Just like ABC must tout Disney products, CBS Mornings on Monday hailed the return of Jon Stewart as the Maddow-style Monday-only host of The Daily Show on Comedy Central. Gayle King noted both networks are part of Paramount Global, and co-host Tony Dokoupil kissed Stewart’s ring: “You`re now located atop the Paramount mountain, sir.”
King gushed: “I`m wondering if you`ve missed us as much as we`ve missed you — somebody writes about you, about Jon Stewart. “Jon Stewart was a voice of reason in my generation. It`s great to see him returning. There has been no better host of The Daily Show since he left.”
Stewart played bashful at that Trevor Noah-dissing. King asked “What went into your thought process about, “I want to come back, and I only want to come back one night a week for now”?
He referred to his canceled show on Apple TV. “I very much…
