As Comedy Central continues its search for a full-time host of The Daily Show, the network announced on Wednesday that former host Jon Stewart will return to host the program on Mondays, starting on February 12, through the end of the year and executive produce the show through 2025.
Stewart was the host of the show from 1999-2015 and presided over massive ratings for the network that have been on the steady decline. However, those ratings came with a cost, as Stewart’s clown nose on, clown nose off routine has done great damage to comedy and political discourse.
On one hand, Stewart and his political comedy talk show host descendants want to use their “platforms” to discuss issues that matter to them and use humor to get their point across in a way that a dull white paper or cantankerous cable news segment does not. However, whenever someone calls…
