Don’t know what it is with these NETWORKS in the USA getting their talent from other countries.
I’m feeling more and more like I’m living in a foreign country. CNN puts on Limmies telling us how our elections are going in our own country!
Hoping for a funny female as there are zero headlining a show like this. Tired of the excuses and think it will expand the audience and the conversation. I don’t expect it out of the Daily show as Jon Stewarts blind spot has always been and remains sexism. Even Hollywood is catching on to the female audience now, come on Daily Show.
Tina Fey, Rachel Maddow, Jessica Williams should be considered for starters.
America ain't ready for an Indian guy to have his own show. Maybe in another decade or two.Aziz Ansari set you guys back several decades.
America ain't ready for an Indian guy to have his own show. Maybe in another decade or two.You're just upset because MSNBC cancelled your show.
entertaining in random one on ones just being himself like when he was in Mind of a Chef.Are we like the four people on earth who watched that?
Keep him in shows, keep him away from the microphone and having to write for himself.How dare you, Human Giant was a human achievement.
Maddow though? Good lord no. She's not bad at what she does but I can only take so much hand wringing over the Koch Brothers, Chris Christie, and whatever else she's complaining about while trying to seem hilariously outraged.I don't even understand why a fan of hers would want her to go from a bigger stage (however large MSNBC is...its a bigger stage among politicos and media dopes) and a hour to a half hour where she has to try and pull off comedy segments that generally go well beyond just Republican/Fox News mocking. It seems like such a show would immediately become what conservatives accuse the Daily Show of being.
Aziz Ansari set you guys back several decades.
Not really. I don't care overly for Aziz but he's hardly the Indian Carlos Mencia so to speak.
At least Russell Peters isn't super mainstream.
He has specials on Netflix doe :fbm
But even he's not a Carlos Mencia / Kevin Hart level garbageman. Predictable, embarrassing and a hack that sort of reminds you of your corny cousins from Ontario but doesn't ever reach that sublime tier of Dane Cookesque obnoxiousness.
Whereas MSNBC doesn't know how to operate while their preferred party is in power. They do some smug pats on the back but only by citing studies and recently released reports and zzzz.James Taranto of the WSJ has this theory, premised on a dominantly Democratic media, that because Democrats are so rarely challenged (and often even supported in their narratives) to the extent that Republicans are by the media that this leads to Democrats mostly not knowing how to react to certain situations. Especially when the media does turn against them.
Also they love wallowing in helplessness.
Total Day P2+ (000s) 25-54 (000s) 35-64 (000s)
FOXN 1,279 233 472
CNN 626 181 304
MSNBC 363 65 141
CNBC 167 67 89
FBN 54 9 21
HLN 256 107 131Net 5PM P2+ (000s) 25-54 (000s) 35-64 (000s)
FOXN FIVE, THE 2,162 293 644
CNN Situation Room 942 231 488
MSNB Ed Show 506 62 166
CNBC FAST MONEY 130 45 85
HLN FORENSIC FILES 105 34 46Net 6PM P2+ (000s) 25-54 (000s) 35-64 (000s)
FOXN SPECIAL RPT 2,160 340 720
CNN Situation Room 786 244 417
MSNB POLITICS NATION 513 68 171
CNBC Mad Money 187 77 117
HLN FORENSIC FILES 84 27 43Net 7PM P2+ (000s) 25-54 (000s) 35-64 (000s)
FOXN ON THE RECORD 1,998 361 687
CNN ERIN BURNETT 773 270 393
MSNB Hardball 754 112 267
CNBC AMERICAN GREED 160 72 98
HLN FORENSIC FILES 172 42 70Net 8PM P2+ (000s) 25-54 (000s) 35-64 (000s)
FOXN THE OREILLY FACTOR 2,389 405 849
CNN Anderson Cooper 360 794 271 415
MSNB ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES 573 85 211
CNBC Shark Tank 513 268 228
HLN Nancy Grace 274 85 141Net 9PM P2+ (000s) 25-54 (000s) 35-64 (000s)
FOXN KELLY FILE, THE 2,166 431 842
CNN Anderson Cooper 360 656 197 291
MSNB Rachel Maddow Show 765 120 311
CNBC AMERICAN GREED 329 167 179
HLN Dr. Drew ON CALL 264 58 111Net 10PM P2+ (000s) 25-54 (000s) 35-64 (000s)
FOXN Hannity 1,381 331 604
CNN CNN TONIGHT 692 209 328
MSNB Last Word 540 72 176
CNBC AMERICAN GREED 271 141 138
HLN FORENSIC FILES 457 179 197Net 11PM P2+ (000s) 25-54 (000s) 35-64 (000s)
FOXN THE OREILLY FACTOR 954 248 420
CNN CNN TONIGHT 423 154 251
MSNB ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES 224 46 98
CNBC AMERICAN GREED 196 104 103
HLN FORENSIC FILES 577 209 287 P2+ = viewers over the age of 2Guess we aren't allowed to know what viewers 2 and under prefer.
(25-54) = Adults 25-54 viewing
(35-64) = Adults 35-64 viewing
Trevor Noah has been selected to become the next host of the Emmy® and Peabody® Award-winning The Daily Show.
Noah joined The Daily Show in 2014 as a contributor. He made his U.S. television debut in 2012 on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and has also appeared on Late Show with David Letterman, becoming the first South African stand-up comedian to appear on either late night show. Noah has hosted numerous television shows including his own late night talk show in his native country, Tonight with Trevor Noah.
He was featured on the October 2014 cover of GQ South Africa and has been profiled in Rolling Stone, Newsweek and The Wall Street Journal, and by CNN and NPR’s Talk of the Nation, among others. He continues to tour all over the world and has performed in front of sold out crowds at the Hammersmith Apollo in London and the Sydney Opera House in Australia.
Plus Richard's rant wasn't even comedy, it was a comedian bombing and attacking a heckler. And by "attack" I don't mean like Bill Burr annihilating Philadelphia fans. It shouldn't take a genius to recognize what Richards did was wrong.
Someone on GAF pointed out that pre-internet, comedians would go to dive bars to try out new or controversial bits. If it didn't work they'd scrap it and no one would know shit. Now twitter and other mediums lead to bad jokes never disappearing.
Let's not pretend that Buzzfeed, Gawker, or Tumblr is worth a shit. Those shitshows only care about clicks.
The biggest issue the show will face is if ratings drop. If they drop like The Nightly Show has been dropping, Comedy Central will just scrap both shows for reruns of South Park. You slapnuts better be tuning in.
Bill Maher is a bit like the television equivalent of the New Yorker or Pitchfork. The actual content ranges from :trash to mildly entertaining but at the end of the day it only exists to help you enjoy the rich piquancy of your own farts
many a contender have come and gone, yet bill maher still remains the GOAT punchable face of our generation.
:beli :heh
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nah. i mean, this is literally all I see in google image searchmany a contender have come and gone, yet bill maher still remains the GOAT punchable face of our generation.
:beli :heh
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many a contender have come and gone, yet bill maher still remains the GOAT punchable face of our generation.
:beli :heh
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Not that mr. Cruz isn't punchable, but his punchability, much like Mahers is more a result of his actions than any outstanding facial punchability. If I were to rate faces based on how much they attract fists moving at high speeds, I'd rate Ted Cruz as a 'cantankerous passive aggressive dad at a little league baseball game' out of ten , whereas Seann William Scott is like a 'oblivion character creator product designed to have the most annoying possible resting face' out of ten.
As for details of Bee’s new show, those are still being worked out, she says.
“It’s definitely a show, hosted by me, that will be mostly current events-based,” she says cryptically.
“If you’ve enjoyed my work on The Daily Show, there will be something tonally similar, I would say. A continuation of the things I like to do.”
The timeslot has yet to be determined, she adds, but she doesn’t rule out the possibility of late night: “Let’s call it a late-night show, for now.”
“I’m super-excited about that, I’m really ready for a breath of fresh air in that world,” she says, noting few female hosts have been able to break into that domain.