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When Stewart began his run as the host of_The Daily Show_ in 1999, he had already been both a host on MTV and in conversations about potential gigs on network TV; his reputation as an ambitious rising star was so cemented that it was the basis of a plotline on the fictional talk show _The Larry Sanders Show_. Compare that to Noah, who doesn’t just look different from the typical late-night host as a relatively young man, and as a person of color; he’s also emerged from relative obscurity, and done so quickly. The success of _The Daily Show_ has emboldened Comedy Central, over the past decade or so, to take more and more risks across the rest of its schedule. Now, that risk-taking has spread back to _The Daily Show_itself. Comedy Central is, after all, the network where Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer’s outré, often vulgar, and deeply hilarious humor found a home after FX passed; it’s lately provided homes to Amy Schumer, Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, and, in his first significant on-camera work, Larry Wilmore. All of these are people who don’t just _look_ different from the comedy stars on other networks, but who had been working in obscurity, or just behind-the-scenes, rather than brought in as a ringer. (Key and Peele, for instance, worked for the low-wattage and critically derided _MADtv_, rather than the more glamorous, and more reliably star-making, _Saturday Night Live_.) Those who had hoped the likes of Amy Poehler would take over _The Daily Show_ discounted both how unattractive such a job would likely be for a superstar _and_ how Comedy Central has, lately, used its airtime to establish stars, rather than using established stars to juke its viewership. And though Noah’s start date hasn’t even been announced yet, his employment already makes recent hirings of _SNL_\-minted on-camera stars to host NBC’s late-night offerings seem dully over-familiar. Between Noah and James Corden, the famous-overseas new host of CBS’s _The Late Late Show_, TV talk finally has, again, the high-wire sense of careers potentially being made. The choice of Noah, who’s only appeared on _The Daily Show_ three times, is a major statement of faith in his charisma and wit. It’s, more importantly, a declaration of faith in the established processes that underpin _The Daily Show_ (its writing staff and booking team), and the show’s power to draw viewers over and above Stewart’s fanbase. Comedy Central built one of television’s defining franchises under Stewart. Now, in a too-rare show of support for their program’s drawing power, they’re handing the keys to a nascent star and trusting the show will survive. 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