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As part of National First Responders Day, comedian and advocate Jon Stewart helped honor heroes in the heart of Times Square on Tuesday morning.The gathering was designed to celebrate the men and women from across the country who have risked their own lives to save others.
On this week's episode of 'The Daily Show,' Jon Stewart claimed Doanld Trump 'definitely' wants to serve a third term as president.
But shortly before the election, it was announced in October 2024 that Stewart would stay on as host of "The Daily Show" through 2025. He has continued to host only on Mondays, with the show's various correspondents taking over for him during the rest of the week.
The comedian, whose contract to host The Daily Show is up in December, said “we’re working on staying” during a conversation with New Yorker editor David Remnick at Sunday’s New Yorker Festival, when Remnick asked if the Comedy Central host was going to “sign another” contract.
When Zohran Mamdani visited The Daily Show, was he expecting to spend his time fielding Jon Stewart’s newest schemes? Stewart went big-brained while he had Mamdani on the October 27 episode of his talk show,
CBS News also appears to be taking a turn to the right with the hiring of Bari Weiss as editor-in-chief. Weiss is a “Trump-friendly figure,” MSNBC wrote recently. “CBS Evening News” anchor John Dickerson on Monday announced he is leaving the network at the end of the year.
Jon Stewart returned to 'The Daily Show' in 2024 and opened up about his plans following Paramount's merger with Skydance.
It has been unclear if Jon Stewart would remain at Comedy Central once his current contract expires with newly merged Paramount, a Skydance Corporation, installed as its parent company.
He returned to The Daily Show on February 12, 2024, hosting Monday nights and also serving as executive producer alongside his manager, James Dixon. He also began hosting The Weekly Show, a companion podcast, in May 2024. Stewart extended his contract in October 2024 to remain as host until the end of 2025.
ACSO 911 dispatcher Kayla Gillette Patten called the experience of being honored by Jon Stewart in Time Square "incredible."