A popular culture snark-fest beneath its authentic host, Craig Kilborn, “The Day by day Present” advanced right into a topical satire after Stewart took over in 1999, and it turned a information supply for parts of its viewers, at the same time as Stewart maintained that his major objective was to entertain, not inform. It was additionally a prolific expertise incubator: Alumni together with Stephen Colbert, John Oliver, Samantha Bee and Hasan Minhaj went on to host their very own exhibits. Others, like Steve Carell, Ed Helms and Jessica Williams, discovered success in Hollywood.
It was one other former “Day by day Present” correspondent, Noah, who succeeded Stewart as host. However the present’s rankings and profile declined, a part of a basic downturn within the cultural relevance of late-night exhibits within the streaming age. On the similar time, Stewart’s personal post-“Day by day Present” skilled efforts have been lackluster. A deal to develop a topical animated present for HBO went nowhere, and his discuss present for Apple TV+, “The Downside With Jon Stewart,” ended final yr after 20 episodes when Stewart and Apple executives disagreed over the present’s inventive route.
There was maybe a refined reference to Stewart’s earlier job on “The Day by day Present” on Monday evening. “We’re going to have a lot we’re going to speak about this yr,” he stated. “Clearly, the elections, possibly we’ll speak about China, possibly we’ll speak about A.I., possibly one thing somewhat lighter, Israel-Palestine.” Synthetic intelligence and China have been two of the topics that created friction at “The Downside.”
“The Downside” by no means bought a lot traction, other than producing just a few viral interview clips and receiving an Emmy nomination final yr for excellent selection discuss collection. In a twist, that award went as an alternative to “The Day by day Present,” the one time the Noah model gained. Stewart’s “Day by day Present” gained the award for excellent selection collection award 10 instances in a row, from 2003 to 2012.
In an interview on “CBS Mornings” on Monday, Stewart stated he’s returning to “The Day by day Present” as a result of he desires a platform in the course of the election.
