Jon Stewart returned to host The Daily Show on Monday night, and it’s taking a toll on him, as he also fronted the show last Thursday.
“I hosted on Thursday, and I’m back on Monday,” he jokingly said. “I just don’t know how much longer I could do this — barely any rest. [I] just slept in a hyperbaric chamber all weekend.”
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Stewart was absent from the show last Monday as he traded hosting duties for Thursday. The move was to accommodate Stewart being in Los Angeles for the Netflix Is a Joke festival and appearing on John Mulaney’s live show. Jordan Klepper took over Mondays, while Stewart did hosting duties on Thursday.
Despite Stewart joking he barely got any rest from The Daily Show, it recently was announced that he would be adding to his job duties with a new podcast from Comedy Central set to launch in June titled The Weekly Show.
“After much reflection, meditation and prayer, I have decided to extend my work week to two days,” Stewart said in a statement. “All hail Comedy Central!”
On Monday’s show, Stewart discussed Senator Menendez’s corruption trial and opened up the many examples of corruption in Congress.
Stewart returned to The Daily Show during the presidential election year, and the show will cover the Republican and Democratic national conventions this summer.
The Daily Show will air a full week of shows from the RNC in Milwaukee (July 15-18) and the DNC in Chicago (August 19-22), respectively, airing weeknights at 11 p.m. ET/PT.
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I’m just here to read highly intelligent debates by anonymous and anonymous.
Should have taken a cue from Tarantino. Go out on top.
Except Tarantino is still planning on directing one more movie, so whether he goes out on top is still up in the air.
Jon Stewart should just return full time to the daily show. It’s his show. And everyone should stop pretending anyone else can take his place. He’s the best.
I feel the same way. I can’t wait for his Monday show, but knowing Tuesday through Friday will be void of his talented self is saddening. It’s just as painful as having my hero Rachel Maddow now only on Monday!
Meh. It’s his show the way Joker is Heath Ledger’s role. Kids like it, but real grown-ups know that Jack (or, in this case, Craig Kilbourne) did it better. Stewart has never once “dance, dance, dance”d on a Thursday!
“Kids”? Nobody under 40 is watching the daily show haha
I now love the show again! I love that John is back, I wish he would continue long into the future. I especially like the rotating cast performances, they do not need another host, they do the job perfectly.
It was stupid to return. Time has clearly passed him, and “progressives” et al, by.
Disagree. Bigly.
It was a bit
he was doing a bit, on his comedy show
because he only works one day a week, thats the premise of the bit
It doesn’t make OP’s comment any less factual.
The commenters ITT seem to think that campus demonstrations are a reflection of the majority of our generation. I graduated in 2022 and EVERY protest I saw were mostly weirdos over 40 that had no business being there.
I pretend to be a young college graduate on anonymous forums too!
Clowns. People have a right to peaceful demonstrations in this country. I guess your idea of protesting is closer to defecating on representatives’ offices and terrorizing police in the capitol.
Who name calls like a middle schooler and pouts when he doesn’t get his way? Trump. If you find him an inspiring leader then you are not mature. If you find lying, bullying, and ignorance flattering then keep on that path.
He isn’t progressive at all, you are just so right wing that you’ve descended into facism.
If you don’t think Jon Stewart’s a lefty, you’re delusional.
Not being a 1%er and voting Republican is delusional. There’s still room for you to rejoin reality.
The old “you’re fascist” retort. As cringy in 2020 and ridiculous
lol the delusion is real. Gen Z is pretty darn progressive and voting more than Genx and Millennials. thankfully the backwards ways of the dinosaurs in power will be soon and slowly fixed. also I’m not even GenZ.
I was born in 1999 and this could not be more incorrect
If you honestly think the right hasn’t grown significantly & objectively more fascist in just the past ~8 years, you’ve actually lost your mind — as further evidenced by your defense from the “GenZ” label that no one other yourself had even referenced.
cool stuff
Or time is passing you by.