Jon Stewart isn’t quite ready to let go of his weekly Daily Show gig.
Comedy Central announced Monday that Stewart has signed an extension that will keep him as a once-a-week host and full-time executive producer of The Daily Show through December 2025. The news comes just over nine months after Stewart made a deal to return to the show he hosted from 1998-2015.
That initial deal had Stewart hosting the show once a week (usually Monday nights) through the presidential election. With Election Day looming (and Stewart set to host a live, hour-long special on Nov. 5), the extension will keep Stewart on The Daily Show through the first year of the next president’s term.
“Jon’s incisive intellect and sharp wit make him one of the most important voices in political and cultural commentary today,” said Chris McCarthy, Paramount Global Co-CEO and president/CEO of Showtime & MTV Entertainment Studios. “His ability to cut through the noise and deliver clear-eyed insights is exactly what we need, which is why we are thrilled to have him leading The Daily Show for another year.”
Said Stewart in a statement, “I’ve truly enjoyed being back working with the incredible team at The Daily Show and Comedy Central. I was really hoping they’d allow me to do every other Monday, but I’ll just have to suck it up.”
As has been the case since Stewart’s return, The Daily Show’s regular correspondents — Ronny Chieng, Jordan Klepper, Michael Kosta and Desi Lydic — will continue to rotate hosting duties Tuesday through Thursday each week.
The Daily Show won its second straight Emmy for best talk series in September, and ratings have improved substantially since Stewart’s return in February. The show has averaged more than 1 million viewers (including a week of Nielsen-measured delayed viewing, but excluding streaming) for the past three quarters, almost doubling the total for a series of guest hosts in the final months of 2023.
Jen Flanz is the showrunner for The Daily Show and executive produces with Stewart and James “Baby Doll” Dixon.