# John Oliver is leaving "The Daily Show" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 15, 2013, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-oliver-is-leaving-the-daily-show/673948 "2013-11-15T00:03:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-oliver-is-leaving-the-daily-show/673948/21 "2013-11-15T19:39:51Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I think Riggle has made two cameos in five years. It’s not like he or Carell is back every other week or even every few months. Which is a shame. I don’t really understand that. I don’t get the impression that there’s any latent animosity, like these people left on bad terms or anything. And you know that the fans would love it. Plus the shows earn enough money that paying an appearance fee shouldn’t be the issue either, so I just don’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-oliver-is-leaving-the-daily-show/673948/22 "2013-11-15T19:47:27Z")
He is pretty funny on Community. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-oliver-is-leaving-the-daily-show/673948/23 "2013-11-15T19:47:27Z")
I doubt there is any animosity. These people are busy and moving on with their careers. Riggle has done other acting work and shot a few pilots\*, Rob Corddry has Children’s Hospital, and Carell is doing movies and probably whatever else he wants with his ungodly troves of money. And The Daily Show must be profitable but it does have a budget. \*He’s also filmed the first episodes for a few prospective TV shows! ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-oliver-is-leaving-the-daily-show/673948/24 "2013-11-15T19:58:23Z")
Riggle has been part of one of the network’s NFL coverage - he plays an idiot radio dj, I think. Beyond annoying. I think he is also Gil Thorpe, Phil Dunphy’s realtor nemesis on Modern Family…playing another douchebag. Both he and Jason Jones have the douchebag shtick down a bit too well for my tastes… ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-oliver-is-leaving-the-daily-show/673948/25 "2013-11-15T20:19:25Z")
I forgot- Oliver’s tenure is almost half of Jon Stewart’s time as host. Among the correspondents I think only Samantha Bee, Jason Jones and Stephen Colbert lasted longer. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-oliver-is-leaving-the-daily-show/673948/26 "2013-11-15T20:21:24Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Riggle has been part of one of the network’s NFL coverage - he plays an idiot radio dj, I think. Beyond annoying. I think he is also Gil Thorpe, Phil Dunphy’s realtor nemesis on Modern Family…playing another douchebag. There was talk of putting Rob Riggle’s character from Modern Family in a spin-off series. ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-oliver-is-leaving-the-daily-show/673948/27 "2013-11-15T20:36:00Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Both he and Jason Jones have the douchebag shtick down a bit too well for my tastes… Jones I don’t mind too much, but I find his wife is rarely funny. I’ve gotten to the point where I just fast forward over most of her bits. I was wondering if maybe some of those people, when they left, they wanted to make a clean break and not be haunted by their previous personas and so that’s why they don’t do what Oliver does and make frequent guest appearances. But at least in Riggle’s case, he seems like he’s still locked into the same schtick so if anything, the exposure should help him. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-oliver-is-leaving-the-daily-show/673948/28 "2013-11-15T20:45:01Z")
Remember that John Oliver is a writer for the show, so that’s one reason for his frequent appearances. ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-oliver-is-leaving-the-daily-show/673948/29 "2013-11-15T22:22:24Z")
I didn’t know that. I assumed they all contributed material. Maybe only some get writing credits though? I have no idea, but thanks. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-oliver-is-leaving-the-daily-show/673948/30 "2013-11-15T23:02:46Z")
No, my point is that those who left, whether or not they “made a clean break” are no longer on staff. John Oliver is still on staff. So he’s not really making “frequent guest appearances” or guest appearances of any sort. He’s a staffer. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-oliver-is-leaving-the-daily-show/673948/31 "2013-11-15T23:18:07Z")
I’ll miss him. I don’t have cable. I’ve been watching The Daily Show online, but I don’t think that’s an option for HBO. ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-oliver-is-leaving-the-daily-show/673948/32 "2013-11-15T23:31:46Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > No, my point is that those who left, whether or not they “made a clean break” are no longer on staff. John Oliver is still on staff. So he’s not really making “frequent guest appearances” or guest appearances of any sort. He’s a staffer. Soooo . . . he’s left but yet he hasn’t actually left? I guess if he’s still under contract and still getting paid, that would explain it. It seems to me though that being under contract as a writer has got to be different than having an obligation to appear as on-air talent. So I can see someone leaving the show as an on-air personality and continuing to make writing contributions w/o having any obligation to appear, so I’m not really sure that clears anything up. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-oliver-is-leaving-the-daily-show/673948/33 "2013-11-15T23:42:21Z")
He hasn’t, as far as I know, left yet. One article on the story says, “The network [HBO] announced Thursday that Mr. Oliver, who will be leaving “The Daily Show,” would star in a topical, weekly comedy series to start sometime next year.” Note the use of the future tense. ---
**Author:** ![Razar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d78d45/32.png) [@Razar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Razar)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2013, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-oliver-is-leaving-the-daily-show/673948/34 "2013-11-16T00:06:26Z")
In the latest Bugle he says that he leaves the Daily Show at the end of the year. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2013, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-oliver-is-leaving-the-daily-show/673948/35 "2013-11-16T18:54:41Z")
A good overview of the situation and how everybody wins: [» John Oliver’s Leaving ‘The Daily Show’ for HBO, and Somehow Everybody Wins](http://www.grantland.com/blog/hollywood-prospectus/post/_/id/92707/john-olivers-leaving-the-daily-show-for-hbo-and-somehow-everybody-wins) ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2013, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-oliver-is-leaving-the-daily-show/673948/36 "2013-11-16T19:20:12Z")
Good article, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2013, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-oliver-is-leaving-the-daily-show/673948/37 "2013-11-17T08:47:48Z")
Dear HBO: Please open up your website to Non-cable subscribers. I’ll pay a premium if I have too, just open the damn thing up! ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2013, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-oliver-is-leaving-the-daily-show/673948/38 "2013-11-17T14:17:54Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > A good overview of the situation and how everybody wins: [» John Oliver’s Leaving ‘The Daily Show’ for HBO, and Somehow Everybody Wins](http://www.grantland.com/blog/hollywood-prospectus/post/_/id/92707/john-olivers-leaving-the-daily-show-for-hbo-and-somehow-everybody-wins) While I get what that article is saying , I don’t consider it an “everybody wins” situation. I now have a choice of not watching Oliver, or paying money. Surely there are tons of people in the same situation. So yeah…Oliver wins. HBO wins. Comedy Central wins. Stewart wins. But the fans? Only the ones who currently get HBO “win.” ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2013, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-oliver-is-leaving-the-daily-show/673948/39 "2013-11-17T14:51:33Z")
At first, my thought was “Oh man, I’m gonna miss that guy”. And then I remembered the Colbert Report and thought, “Oh man, I’m gonna love this new show!” And then I remembered that HBO is sort of a thing in Germany and thought, “…God dammit”. ---
**Author:** ![MeanJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanjoe/32/5693_2.png) [@MeanJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanJoe)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-oliver-is-leaving-the-daily-show/673948/40 "2013-11-18T13:33:57Z")
I’m definitely in the minority but… good riddance. I never really found J.O. all that funny. The occasional bit would work for me but when he was hosting and it was him for the full 30-minutes, I completely tuned out. I haven’t really come back to TDS since actually. I won’t be watching his HBO show. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-oliver-is-leaving-the-daily-show/673948.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-oliver-is-leaving-the-daily-show/673948.md?page=3)