Where does Jon Stewart rank? (Or "RIP The Daily Show")

[Inky_Wretch]

No word if Kilborn will return to replace him.

Jon Stewart says he’s leaving The Daily Show · Newswire · The A.V. Club

 

[Spartan Squad]

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Jon Stewart leaving Daily Show | SportsJournalists.com

 

[Inky_Wretch]

How is that not in Sports & News!?!

 

[Spartan Squad]

um ... because ... um ... reasons ...

 

[SnarkShark]

It's sports and news.

This makes me very sad. The Daily Show been a part of my nightly routine for a long time.

 

[old_tony]

No-information voters will have to find a new "news source."

 

[User 4332]

No-information voters will have to find a new "news source."

Something happening to Fox News?

 

[3_Octave_Fart]

Maybe he can run for U.S. Senate in Minnesota. There are enough trained seals there to clap and laugh along, too.

 

[Songbird]

The Cramer interview is making the rounds.

 

[WCIBN]

Craig Ferguson would be a possible choice for Comedy Central.

Wonder if they'd be willing to move the show to L.A.

 

[ifilus]

The Daily Show with Brian Williams.

Perfect.

 

[HanSenSE]

The Daily Show with Brian Williams.

Perfect.

Straight-up trade, or a is a Teleprompter to be named later involved?

 

[exmediahack]

Hell of a run for Stewart. Like many brilliant people, he probably needs a new mountain to climb.

I've always enjoyed his work, his writing and his delivery, even if I probably agree with him, politically, 15% of the time. Damn sharp guy.

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

Kilborn? Not. Bloody. Likely.

 

[SpeedTchr]

I've never watched his show or the one with the Colbert fellow. They certainly have passionate followers, though.

 

[ColdCat]

Straight-up trade, or a is a Teleprompter to be named later involved?

If they did a straight up trade, I would totally watch the NBC Nightly News with Jon Stewart

 

[JackReacher]

I've never watched his show or the one with the Colbert fellow. They certainly have passionate followers, though.

Same here. I think people took this harder than Yankees fans when Jeter announced his retirement.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Same here. I think people took this harder than Yankees fans when Jeter announced his retirement.

Yeah, but Stewart never lost his range.

 

[JackReacher]

He seems to do a lot of "skewering" and "destroying," though. Who's gonna step up to fill that important void?

 

[bigpern23]

As much as Stewart plays it off saying he's just a comedian doing fake news, he's actually a pretty important social voice in this country. He and his staff have held politicians on both sides of the aisle and the media accountable to their lies, obfuscations, pandering and bigotry for a long time and he's provided a greater level of political discourse than CNN, MSNBC or FOX News have even tried to achieve. He's never afraid to challenge his guests, but he's also able to have fun with them, even when he's on the opposite end of the political spectrum from them (O'Reilly and Mike Huckabee have been great guests on his show).

I'm not sure anyone can do the job as well as he has.