Jon Stewart has spoken out about the way forward for The Day by day Present With Jon Stewart after Stephen Colbert introduced The Late Present With Stephen Colbert would finish in Might 2026.
Within the July 17 episode of Stewart’s The Weekly Present podcast, he opened up about what he thinks might occur to The Day by day Present on Comedy Central, which, like The Day by day Present, is owned by Paramount. Paramount is at present in the midst of an $8 billion merger with Skydance.
“Sadly, we haven’t heard something from them,” Stewart, 62, mentioned. “They haven’t referred to as me and mentioned like, ‘Don’t get too comfy in that workplace, Stewart!’”
He continued, “I’ve been kicked out of s****ier institutions than that. We’ll land on our ft.”
Moreover, Stewart confessed that he “actually [doesn’t] know” what the way forward for The Day by day Present is at this level.
The TV persona initially hosted the late-night present from 1999 to 2015, when Trevor Noah took over. After Noah left in 2022, a rotation of visitor hosts held down the fort. Stewart signed on for a long-term run in February 2024, agreeing to host The Day by day Present via the 2024 presidential election; he prolonged his duties via December 2025.
“I’d wish to consider that… Like, with out The Day by day Present, Comedy Central is form of like muzak at this level,” Stewart mentioned on his podcast. “I believe we’re the one type of life that exists on a present foundation apart from South Park.”
Mere hours after Stewart’s podcast episode dropped on July 17, Colbert, 61, introduced by way of Instagram that The Late Present would finish after the 2025–26 season.
“Earlier than we begin the present, I wished to let you realize one thing that I discovered simply final evening,” he mentioned within the clip. “Subsequent yr shall be our final season. The community shall be ending The Late Present in Might.”
Because the stay viewers booed, Colbert added, “Yeah, I share your emotions.”
“It’s not simply the top of our present however it’s the top of The Late Present on CBS. I’m not being changed. That is all simply going away,” he continued. “And I do need to say that the parents at CBS have been nice companions.”
Colbert took over as host of The Late Present after David Letterman‘s run from 1993 to 2015.
In an announcement, CBS famous that the choice to finish The Late Present was monetary and “not associated in any strategy to the present’s efficiency, content material or different issues occurring at Paramount.”
“We think about Stephen Colbert irreplaceable and can retire The Late Present franchise at the moment,” the assertion learn partially. “We’re proud that Stephen referred to as CBS dwelling. He and the published shall be remembered within the pantheon of greats that graced late-night tv.”
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