--- description: Over 16 years ago title: Watch the First Ever 'Daily Show' With Jon Stewart image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Jon Stewart's First Episode of _The Daily Show_  by [Dan Stewart](/author/dan-stewart/)  ## Dan Stewart Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Jan 17, 2024 5:05 PM CUTPublished: Feb 11, 2015 12:34 AM CUT  by [Dan Stewart](/author/dan-stewart/)  ## Dan Stewart Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Jan 17, 2024 5:05 PM CUTPublished: Feb 11, 2015 12:34 AM CUT When Jon Stewart took over _The_ _Daily Show_ from host Craig Kilborn in January 1999, few could have foreseen how long a run he would have in the host’s chair — or how influential the show would end up being under Stewart’s reign. Now, 16 years later, Stewart is putting on his last show Thursday. Here’s a quick look at a youthful Stewart’s first day on the job, interviewing Michael J. Fox before bits on Strom Thurmond and the NBA lock-out. (Yep, it was the ’90s.) “Is this live by the way?” Fox asks at one point. “It’s my first day, I don’t know,” Stewart responds. “It could be.” See the full clip above. _Read next:_ [_7 Potential Replacements for Jon Stewart on_ ](http://time.com/3704465/jon-stewart-the-daily-show-retiring-replacement-hosts/?xid=time%5Freadnext "undefined")[The Daily Show](http://time.com/3704465/jon-stewart-the-daily-show-retiring-replacement-hosts/?xid=time%5Freadnext "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3704268/the-daily-show-jon-stewart-finale-first-episode/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3704268/the-daily-show-jon-stewart-finale-first-episode/"},"headline":"Watch Jon Stewart's First Episode of The Daily Show","datePublished":"2015-02-11T00:34:09.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-17T17:05:49.000Z","description":"Over 16 years ago","url":"https://time.com/3704268/the-daily-show-jon-stewart-finale-first-episode/","keywords":["Television","Jon Stewart"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Dan Stewart","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/dan-stewart/"}],"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/3704268/the-daily-show-jon-stewart-finale-first-episode/","name":"Watch Jon Stewart's First Episode of The Daily Show"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Know Right Now: Jon Stewart to Leave Daily Show","description":"Watch the Know Right Now to catch up on today's top story!","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/SVXmbNqF/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-02-11T14:57:47.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/SVXmbNqF.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3704268/the-daily-show-jon-stewart-finale-first-episode/","duration":"PT1M3S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3704268/the-daily-show-jon-stewart-finale-first-episode/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```