Trevor Noah Set to Depart ‘Daily Show’ December 8
variety.comBrian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Trevor Noah’s days at Comedy Central’s “Daily Show” are numbered. The comedian, who is in his seventh year of hosting the signature program of the Paramount Global network, is set to depart after a final appearance on the program on Thursday, December 8th.
The timeline gives Noah a chance to anchor the program as its cast makes its way to Atlanta for a midterm-election special, and to look back at his tenure on the series.
Comedy Central will place the show on hiatus after Noah’s farewell, and plans to bring it back on Tuesday, January 17 as part of what the network called a “reinvention.” Comedy Central did not name a successor for Noah, but is believed to be considering some of the show’s correspondents as part of its deliberations.
Noah, who came out of near anonymity to take over the program from Jon Stewart in 2015, revealed his exit plans to an audience at a late September taping of the program in New York, saying that “I’ve loved hosting this show.
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