Just a few months back, Stephen Colbert was announced as the replacement for David Letterman in "The Late Show," and therefore left his own Comedy Central talk show, "The Colbert Report," with his Bill O'Reilly character along with him - and it seems now's the turn for the program that made Colbert a star, as Jon Stewart's leaving "Daily Show."
For those who have been assiduous fans of the show since its move to Comedy Central in 1996, news of Jon Stewart leaving "Daily Show" is actually among the saddest things to happen in the world, particularly considering that fans of this kind of humor are barely recovering from the heartbreak of seeing Colbert go for his major CBS gig.
According to AV Club, news of Jon Stewart leaving "Daily Show" came out during last Tuesday's show, as the famous and multiple Emmy Award winning host spoke in the recent taping about his retirement from the television show that made him a star, ever since he took over from Craig Kilborn in the late 90s.
"In my heart I know it is time for someone else," was Jon Stewart leaving "Daily Show" announcement, according to The Guardian, as he explained he'd be leaving somewhere between July and December after having hosted the show for sixteen years. "I don't have any specific plans. Got a lot of ideas. I got a lot of things in my head."
The famous host also quipped at his schedule, saying he'd be having dinner with his family four times a week now, as he's "heard from multiple sources" that they're actually lovely people.
As Time Magazine reports, Stewart turned the show into a "cultural powerhouse," and a main news reference, even though the show was aimed as satire all along - much like Colbert's later on, and now HBO's "Late Tonight with John Oliver," a man who also started his career as a correspondent in "The Daily Show."
Don't forget to watch the heartfelt Jon Stewart leaving "Daily Show" announcement below.
