'The Daily Show': What can we expect from Trevor Noah's debut?
Following Jon Stewart's departure, comedian Trevor Noah is taking over as host of Comedy Central's 'The Daily Show.' Noah had previously served as an occasional correspondent on the show.
Trevor Noah is debuting as host of 'The Daily Show' on Sept. 28.
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As Trevor Noah鈥檚 debut as host of "The Daily Show" approaches, viewers are getting a better idea of how the program will look under the stewardship of the South African comedian.
Under Jon Stewart's tenure, the Comedy Central program became a cultural institution, with Mr. Stewart himself becoming a trusted news voice despite 鈥� or because of 鈥� the thread of humor running through his commentary as the show poked fun at the news of the day. Stewart's program launched such comedians as Steve Carell, Ed Helms, Stephen Colbert of CBS鈥檚 鈥淟ate Show,鈥� and John Oliver of HBO鈥檚 鈥淟ast Week Tonight.鈥�
Mr. Noah has served as an infrequent correspondent on 鈥淭he Daily Show,鈥� and will debut as its host on Sept. 28.聽
What will "The Daily Show with Trevor Noah" look like? All of the recent correspondents are reportedly sticking around, and the program has added new ones: Desi Lydic of the MTV show 鈥淎wkward,鈥� Roy Wood Jr., and Ronny Chieng. Meanwhile, most of Stewart's writing staff are still there, along with new talent including David Kibuuka, Devin Delliquanti, Alex Marino, and Joseph Opio.聽
Noah said in a recent that the program will certainly have a global view of events.
鈥淲e all live in America,鈥� he said. 鈥淏ut as America is increasingly learning, if a butterfly flaps its wings on the Chinese stock exchange, there鈥檚 a good chance it affects America. Syria鈥檚 crisis has gone from the Syrian crisis to the Greek crisis to the European crisis. And very soon, it may now become an American crisis.鈥�
Noah also shared advice he鈥檇 received from Stewart: 鈥淗e said to me: 鈥楳ake the best show that you feel needs to be made. And trust your discomfort.鈥� The most amazing thing that Jon did was he didn鈥檛 give me a mandate. He didn鈥檛 say, 鈥榊ou need to make my show.鈥� He specifically said: 鈥楳ake your show. Make your best version of it.鈥� I apply those teachings of Jon鈥檚 to everything that I鈥檓 doing.鈥�
Noah says that when he asked Stewart how he felt about Noah taking the job, Stewart , 鈥淲ho do you think suggested you?鈥�
Guests during Noah's first week will include Republican presidential hopeful Chris Christie, Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe, singer Ryan Adams, and comedian Kevin Hart.