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 Donald Trump is staying in place for the rest of Trump’s term.
Honestly surprising. I guess David Ellison figured Trump doesn’t watch cable anyway since he never seems to meltdown at Stewart’s shows, and with polls like they are, maybe he’s keeping his “just kidding left, I was on your side all along” options open in case the GOP won’t actually be able to fulfill their promise of a permanent corrupt oligarchy that the Ellisons have been betting on till now.