Here’s What Jon Stewart Wants From the Next Host of The Daily Show

After hosting The Daily Show for a decade and a half until recently announcing that he will step down at the end of the current season, comedian Jon Stewart wants his successor — whoever that may be — to take the show’s concept to the next level.

Stewart, speaking at Catie Lazarus’s show “Employee of the Month” at a New York pub, wouldn’t name a desired successor but explained what he would like to see from the show after he leaves, the Hollywood Reporter reported.

“What I want to see there is the next iteration of this idea,” Stewart said, adding that he used every possible permutation of the show’s concept. “I feel like the tributaries of my brain combined with the rigidity of the format.”

He used The Daily Show alum and Last Week Tonight host John Oliver (who will definitely not be succeeding Stewart) as an example of the possibilities. “John Oliver was able to apply our process to a more considered thing, and it’s exciting to watch it evolve and see it mutate and change and fill different gaps and different ideas,” he said. “That’s the part that I’m looking forward to seeing.”

As for his own plans, Stewart reiterated that he has a lot of “ideas” of his own, and that spending more time with his family is a big part of his decision to step down.