Fans of Jon Stewart have a little over three months to get their fill of the comedian and Daily Show host.
Stewart announced on the show’s Monday night broadcast that he would go off the air on Aug. 6 this year, Variety reports.
The 52-year-old comedian said in February that he would be retiring from the iconic satirical newscast after 16 years. Filling big shoes will be Trevor Noah, whom Stewart has warmly endorsed in spite of the South African funnyman’s involvement in a Twitter storm that occurred after some of his tweeted jokes were criticized for being “anti-Semitic” and “sexist.”
[Variety]
See Jon Stewart's Career Over the Years
Jon Stewart takes the reins as anchor of The Daily Show in 1999.
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Stewart gets a cameo as Kevin Gerrity in the 1999 Adam Sandler movie Big Daddy.
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Jay Leno interviews Jon Stewart on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno in 2000.
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Stewart plays Marion Frank Stokes in the 2002 black comedy Death to Smoochy
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Jon Stewart and his team win the first of many Emmys for The Daily Show in 2003.
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Jon Stewart hosts the 78th Academy Awards in 2006.
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Stewart has a cameo as himself on The Simpsons in 2008 in the episode "E Pluribus Wiggum."
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Steven Colbert and Jon Stewart host the Rally To Restore Sanity And/Or Fear on the National Mall on Oct. 30, 2010 in Washington, DC.
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Jon Stewart interviews President Barack Obama on The Daily Show at the Harman Center for the Arts in Washington, DC, Oct. 26, 2010.
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Jon Stewart speaks at the 51st USO Armed Forces Gala & Gold Medal Dinner on Dec. 13, 2012 in New York City.
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Stewart makes his directorial debut in the 2014 drama Rosewater.
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Jon Stewart announces his retirement for the end of 2015.
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