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<em>The Daily Show</em> Is Better Than This

Jon Stewart is no longer the man for the job.
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What a bummer. When Roy Wood Jr. stood behind Trevor Noah two weeks ago while Noah was accepting an Emmy for The Daily Show—the show that Noah no longer hosted, the show that hasn’t had a permanent host since he left at the end of 2022—and silently mouthed, for all the world to see, “Please … hire … a … host,” Jon Stewart was probably not … who … he … meant.

Yes, Comedy Central announced today that, after a near-decade hiatus from its flagship program, to host the show on Monday nights through November’s presidential election, and then he’ll produce the show through 2025. The

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