--- description: Jon Stewart announces he's leaving The Daily Show title: Watch Jon Stewart Announce He's Leaving 'The Daily Show' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd0135d5318521eea/69877e97f887dc1947e8a0a4/jon-steart-daily-show21.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 # Watch Jon Stewart Announce He's Leaving _The Daily Show_ by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 11, 2015 4:50 AM CUT  FILE - This Nov. 30, 2011 file photo shows television host Jon Stewart during a taping of "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" in New York. Comedy Central announced Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015, that Stewart will will leave "The Daily Show" later this year. (AP Photo/Brad Barket, File) FILE - This Nov. 30, 2011 file photo shows television host Jon Stewart during a taping of "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" in New York. Comedy Central announced Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015, that Stewart will will leave "The Daily Show" later this year. (AP Photo/Brad Barket, File)Brad Barket—AP by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 11, 2015 4:50 AM CUT Jon Stewart announced Tuesday that [he’ll leave _The Daily Show_](http://time.com/3704244/jon-stewart-the-daily-show-leaving/ "undefined") later this year, after 16 years anchoring a show that [gave new meaning to the idea of “fake news.” ](http://time.com/3704321/jon-stewart-daily-show-fake-news/ "undefined") The very real news of his coming departure broke Tuesday evening when he told the audience during the taping of Comedy Central his show. But only when the show aired later on Tuesday night did we have a chance to see the announcement for ourselves—[a Moment of Zen](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=7&ved=0CEQQFjAG&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2015%2F02%2F10%2Fthe-daily-show-moments-of-zen%2F&ei=5sLaVK%5FKE8%5FegwSi9oLICA&usg=AFQjCNFKgv9IZVunYl6yGkvG2FgtkU26gQ&sig2=smGe3JfYV5xK6NzE012noA "undefined"), if you will. See the full announcement below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3704460/the-daily-show-jon-stewart-announcement/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3704460/the-daily-show-jon-stewart-announcement/"},"headline":"Watch Jon Stewart Announce He's Leaving The Daily Show","datePublished":"2015-02-11T04:50:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T04:19:14.000Z","description":"Here it is, his Moment of Zen","url":"https://time.com/3704460/the-daily-show-jon-stewart-announcement/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd0135d5318521eea/69877e97f887dc1947e8a0a4/jon-steart-daily-show21.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd0135d5318521eea/69877e97f887dc1947e8a0a4/jon-steart-daily-show21.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Jon Stewart","caption":"Jon Stewart","creditText":"Brad Barket—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/3704460/the-daily-show-jon-stewart-announcement/","name":"Watch Jon Stewart Announce He's Leaving The Daily Show"}}]}] ```