Is “The Daily Show” subsequent to face the chopping block?
Jon Stewart addressed the hypothesis that his late-night Comedy Central discuss present could be canceled because the community’s father or mother firm, Paramount World, prepares to merge with Skydance Media.
The comic’s remarks got here the identical day that CBS introduced its plan to cancel “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” after this system’s subsequent season.
“Boy, that’s a good question,” Stewart, 62, stated throughout “The Weekly Show” podcast on Thursday, July 17. “Unfortunately, we haven’t heard anything from them. They haven’t called me and said like, ‘Don’t get too comfortable in that office, Stewart!’”
“But let me tell you something: I’ve been kicked out of s—-ier establishments than that,” he added. “We’ll land on our feet.”
Nevertheless, Stewart additionally famous that the present may keep away from potential cancellation as a result of it’s one among Comedy Central’s hottest packages.
“I’d like to believe that without ‘The Daily Show’… I don’t know. Comedy Central is kind of like muzak at this point,” he shared. “I think we’re the only sort of life that exists on a current basis other than ‘South Park.’ But it’s the only thing on there.”
Premiering in 1996, Stewart has hosted “The Daily Show” for 16 of its almost 30-year run.
After serving because the present’s essential anchor from 1999 to 2015, he returned in 2024 as a part-time host.
The long-running Comedy Central discuss present earned a 2025 Emmy nomination for Excellent Speak Sequence earlier this week, and Deadline reported that this system just lately scored its highest scores since August 2015.
That also won’t be sufficient to reserve it from cancellation ought to Paramount merge with Skydance in a deal valued as excessive as $8 billion.
“I’d like to think we bring enough value to the property,” Stewart continued. “If they’re looking at it as purely a real estate transaction, I think we bring a lot of value.”
“But that may not be their consideration. They may sell the whole f—ing place for parts. I just don’t know,” he concluded. “We’ll deal with it when we do.”
In the meantime, this week additionally noticed CBS announce the cancellation of Stephen Colbert’s beloved late-night present subsequent yr.
The community claimed it was “purely a financial decision” in an announcement launched on Thursday.
“We consider Stephen Colbert irreplaceable and will retire ‘The Late Show’ franchise in May of 2026,” the assertion learn. “We are proud that Stephen called CBS home. He and the broadcast will be remembered in the pantheon of greats that graced late-night television.”
“This is purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night,” the CBS execs added. “It is not related in any way to the show’s performance, content or other matters happening at Paramount.”
Colbert addressed the stunning cancellation through the present’s Thursday taping.
“I share your feelings,” Colbert, 61, stated after his viewers booed on the information. “I’m not being replaced, this is all just going away.”
“The Late Show” premiered on CBS in 1993 with host David Letterman. Colbert took over in 2015 after Letterman, 78, left the present.
“The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” is about to finish in Could 2026.
Jimmy Kimmel, whose competing late-night present airs on ABC, threw his assist behind Colbert and blasted CBS over its shocking choice.
“Love you Stephen,” Kimmel wrote on his Instagram Story after the information was introduced. “F–k you and all your Sheldons CBS.”
Jimmy Fallon, one other fellow late-night host, additionally took to his Instagram Story to weigh in on CBS’ choice to cancel “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.”
“I’m just as shocked as everyone,” the “Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” host wrote on Friday morning. “Stephen is one of the sharpest, funniest hosts to ever do it.”
“I really thought I’d ride this out with him for years to come,” he added.
