NEW YORK (AP) — Jon Stewart says goodbye on Thursday, after 16 years on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” that established him as America’s foremost satirist of politicians and the media.
Stewart, 52, announced last winter that he was getting restless and it was time to move on. Trevor Noah replaces him as host next month.
Armed with a razor-sharp wit and research team adept at finding video evidence of hypocrisy or unintentional comedy among the nation’s establishment, Stewart turned a sleepy basic-cable entertainment show into a powerful cultural platform. Though guests for Thursday’s show weren’t announced, Bruce Springsteen, who has appeared on “The Daily Show” multiple times, and members of The E Street Band were seen entering the studio before the taping for the final show began.