--- title: Jon Stewart Switches with Stephen Colbert on Late Show description: It was like he never went away canonical: https://time.com/4418809/jon-stewart-late-show-stephen-colbert/ author: Rosalie Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-22T11:52:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:34:40.442Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Watch Jon Stewart Take Over Late Night Desk og:description: The former Daily Show host delivered a blistering Daily Show-style rant og:url: https://time.com/4418809/jon-stewart-late-show-stephen-colbert/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6ee1b149f1632865/69889ec30a4a22b7189ca94c/gettyimages-533382558.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 75th Annual Peabody Awards Ceremony og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Jon Stewart Take Over Late Night Desk twitter:description: The former Daily Show host delivered a blistering Daily Show-style rant twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6ee1b149f1632865/69889ec30a4a22b7189ca94c/gettyimages-533382558.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Jon Stewart Return to Late Night to Shred Trump, the GOP and Fox News by [Rosalie Chan](https://time.com/author/rosalie-chan/) ## Rosalie Chan Jul 22, 2016 11:52 AM UTC  Institutional Award Recipient, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, comedian/television host Jon Stewart is seen entering the press room during the 75th Annual Peabody Awards Ceremony held at Cipriani Wall Street on May 21, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Brent N. Clarke/FilmMagic) Institutional Award Recipient, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, comedian/television host Jon Stewart is seen entering the press room during the 75th Annual Peabody Awards Ceremony held at Cipriani Wall Street on May 21, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Brent N. Clarke/FilmMagic)Brent N. Clarke—FilmMagic by [Rosalie Chan](https://time.com/author/rosalie-chan/) ## Rosalie Chan Jul 22, 2016 11:52 AM UTC [Jon Stewart](http://time.com/4412521/donald-trump-jon-stewart-stephen-colbert/?iid=sr-link3) briefly took over _The_ _Late Show_ desk on Thursday night, delivering a blistering _Daily Show_\-style rant after months out of the limelight. In a live broadcast taking place during the [Republican National Convention](http://time.com/4418315/donald-trump-republican-convention-speech-transcript/?iid=sr-link1), Stewart appeared after host [Stephen Colbert](http://time.com/4011575/stephen-colbert-cover-things-we-learned/?iid=sr-link2) talked about [Roger Ailes’ resignation](http://time.com/4413767/roger-ailes-fox-news-resigns-rupert-murdoch/?iid=sr-link1) from Fox News. Then Stewart took over _The_ _Late Show_ desk, and he took apart Donald Trump, the GOP and more. [Colbert](http://time.com/4395518/celebrities-best-college-money/?xid=fbshare) took over as the show’s host on Sept. 8, 2015\. Prior to Colbert, [David Letterman](http://time.com/4320691/jon-stewart-david-letterman-uso-obama/?iid=sr-link1) hosted the show for 22 years. Stewart hosted [_The Daily Show_](http://time.com/3704244/jon-stewart-the-daily-show-leaving/?iid=sr-link2) from 1999 to 2015. **_Read next:_** [**_Jon Stewart Joins Stephen Colbert on TV and Offers Retirement Lessons for Us All_**](http://time.com/money/4418834/jon-stewart-stephen-colbert-retirement/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4418809/jon-stewart-late-show-stephen-colbert/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4418809/jon-stewart-late-show-stephen-colbert/"},"headline":"Watch Jon Stewart Return to Late Night to Shred Trump, the GOP and Fox News","datePublished":"2016-07-22T11:52:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:34:40.442Z","description":"It was like he never went away","url":"https://time.com/4418809/jon-stewart-late-show-stephen-colbert/","keywords":["Newsfeed","republicans","Television","politics","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6ee1b149f1632865/69889ec30a4a22b7189ca94c/gettyimages-533382558.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rosalie Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rosalie-chan/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6ee1b149f1632865/69889ec30a4a22b7189ca94c/gettyimages-533382558.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"75th Annual Peabody Awards Ceremony","caption":"75th Annual Peabody Awards Ceremony","creditText":"Brent N. 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