It's over. After 16 years as host of The Daily Show, Jon Stewart ended his legendary run with the show he made an international sensation. For his last show on the air, we had just four segments left with the man who became a news source for an entire generation. Just over an hour with a man who helped shape the opinions of so many people and launched the careers of superstars in the comedy world today.
So much news from Montreal! Gilbert Gottfried has a very strange OCD, Jeffrey Ross has an audience member forcibly removed, and Bill Burr proves that I'm a pushover. And that's just for starters.
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Trevor Noah, who will be taking over the Daily Show when Jon Stewart leaves next month, has officially moved to New York. His first impressions of living in the big apple are "it's loud."
Levity Entertainment launched a brand new venture to provide original content from the roster of comedians they manage and work with. The new YouTube Channel "Wait For It" will offer original comedy series via YouTube channel.
Comedy Central has announced via Twitter that Trevor Noah will start as the new host of The Daily Show on September 28th. Comedy Central also gave us a little peek of what Trevor's been doing at that desk when he thinks nobody is looking. Will it be "new and sexy"?
Fans of The Daily Show across the pond have said goodbye to Jon Stewart earlier than expected.
Comedy Central's UK branch made a brief announcement on their website that their channel, Comedy Central Extra, "will no longer broadcast The Daily Show."