“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,” Chris McCarthy, president and CEO of Paramount Media Networks, said in a statement.
“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.”
Stewart headlined the satirical talk show from 1999 to 2015, turning it into a cultural behemoth where interview clips and segments frequently went viral for days after they aired.
The show won 24 Emmys under Stewart and helped launch the careers of other successful comedians, including Stephen Colbert, John Oliver and Samantha Bee.
Since then, Comedy Central had been cycling through a rotating cast of guest hosts to fill the void, including Charlamagne tha God, Sarah Silverman, Leslie Jones and Michelle Wolf.
Comedian Hasan Minhaj was seen as a leading candidate to take the gig, but a New Yorker report on his embellished personal stories may have hurt his chances.
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“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,” Chris McCarthy, president and CEO of Paramount Media Networks, said in a statement.
“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.”
Stewart headlined the satirical talk show from 1999 to 2015, turning it into a cultural behemoth where interview clips and segments frequently went viral for days after they aired.
The show won 24 Emmys under Stewart and helped launch the careers of other successful comedians, including Stephen Colbert, John Oliver and Samantha Bee.
Since then, Comedy Central had been cycling through a rotating cast of guest hosts to fill the void, including Charlamagne tha God, Sarah Silverman, Leslie Jones and Michelle Wolf.
Comedian Hasan Minhaj was seen as a leading candidate to take the gig, but a New Yorker report on his embellished personal stories may have hurt his chances.
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