SPECIAL | Can Jon Stewart make The Daily Show must-see TV for a new generation?
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🗓️ 15 February 2024
⏱️ 12 minutes
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With a bit more gray in his hair, but the same amount of sarcasm and satire, Jon Stewart is back in the anchor chair at the Daily Show. The comedian, turned news and culture phenomenon, helped put the show on the map while serving as host for 16 years. Signing off last in 2015, he is back to voice his outrage and humor as executive producer and host of the show every Monday through the 2024 election. But why did he decide now was the time to return? USA TODAY Entertainment Reporter Marco Della Cava joins The Excerpt to talk about whether the Stewart of old can still capture the hearts and minds of audiences of today.
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| 0:08.0 | Look at me. Look what time hath wrought. With a bit more gray in his hair, but the same amount of sarcasm and satire, John |
| 0:31.1 | Stewart is back in the anchor chair at the Daily Show. that |
| 0:35.0 | John Stewart is back in the anchor chair at the Daily Show. |
| 0:34.0 | The comedian turned news and cultural phenomenon |
| 0:37.0 | helped put the show on the map while serving his host for 16 years. |
| 0:41.0 | Signing off last in 2015, he is back to Voices Outrage and Humor as |
| 0:47.2 | executive producer and host of the show every Monday through the 2024 election. |
| 0:52.0 | But why did he decide now was the time to Monday through the 2024 election. |
| 0:52.5 | But why did he decide now was the time to return? |
| 0:55.8 | Hello and welcome to the excerpt. |
| 0:57.6 | I'm Dana Taylor. |
| 0:58.4 | Today is Thursday, February 15, 2024, |
| 1:02.0 | and this is a special episode of the excerpt. |
| 1:04.7 | I'm joined now by USA Today Entertainment Writer, Marco Delacava, |
| 1:08.9 | to talk about whether the steward of old can still capture the hearts and minds of audiences today. |
| 1:14.6 | Marco, thanks so much for joining us. You bet, good to be here. So John Stewart had a |
| 1:19.7 | new show on Apple TV which only lasted a couple of seasons. It was cancelled last year. |
| 1:24.9 | Why do you think he came back to the Daily Show? |
| 1:28.0 | Well, Dina, you know, he has himself said, I think it was on Good Morning America recently, that it was over differences |
| 1:37.1 | of opinion of what he should talk about. |
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