Jon Stewart to stay at ‘The Daily Show’ through the 2028 election

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Jon Stewart will remain at the helm of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” through December 2028, extending his once-a-week hosting role through the next presidential election.

Skydance announced the two-year extension on Monday, resolving uncertainty about Stewart’s contract, which was due to expire in December.

The new deal means one of television’s most prominent critics of President Donald Trump is staying in place for the rest of Trump’s term.

Stewart will continue hosting on Monday nights, an arrangement in place since January 2024, and serving as executive producer of the series. The satirical newscast’s correspondents “will continue to share hosting duties Tuesday – Thursday,” Skydance said.

The agreement is Stewart’s longest extension since returning to the program , following two successive one-year renewals.

And it is one of the first major programming announcements from the newly enlarged Skydance, which was formed earlier this month when Paramount Skydance acquired Warner Bros. Discovery, CNN’s parent company.

“Jon Stewart is a generational talent and The Daily Show continues to be one of the most influential franchises on television and a cornerstone of Comedy Central,” George Cheeks, Skydance TV’s co-chair and chief content officer, said in a statement. “We are excited to continue our partnership with Jon and his award winning news team.”

The decision to keep Stewart comes amid financial and political scrutiny of late-night television — including last year’s decision by Paramount’s prior management to cancel “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.”

Stewart was an executive producer of his friend Colbert’s show and harshly criticized the cancellation, rejecting Paramount’s financial justification and accusing the company of bending the knee to the president.

Viewers wondered at the time if Stewart might be next to be canceled, especially given Skydance chief David Ellison’s efforts to establish close ties with the Trump administration.

Ellison hosted a dinner honoring the president earlier this year, and after the Warner merger closed, Trump praised Ellison and his father, billionaire Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, as “terrific people.”

When Ellison was asked about Trump after the merger took effect, Ellison emphasized that his company had relationships with politicians from both parties in the US. “It’s important to talk to everyone on both sides of the aisle,” he said. “We don’t want to politicize.”

Stewart originally left “The Daily Show” in 2015, handing the program to Trevor Noah, who departed in December 2022. Stewart’s 2024 return brought a familiar face back to the franchise during that presidential election cycle, and this new agreement keeps him in place through the next one.

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乔恩·斯图尔特将继续主持喜剧中心频道的《每日秀》节目，直至 2028 年 12 月，这意味着他将每周主持一次节目，直到下届总统大选结束。

天空之舞周一宣布与斯图尔特续约两年，解决了此前关于斯图尔特合同的不确定性，他的合同原定于12月到期。

这项新协议意味着，电视界最著名的特朗普总统批评者之一将在特朗普剩余的任期内继续留任。

斯图尔特将继续主持周一晚间的节目，这一安排自2024年1月起就已生效，同时他也会担任该系列节目的执行制片人。天空之舞传媒表示，这档讽刺新闻节目的记者们“将继续轮流主持周二至周四的节目”。

这是斯图尔特重返该项目以来最长的续约协议，此前他曾连续两次续约一年。

这是新扩充后的 Skydance 发布的首批重大节目公告之一。Skydance 于本月初由 Paramount Skydance 收购 CNN 母公司 Warner Bros. Discovery 而成立。

天空之舞电视公司联席主席兼首席内容官乔治·奇克斯在一份声明中表示：“乔恩·斯图尔特是一位具有划时代意义的人才，《每日秀》一直是电视上最具影响力的节目之一，也是喜剧中心频道的基石。我们很高兴能继续与乔恩及其屡获殊荣的新闻团队合作。”

在深夜电视节目面临财务和政治审查之际，决定留住斯图尔特——其中包括派拉蒙前管理层去年决定取消《斯蒂芬·科尔伯特深夜秀》。

斯图尔特是他朋友科尔伯特的节目的执行制片人，他严厉批评了节目的取消，拒绝接受派拉蒙的财务理由，并指责该公司向总统屈服。

当时观众们都在猜测，斯图尔特会不会是下一个被取消的节目，尤其是考虑到天空之舞传媒总裁大卫·埃里森努力与特朗普政府建立密切联系。

今年早些时候，埃里森举办了一场晚宴来款待总统。在华纳合并完成后，特朗普称赞埃里森和他的父亲、亿万富翁甲骨文公司联合创始人拉里·埃里森是“非常棒的人”。

合并生效后，当被问及特朗普时，埃里森强调他的公司与美国两党政界人士都有联系。“与两党人士对话非常重要，”他说，“我们不想将政治化。”

斯图尔特最初于 2015 年离开《每日秀》，将节目交给了特雷弗·诺亚，诺亚于 2022 年 12 月离开。斯图尔特在 2024 年总统大选期间回归，为该节目带来了一张熟悉的面孔，而这份新协议将使他继续留任至下一个总统大选。