Jon Stewart heading back to host ‘The Daily Show’ — with one catch

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“The Daily Show.”The comedian, 61, was the longtime host of the Comedy Central satirical news program from 1999 until 2015. Stewart will be the series emcee starting Feb.

12; however, there is just one small change.He will only host the Monday episodes, with guests taking over from Tuesdays to Thursdays.His part-time gig was announced on Wednesday by Showtime and MTV Entertainment Studios.He will helm the Monday show through the 2024 presidential election season and into 2025.“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, Chief Executive of Showtime and MTV Entertainment Studios, noted in a statement.“In our age of staggering hypocrisy and performative politics,” McCarthy continued. “Jon is the perfect person to puncture the empty rhetoric and provide much-needed clarity with his brilliant wit.”Once the former Oscars host left the show almost a decade ago, Trevor Noah was put on as his replacement.

Stewart then had a show on Apple TV+ called “The Problem With Jon Stewart” for two seasons. However, he parted ways with the steamer in October 2023, and his series ended quickly due to executives seemingly having too much control over his sensitive subject matter.The South African-born funnyman departed “The Daily Show” in December 2022.Last year, a rotating cast of guest emcees took over each week, including stars such as Leslie Jones, Charlemagne The God, and Kal Penn.Rumors swirled last summer that Hasan Minhaj was eyed as a frontrunner to replace Noah, 39.