Jon Stewart will return to the Comedy Central series “The Daily Show” eight years after he stepped down as host. Stewart will host the show every Monday starting on February 12. A rotating lineup of regular correspondents will host on other days.
The news comes on the heels of Apple TV+’s cancellation of the “The Problem With Jon Stewart” series. The show was allegedly canceled due to creative differences between Stewart and Apple executives. Apple was reportedly displeased with some of the guests Stewart had planned for season 3, as well as some of the topics he wanted to cover, including China and artificial intelligence. (China makes up a large portion of Apple’s revenue.)
Stewart on Wednesday tweeted that he has “decided to enter the transfer portal for my last year of eligibility.”
Apple signed a multi-year pact in 2020 with the former host of “The Daily Show.” The deal marked Stewart’s return to television following a 2015 retirement.
Stewart will be hosting the series during the 2024 presidential election year. In a statement, Paramount Media Networks CEO said that Stewart is the “voice of our generation” and that he will help “make sense of the insanity and division roiling the country as we enter the election season.”