Jon Stewart will keep his place at “The Daily Show” desk through the 2028 presidential election after extending his contract with Comedy Central for two more years.
His previous deal, a one-year renewal signed in November 2025, was set to expire at the end of 2026.
Skydance Television announced that Mr. Stewart will continue hosting Monday episodes and serving as an executive producer through December 2028, while Ronny Chieng, Josh Johnson, Jordan Klepper, Michael Kosta and Desi Lydic rotate through Tuesday-to-Thursday hosting duties. Troy Iwata and Grace Kuhlenschmidt remain non-hosting correspondents. Mr. Stewart’s fellow executive producers are showrunner Jen Flanz and his longtime manager, James “Baby Doll” Dixon.
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George Cheeks, co-chair and chief content officer of Skydance TV, called Mr. Stewart “a generational talent” and said the program remains a cornerstone of Comedy Central.
Mr. Stewart made his hosting debut on the program in 1999 and left in 2015. Trevor Noah succeeded him and stepped down in 2022. Ratings rose after Mr. Stewart returned in February 2024. Paramount said the show recently recorded its strongest third-quarter viewership in eight years and that its social channels drew 1.9 billion views, ranking first among cable programs on social media in 2026.
The extension arrives weeks after Paramount, now led by David Ellison, closed a merger with Warner Bros. Mr. Stewart’s last renewal came a few months after Skydance Media acquired Paramount, Comedy Central’s parent company. It was his first extension under Mr. Ellison, The New York Times reported at the time, and it came as CBS was exiting late-night television altogether.
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