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Trevor Noah will replace Jon Stewart on 'The Daily Show'

Noah has been a member of the Daily Show team since December 2014.

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The Daily Show officially announced that newcomer Trevor Noah will replace Jon Stewart as the anchor on The Daily Show. Stewart recently announced his departure from the TV talk show after hosting it for 16 years.

Noah, who is a correspondent with Daily Show topped the short list to take Stewart's position, reported Variety. He has been a member of the Daily Show team since December 2014, when he came on as a correspondent.


“I’m thrilled for the show and for Trevor,” Jon Stewart said in a statement. “He’s a tremendous comic and talent that we’ve loved working with.” Mr. Stewart added that he “may rejoin as a correspondent just to be a part of it!!!”

In its press release, The Daily Show announced:

"Trevor Noah has been selected to become the next host of the Emmy® and Peabody® Award-winning The Daily Show.

Noah joined The Daily Show in 2014 as a contributor. He made his U.S. television debut in 2012 on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and has also appeared on Late Show with David Letterman, becoming the first South African stand-up comedian to appear on either late night show. Noah has hosted numerous television shows including his own late night talk show in his native country, Tonight with Trevor Noah.

He was featured on the October 2014 cover of GQ South Africa and has been profiled in Rolling Stone, Newsweek and The Wall Street Journal, and by CNN and NPR’s Talk of the Nation, among others. He continues to tour all over the world and has performed in front of sold out crowds at the Hammersmith Apollo in London and the Sydney Opera House in Australia."

Watch his first appearance on The Daily Show:

There has been no official date announced for when Stewart will leave the show but it will be before the end of this year.

Also Read: Jon Stewart to leave Comedy Central's 'The Daily Show'

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