--- title: Why Jon Stewart Is Leaving 'The Daily Show': Comedian Explains description: Longtime host Jon Stewart decided to leave the show over frustrations about covering the 2016 election among other things. canonical: https://time.com/3827607/jon-stewart-daily-show-exit/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-19T18:21:54.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:41:03.357Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Jon Stewart Explains Why He's Leaving 'The Daily Show' og:description: Politics, in part. og:url: https://time.com/3827607/jon-stewart-daily-show-exit/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9a0afec1d6df02f3/6987ebc3524fc046e2df047d/john-stewart.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Jon Stewart Portrait Session og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jon Stewart Explains Why He's Leaving 'The Daily Show' twitter:description: Politics, in part. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9a0afec1d6df02f3/6987ebc3524fc046e2df047d/john-stewart.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jon Stewart Explains Why He's Leaving _The Daily Show_ > Sponsored content. 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Jon Stewart announces he's leaving 'The Daily Show' after 16 years._  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Apr 19, 2015 6:21 PM UTC  Jon Stewart poses for a portrait in promotion of directorial and screenwriting feature debut Rosewater on Nov. 7, 2014 Jon Stewart poses for a portrait in promotion of directorial and screenwriting feature debut Rosewater on Nov. 7, 2014Victoria Will—Invision/AP  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Apr 19, 2015 6:21 PM UTC Among the [reasons](http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/apr/18/jon-stewart-why-i-quit-the-daily-show) why longtime _Daily Show_ host Jon Stewart decided to leave the satirical news program is the upcoming presidential election. Stewart made clear to the _Guardian_ that it wasn’t that his show wasn’t working anymore — “It was more, ‘Yup, it’s working. But I’m not getting the same satisfaction’” — but rather he just didn’t see an election that would be “wildly different” from any of the previous ones he had covered. “Honestly, it was a combination of the limitations of my brain and a format that is geared towards following an increasingly redundant process, which is our political process,” he said. Another plus of leaving? Not having to watch the news to keep up: “Watching these channels all day is incredibly depressing.” Stewart, who began hosting the show in 1999, announced in February that he would leave the show at some point this year. He has a 10-year-old son and a 9-year-old daughter, and said he would like to be able to spend more time with them. South African comedian Trevor Noah was [named](http://time.com/3768618/meet-trevor-noah/) Stewart’s successor. [Read more at the _Guardian_.](http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/apr/18/jon-stewart-why-i-quit-the-daily-show) ### See Jon Stewart's Career Over the Years  Jon Stewart takes the reins as anchor of The Daily Show in 1999. Comedy Central/Everett  Stewart gets a cameo as Kevin Gerrity in the 1999 Adam Sandler movie Big Daddy. Columbia  Jay Leno interviews Jon Stewart on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno in 2000. NBC/Getty Images  Stewart plays Marion Frank Stokes in the 2002 black comedy Death to Smoochy Warner Bros.  Jon Stewart and his team win the first of many Emmys for The Daily Show in 2003. Chris Weeks—FilmMagic/Getty Images  Jon Stewart hosts the 78th Academy Awards in 2006. Academy of Motion Picture Arts—WireImage/Getty Images  Stewart has a cameo as himself on The Simpsons in 2008 in the episode "E Pluribus Wiggum." Fox  Steven Colbert and Jon Stewart host the Rally To Restore Sanity And/Or Fear on the National Mall on Oct. 30, 2010 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee—Getty Images  Jon Stewart interviews President Barack Obama on The Daily Show at the Harman Center for the Arts in Washington, DC, Oct. 26, 2010. Jim Watson—AFP/Getty Images  Jon Stewart speaks at the 51st USO Armed Forces Gala & Gold Medal Dinner on Dec. 13, 2012 in New York City. Michael Loccisano—Getty Images  Stewart makes his directorial debut in the 2014 drama Rosewater. Open Road Films  Jon Stewart announces his retirement for the end of 2015. 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