--- description: Comedy Central is considering drawing up a “short list” of candidates to replace Jon Stewart on 'The Daily Show' title: Comedy Central Ponders Jon Stewart's Replacement image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt280dca3ece7936e0/69877ee42dce0163889dd83e/ap404124197742.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Comedy Central Has a Short List of People Who Could Succeed Jon Stewart by [Sabrina Toppa](/author/sabrina-toppa/) ## Sabrina Toppa Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 12, 2015 3:23 AM CUT  In this Nov. 7, 2014, photo, Jon Stewart poses for a portrait in New York In this Nov. 7, 2014, photo, Jon Stewart poses for a portrait in New YorkVictoria Will—Invision/AP by [Sabrina Toppa](/author/sabrina-toppa/) ## Sabrina Toppa Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 12, 2015 3:23 AM CUT Comedy Central is pondering over a “[short list](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/3cb4fe2860fc4994b9bc31f0cfa6c3c4/comedy-central-has-short-list-jon-stewart-replacement "undefined")” of prospective candidates to replace Jon Stewart on _The Daily Show_, following Tuesday’s announcement of his departure. No details about the list have been released. However, Viacom Entertainment Group president Doug Herzog was quick to quash speculation that Stewart’s protégé John Oliver may be a candidate. “John Oliver’s got a job,” Herzog said. “I think he’s spoken for.” It’s also not clear yet if executive producer Stewart will continue to influence future episodes. His ongoing participation was described as “TBD” (to be determined) by Herzog, who added that “It’s not out of the question.” \[[_AP_](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/3cb4fe2860fc4994b9bc31f0cfa6c3c4/comedy-central-has-short-list-jon-stewart-replacement "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3706429/comedy-central-jon-stewart-successor-replacement/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3706429/comedy-central-jon-stewart-successor-replacement/"},"headline":"Comedy Central Has a Short List of People Who Could Succeed Jon Stewart","datePublished":"2015-02-12T03:23:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T08:11:25.342Z","description":"No names released yet","url":"https://time.com/3706429/comedy-central-jon-stewart-successor-replacement/","keywords":["Television","celebrities","The Daily Show","entertainment","comedy central","Jon Stewart","John Oliver"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt280dca3ece7936e0/69877ee42dce0163889dd83e/ap404124197742.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sabrina Toppa","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/sabrina-toppa/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt280dca3ece7936e0/69877ee42dce0163889dd83e/ap404124197742.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"In this Nov. 7, 2014 photo, Jon Stewart poses for a portrait in New York","caption":"In this Nov. 7, 2014 photo, Jon Stewart poses for a portrait in New York","creditText":"Victoria Will—Invision/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3706429/comedy-central-jon-stewart-successor-replacement/","name":"Comedy Central Has a Short List of People Who Could Succeed Jon Stewart"}}]}] ```