Who Should Be the Next Daily Show Host? — wired.com

After news broke last night that Jon Stewart would retire from The Daily Show this year, two things happened in rapid succession: First Twitter burst into flames, and then speculation began in earnest over who Comedy Central would anoint to take over at Stewart’s desk. What began as a zany, satirical spin on nightly news programs under Craig Kilborn morphed into an essential counterbalance to the mainstream political media. Whoever takes over TDS likely won’t get the same freedom to experiment that Stewart did; instead they’ll just need to stay on-brand at the helm of late night’s newest institution, displaying fearlessness and wit in the face of an exhausting political and social quagmire.

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