‘The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Steps Up To The Desk

deadline.com:

Desi Lydic, like the majority of her Daily Show colleagues, was surprised on January 24 when it was revealed that Jon Stewart would return to host the long-running Comedy Central show.

There had been a lot of speculation about who was going to take over the desk vacated by Trevor Noah in December 2022, much of it by Deadline.

But she wasn’t expecting that. “It was pretty incredible news to hear that he was coming back. It was shocking and wonderful,” she told Deadline. “There were general conversations happening about news team coverage and being prepared to come on in a supporting capacity as a correspondent, but then also maybe have some desk time.

But it was very vague. We were checking in with each other, asking why do you think they’re being so vague about this. Then, we came in to an all hands meeting at the beginning of the year and we found out.” Stewart, however, decided that he only wanted to work one day a week, a major boon for Lydic and her fellow correspondents Ronny Chieng, Jordan Klepper and Michael Kosta, who would get their own chance at hosting, both solo and as part of desk duos.