“The Daily Show” will be hosted by Jon Stewart rather than Desi Lydic tonight. That hosting changeup was announced in the wake of ABC suspending Jimmy Kimmel’s show indefinitely after comments the late night host made about Charlie Kirk’s killer.
Rather pointedly, the guest for “The Daily Show” will be Maria Ressa, the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, CEO of Rappler, Columbia University professor and author of “How to Stand Up to a Dictator.” The episode will air on Comedy Central tonight at 11 p.m. ET/PT and will be available on Paramount+ the following morning.
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Since Jon Stewart returned to the Comedy Central show in 2024, the veteran has only been hosting on Mondays and allowing the show’s senior correspondents to take over from Tuesday until Thursday. The only exception was the 2024 election when Stewart hosted a live special on a Tuesday.
On Wednesday, ABC announced that “Jimmy Kimmel Live” would be “pre-empted indefinitely” after the late night host made a comment about Kirk’s killer. Specifically, on Monday Kimmel said, “We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it.”
The comment garnered the attention of FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, who threatened both ABC and the network’s parent company Disney to handle the situation or else the U.S. government would “take action.” Shortly thereafter, Nexstar Media Group, which has several ABC affiliates among its more than 200 owned or partner stations, said it would preempt “Kimmel” broadcasts. ABC then announced it would be suspending “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
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