![]() ![]() Or if Comedy Central wants to promote from within while continuing to bring more diversity to late-night (which is all-male and, save for Wilmore, all-white), Jessica Williams or Aasif Mandvi have put in their time in the trenches. So now that Jon Stewart has announced his “Daily Show” retirement, who's left to succeed him?īee and Jones are still there, and the married duo could bring a new energy to the show as co-hosts. Wilmore was promoted to succeed Colbert as host of the new “The Nightly Show.” David Letterman retired, and CBS moved quickly to hire Colbert to replace him. Oliver left to do “Last Week Tonight” for HBO – a decision he doesn't seem to regret in the slightest, based on the sheer joy on his face during each installment. ![]() And if Oliver was somehow unavailable, well… “The Daily Show” had a lot of talented people on that bench like Samantha Bee, Jason Jones and Larry Wilmore.Īnd then… things got complicated. If Colbert didn't want to leave “The Colbert Report,” then John Oliver had just wrapped up a brilliant stint filling in for Stewart over the summer. If Jon Stewart were to step down – maybe to finally take that broadcast network late-night job he'd always been rumored for – then Stephen Colbert would get the job. A little over a year ago, the line of succession at “The Daily Show” was clear, and it was deep. ![]()
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