# Jon Stewart to step down from The Daily Show **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 10, 2015, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-to-step-down-from-the-daily-show/712345 "2015-02-10T23:49:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-to-step-down-from-the-daily-show/712345/141 "2015-02-17T19:53:37Z")
I don’t think John Oliver was going to jump ship from HBO but in case he was considering it, HBO locked him [down for two years](http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/hbo-renews-last-week-tonight-so-john-oliver-wont-go-back-to-the-daily-show). ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-to-step-down-from-the-daily-show/712345/142 "2015-02-17T22:15:49Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Unfortunately the combination of brilliance, extremely well-read wit, humor, and quick-thinking is going to be hard to find even for megabucks. I _guess_ I could send in a demo tape. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2015, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-to-step-down-from-the-daily-show/712345/143 "2015-02-18T05:01:44Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Jimmy Carr would be a good idea, though he is committed to 8 out of 10 cats and other gigs. > > Dara O’brien or Charlie Brooker would also work, but both are committed to other shows. **Charlie Brooker** might be my top pick if I had my way. Getting Brooker to focus on American news might be hard, but he could probably do it. All those panel show suggestions and not the most obvious? [David Mitchell](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6vLp07ZePY)would be my pick. One sample related to the Daily Show’s remit: [a monologue re: politicians vs. the media (in this case, the BBC)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpE-VvkktIM). Alternately, Greg Proops. ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2015, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-to-step-down-from-the-daily-show/712345/144 "2015-02-18T05:07:28Z")
Clive Anderson? ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2015, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-to-step-down-from-the-daily-show/712345/145 "2015-02-18T06:12:22Z")
> [@Flywheel](#): > > Clive Anderson? No. I recall sometime in the '90s Clive Anderson hosting a travel documentary. He came off as a massive prick and not funny. His shtick doesn’t translate to anything that’s true satire or has some underlying seriousness. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2015, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-to-step-down-from-the-daily-show/712345/146 "2015-02-18T06:29:30Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > I don’t know why Chris Rock appeals to anyone. He had a schtick 15 years ago, and that’s about it. He’s never come off to me as particularly quick witted or clever, nor versatile. Lewis Black is the same deal - one trick pony. Lewis Black had a Comedy Central show. It was awful. Larry’s is far, far better. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2015, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-to-step-down-from-the-daily-show/712345/147 "2015-02-18T07:17:20Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Same thing happened to Jon Stewart before he got the Daily Show. And David Letterman, for that matter. > > That being said, after seeing him on the show this week, I’d go with [Bassem Youssef.](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bassem_Youssef) > > It’s not like he’s doing anything else these days. The hell ? How do you go from “cardiac transplant surgeon” to “professional funny guy” ? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2015, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-to-step-down-from-the-daily-show/712345/148 "2015-02-18T21:41:58Z")
[Oliver’s out.](http://www.salon.com/2015/02/18/john_oliver_exits_the_daily_show_hosting_sweepstakes_re_examining_the_search_to_replace_jon_stewart/) ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2015, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-to-step-down-from-the-daily-show/712345/149 "2015-02-18T22:12:25Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Oliver’s out.](http://www.salon.com/2015/02/18/john_oliver_exits_the_daily_show_hosting_sweepstakes_re_examining_the_search_to_replace_jon_stewart/) > [@Salon](#): > > However, the news also comes amid rampant speculating that Oliver might replacing his former boss, Jon Stewart, at the helm of “The Daily Show,” :smack: Sorry, it just bothers me that online articles by big-name publications so often contain grammatical and typographical errors. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2015, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-to-step-down-from-the-daily-show/712345/150 "2015-02-18T22:27:56Z")
[Jessica Williams is out – and pissed at the reaction to that.](http://www.salon.com/2015/02/18/lean_the_f_away_from_me_jessica_williams_impostor_syndrome_and_the_many_ways_we_serially_doubt_women/) ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-to-step-down-from-the-daily-show/712345/151 "2015-02-19T14:00:11Z")
> [@Flywheel](#): > > Clive Anderson? He must be, like, 100 by now. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-to-step-down-from-the-daily-show/712345/152 "2015-02-25T00:34:38Z")
[Samantha Bee and Jason Jones are out.](http://www.salon.com/2015/02/24/does_anybody_want_to_host_the_daily_show_the_search_to_replace_jon_stewart_just_got_harder/) ---
**Author:** ![BOOM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c4cdca/32.png) [@BOOM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BOOM)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-to-step-down-from-the-daily-show/712345/153 "2015-02-25T01:34:40Z")
I don’t understand people thinking in terms of a replacement, as if the show can continue without Stewart. Sure a different personality can fill the time slot and try to keep Comedy Central relevant. but it’s over. Stewart is unique. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-to-step-down-from-the-daily-show/712345/154 "2015-02-25T02:13:30Z")
> [@BOOM](#): > > I don’t understand people thinking in terms of a replacement, as if the show can continue without Stewart. > > Sure a different personality can fill the time slot and try to keep Comedy Central relevant. but it’s over. Stewart is unique. _shrug_ it started without him. He’s awesome and really changed the show from Craiggers but unless all the writers go too, the show can definitely give it a go to continue. ---
**Author:** ![planetcory](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/planetcory/32/1032_2.png) [@planetcory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/planetcory)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-to-step-down-from-the-daily-show/712345/155 "2015-02-25T02:19:05Z")
> [@BOOM](#): > > I don’t understand people thinking in terms of a replacement, as if the show can continue without Stewart. > > Sure a different personality can fill the time slot and try to keep Comedy Central relevant. but it’s over. Stewart is unique. John Oliver is successfully doing a similar thing with his own spin on it. Whoever they choose to replace Stewart, if they choose wisely, can absolutely do the same. Successfully create a similar thing with his/her own spin. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-to-step-down-from-the-daily-show/712345/156 "2015-02-25T02:20:05Z")
> [@BOOM](#): > > I don’t understand people thinking in terms of a replacement, as if the show can continue without Stewart. > > Sure a different personality can fill the time slot and try to keep Comedy Central relevant. but it’s over. Stewart is unique. The Daily Show as it currently exists needs Stewart. A comedy show at 11:00 that vaguely parodies the News doesn’t need him. Hell he wasn’t the first host. As I wrote way back in the early days of this thread, who ever gets the show would be making an error trying to replicate the current show (which for the record I will miss); they should make the show their own and do it in their voice, whatever that is. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-to-step-down-from-the-daily-show/712345/157 "2015-02-25T03:14:54Z")
The Daily Show is like the Tonight Show. It won’t be the same without Stewart, but it’s not supposed to be. If they try to make it the same, it will probably fail. But there’s no reason that a fresh new guy or gal can’t take it to another level. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-to-step-down-from-the-daily-show/712345/158 "2015-02-25T03:34:26Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Jessica Williams is out – and pissed at the reaction to that.](http://www.salon.com/2015/02/18/lean_the_f_away_from_me_jessica_williams_impostor_syndrome_and_the_many_ways_we_serially_doubt_women/) > [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Samantha Bee and Jason Jones are out.](http://www.salon.com/2015/02/24/does_anybody_want_to_host_the_daily_show_the_search_to_replace_jon_stewart_just_got_harder/) They never were in. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-to-step-down-from-the-daily-show/712345/159 "2015-02-25T14:16:46Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > They never were in. By out, he meant they are leaving the show entirely. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-to-step-down-from-the-daily-show/712345/160 "2015-02-25T14:46:09Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > By out, he meant they are leaving the show entirely. If that’s what he meant, it was incorrect, at least with respect to Bee. From the article: > [@](#): > > Bee will remain on with “The Daily Show” in some capacity, according to a statement from Comedy Central. Jones, however, will not. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-to-step-down-from-the-daily-show/712345.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-to-step-down-from-the-daily-show/712345.md?page=9)