# Roy Wood Jr. is leaving The Daily Show

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-wood-jr-is-leaving-the-daily-show/991148>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\
**Created:** [October 5, 2023, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-wood-jr-is-leaving-the-daily-show/991148 "2023-10-05T16:37:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-wood-jr-is-leaving-the-daily-show/991148/1 "2023-10-05T16:37:25Z")

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He’d love the top job, but there have been no indications that he has it or even who their choice of host will be from Comedy Central. Apparently, Hasan Minaj was a leading candidate, but they’ve cooled on him.

> **[Roy Wood Jr. says he's leaving 'The Daily Show' but he doesn't hold a grudge](https://www.npr.org/2023/10/05/1203743662/roy-wood-jr-daily-show)**
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> Late night TV has seen a recent exodus of non-white stars — from Desus and Mero and Ziwe to Trevor Noah himself.

I always found Wood to be immensely talented and funny, and I hope we see him in something new quite soon.

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**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-wood-jr-is-leaving-the-daily-show/991148/2 "2023-10-05T18:24:46Z")

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I imagine it will not be long before we see Roy in his own show in some format. I’ll certainly watch if able.

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**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-wood-jr-is-leaving-the-daily-show/991148/3 "2023-10-05T18:27:11Z")

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Wood and Jordan are the two I was hoping for. Minaj can be funny but he annoys the crap out of me most of the time.