--- description: She said Comedy Central offered her the gig title: This Is Why Amy Schumer Turned Down Hosting 'The Daily Show' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0ee5ad7461f07dca/698858cdf887dc887be91231/amy-schumer1.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 # This Is Why Amy Schumer Turned Down Hosting _The Daily Show_ by [Will Robinson/EW](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Will Robinson/EW Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 27, 2015 9:01 PM CUT  Amy Schumer during filming of the Graham Norton Show at the London Studios, south London, to be aired on June 4, 2015. Amy Schumer during filming of the Graham Norton Show at the London Studios, south London, to be aired on June 4, 2015.Ian West—AP by [Will Robinson/EW](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Will Robinson/EW Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 27, 2015 9:01 PM CUT When Comedy Central replaced Jon Stewart as host of its iconic _Daily Show_, the network turned [to little-known correspondent Trevor Noah](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/03/30/trevor-noah-replaces-jon-stewart-daily-show "undefined") to fill the giant void behind the desk. But he wasn’t the first person it held discussions with. _The New York Times Magazine_ ran [an in-depth feature](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/21/magazine/comedy-central-in-the-post-tv-era.html?%5Fr=0 "undefined") on the network on June 18\. In it, it’s revealed that Comedy Central approached Amy Poehler—who gave a swift “no”—and Chris Rock—he only wanted to run through the 2016 presidential election—to talk about filling Stewart’s chair. But Noah impressed the network brass and was given the keys. “Trevor’s the only person we made an offer to,” president of content and original programming Kent Alterman said to the _Times_. A party not mentioned in the _Times_ piece but confirmed Friday was Amy Schumer, [according to The Daily Beast](http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/06/26/amy-schumer-on-why-she-turned-down-the-daily-show.html "undefined"). Not only was she a candidate, Schumer said she was offered the gig. The site asked her why she declined succeeding Stewart. “I was so honored to be asked and considered,” she told The Daily Beast. “With Comedy Central, I project so much ‘You’re my parents!’ on the network and the people that run it, so them saying, ‘We believe in you and trust that you can do this,’ I thought, ‘Oh my god, thank you!’ “And then I thought,” she continued, ” ‘Well, I could give everyone I love a job and we could all be together for five years. But picturing being in a building and knowing what I was going to do for five years—I love not knowing. And I’ve never done anything safe or to make money for that reason. So, you know, I said, ‘I can’t start now.’ “ A Schumer-led _Daily Show_ would have given her a platform to continue her acerbic satire, as regularly seen on _Inside Amy Schumer_. Even though she won’t lead the nightly talk show, there won’t be a Schumer drought in the near future: _Trainwreck_, the film written by her and directed by Judd Apatow, hits theaters July 17. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/26/amy-schumer-why-she-turned-down-daily-show "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3939132/amy-schumer-daily-show/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3939132/amy-schumer-daily-show/"},"headline":"This Is Why Amy Schumer Turned Down Hosting The Daily Show","datePublished":"2015-06-27T21:01:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T08:36:38.195Z","description":"She said Comedy Central offered her the gig","url":"https://time.com/3939132/amy-schumer-daily-show/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0ee5ad7461f07dca/698858cdf887dc887be91231/amy-schumer1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Will Robinson/EW"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0ee5ad7461f07dca/698858cdf887dc887be91231/amy-schumer1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"amy schumer","caption":"amy schumer","creditText":"Ian West—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/3939132/amy-schumer-daily-show/","name":"This Is Why Amy Schumer Turned Down Hosting The Daily Show"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"The Power of Taylor Swift","description":"One day after Taylor Swift publicly blasted Apple Music for not paying artists during the service’s free, three-month trial period, Apple reversed its position","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/mUgZx3qP/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-22T20:13:13.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/mUgZx3qP.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3939132/amy-schumer-daily-show/","duration":"PT2M4S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3939132/amy-schumer-daily-show/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```