Jon Stewart To Hit TV Screen With "The Daily Show" Again After 8 Years

Jon Stewart hosted "The Daily Show" for 16 years and now after 7 years' gap he will host it again on each Monday night.

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00:00 An American comedian and political commentator, John Stewart is back to his television show,

00:06 The Daily Show. John Stewart once hosted the show for a long time, almost 16 years,

00:13 and he left the show in 2015. Now, he is back with his unbeatable hosting skills after 8 years.

00:21 But there is a little twist. We won't be able to see John for the entire week. John will work

00:27 as a part-time host for The Daily Show. During the US presidential election period,

00:33 from February till November, John will have one episode per week on Monday night. He has

00:39 one more responsibility as an executive producer of the show. On the remaining days, Desi Lydic,

00:46 Michael Kosta, and Ronny Hsing will handle the show as a host. People say that John Stewart's

00:53 return is to save Comedy Central as it struggles to get viewership. Many praised Stewart's decision

01:01 to come back. CEO of MTV and Showtime, Chris McCarthy, lauded him, saying, "John Stewart is

01:09 the voice of our generation, and we are honored to have him return to Comedy Central's The Daily

01:16 Show to help us all make sense of insanity and division roiling the country as we enter the

01:23 election season." When he was asked about the reason behind leaving the show, he said that

01:29 he wasn't getting the satisfaction he used to get earlier, even though the show was running quite

01:35 well. Now, Comedy Central's struggle is over and John will take the screen with his extraordinary

01:42 skills.

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