Noah has worked intensely to make the program his own, holding court with various media influencers after hours, and devising new “Daily” formats. “And even though Jon Stewart had passed over the reins to me, it was essentially a year of people telling me I shouldn’t be doing the job and I was unworthy of being in that seat. “I will say the first two years were horrible - and it was horrible because I had taken over one of America’s most beloved institutions,” he told Variety in 2020. When Noah took the seat, he faced a tough transition. Stewart, who inherited “Daily Show” from Craig Kilborn in 1999, turned it into an institution with his probes of how the news media presented stories. Noah took over the program under intense scrutiny. That dynamic could play a role in how executives at Comedy Central choose to proceed. Noah’s exit also means that late-night will be less diverse, particularly after the exits of Bee and Singh and the end of the “Desus & Mero” program on Showtime. after parting ways with Lilly Singh in 2021. James Corden has already indicated he plans to step down from CBS’ “The Late Late Show” next year, and NBC is no longer in the business of airing comedy programming at 1:30 a.m. Showtime’s “Desus & Mero” recently stopped production. Now the cable network is down to just one. Comedy Central once boasted three different programs, led by Stewart, Colbert and Chris Hardwick. Discovery, executives have scuttled late-night shows led by both Samantha Bee and Conan O’Brien, and have made no efforts to replace either. to poke fun at daily headlines and do celebrity impressions and stunts, but they have fewer rivals.Īt Warner Bros. Yes, Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel still appear every weeknight around 11:30 p.m. Noah’s plans to depart surface as TV’s late-night roster has begun to shrink.
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