Jon Stewart leaving The Daily Show

[XvGojira]

http://www.avclub.com/article/jon-stewa ... how-215070

He's probably looking at 2016 and thinking he doesn't want to cover another election.

I knew that his run would have to end some time, but he's been one of the TV staples in my life. Like MASH, the show caught my attention back in high school and it just struck a cord with me.

Now people are speculating on whose going to take the seat.

Colbert leaving and the Nightly show being very much "meh" at the moment, the best thing they'll have on the late night line up during the transition is @midnight.

I've heard a few people joke about Brian Williams taking the up the job.

Edit:

Mildly unrelated, does the AVClub load like crap for anyone else? Like I have to scroll through several huge ass pictures that link to other articles even before getting to the five line blurb of an article. It's like the digital version of getting a receipt at CVS/Walgreens or something.

[lhb412]

I feel about Jon Stewart the same way I hear older folks say they felt about Johnny Carson: he was just such a big part of their lives they didn't expect him to ever be gone. You checked in with him (pretty much) every day. I've been watching TDS for 11 years, but since it stretched from my early teens to my adulthood it feels like an even longer time than it is.

At least Colbert will soon be back on TV, albeit in a different form. As for the Nightly Show: I love Larry, but this panel format has got to stop. I'm at the point now where I can only watch the first segment.

Even though she's really young (same age as me, in fact) I think Jessica Williams is the correspondent who'd comfortably fit as a host, but that'd change the show significantly.

[Hybrid Gojira]

I've always considered myself a conservative, but what I loved most about Stewart is that he lampooned everyone on both sides of the political isle and then some. I appreciated the way he was fair about his approach. He wouldn't limit his sketches to just one side - he'd hammer both when the needed to be dealt with.

Plus the guy is just hilarious.

Sad news.

[XvGojira]

[lhb412]

[Hybrid Gojira]

[Gwangi]

[Russzilla]

He will be missed. And his "feud" with WWE's Seth Rollins was hilarious.

[lhb412]

I really liked this article. The writer rewatched a great amount of TDS and has come to some uncomfortable conclusions, many of which have been in the back of my mind for a few years now:

http://io9.com/bingewatching-history-i- ... 1722320764

I feel Jon has had a bit more swing in his step these last few months, but in the last few years I've totally had the sense that the world has been grinding him down. It's one thing to make a joke about epic level hypocrisy, greed, and stupidity - it's another to keep having to keep repeating those jokes as history continues to repeat itself. With the rise of ISIS in the past year it was an insane to see Stewart and Colbert find themselves having to essentially cycle back to the doing the same stories, the same jokes, they did in the early-to-mid '00s.

And cable news is just utter garbage. Recent interviews have clarified that Colbert was ending his show regardless of finding another job simply because he was finding himself essentially unable to tolerate the cable news format, and Jon's made similar statements. I hope neither have to watch Fox News or MSNBC or CNN ever again!

[XvGojira]

But isn't Jon taking up a prime time news hosting job?

It sounds like he got tire of just making ha-ha at the issues and wants do real news.

[lhb412]

[Dr Kain]

The last episode was amazing.

[lhb412]

[Dr Kain]

[lhb412]

^ I watched Oliver's latest episode right after the Stewart sendoff to convince myself everything's gonna be okay.

[Dr Kain]

[lhb412]

Man, when Jon came back to do his thing on Colbert the other day it was like old times. He seemed to miss it, too.

(Colbert's also gotten a lot better in his new role, too. That first year or so was a bit awkward)