--- title: Here's Jon Stewart's Tearful Goodbye to 'The Daily Show' description: "Nothing ends, it’s just a continuation." canonical: https://time.com/3988428/heres-jon-stewarts-tearful-goodbye-to-the-daily-show/ author: Eliza Berman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-07T04:34:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:23:09.441Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Here's Jon Stewart's Tearful Goodbye to 'The Daily Show' og:description: "Nothing ends, it’s just a continuation." og:url: https://time.com/3988428/heres-jon-stewarts-tearful-goodbye-to-the-daily-show/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's Jon Stewart's Tearful Goodbye to 'The Daily Show' twitter:description: "Nothing ends, it’s just a continuation." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Here's Jon Stewart's Tearful Goodbye to _The Daily Show_ ## Video: Know Right Now: Jon Stewart Says Goodbye to The Daily Show [Watch (HLS stream): Know Right Now: Jon Stewart Says Goodbye to The Daily Show](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/WrYwrJkn.m3u8) (1:05)  _Published 2015-08-07. Jon Stewart signed off for the last time on The Daily Show Thursday after 16 years as host._  by [Eliza Berman](https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Aug 7, 2015 4:34 AM UTC  by [Eliza Berman](https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Aug 7, 2015 4:34 AM UTC Jon Stewart’s final episode of _The Daily Show_ Thursday night was a fitting end to a 16-year-run, a [family reunion](http://time.com/3988371/stephen-colbert-daily-show-finale/) of sorts with [appearances](http://time.com/3987824/jon-stewart-final-daily-show-alumni/) from so many of the people who helped Stewart achieve the status he has. And although technically [Bruce Springsteen](http://time.com/3984650/jon-stewart-final-episode-daily-show/) _sang_ the last word, Stewart spoke the final words, offering a warm display of gratitude to his colleagues and audience: --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3988428/heres-jon-stewarts-tearful-goodbye-to-the-daily-show/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3988428/heres-jon-stewarts-tearful-goodbye-to-the-daily-show/"},"headline":"Here's Jon Stewart's Tearful Goodbye to The Daily Show","datePublished":"2015-08-07T04:34:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:23:09.441Z","description":"\"Nothing ends, it’s just a continuation.\"","url":"https://time.com/3988428/heres-jon-stewarts-tearful-goodbye-to-the-daily-show/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliza Berman","jobTitle":"Berman is a senior editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"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/3988428/heres-jon-stewarts-tearful-goodbye-to-the-daily-show/","name":"Here's Jon Stewart's Tearful Goodbye to The Daily Show"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Know Right Now: Jon Stewart Says Goodbye to The Daily Show","description":"Jon Stewart signed off for the last time on The Daily Show Thursday after 16 years as host.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/WrYwrJkn/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-08-07T05:51:38.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/WrYwrJkn.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3988428/heres-jon-stewarts-tearful-goodbye-to-the-daily-show/","duration":"PT1M5S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3988428/heres-jon-stewarts-tearful-goodbye-to-the-daily-show/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```