List RulesNew choices for potential Jon Stewart replacement must actually be available to host The Daily Show
UPDATE: On March 30, 2015, Comedy Central announced that Trevor Noah, The Daily Show correspondent since December 2014 will take over for Stewart.
Jon Stewart is leaving The Daily Show after 16 years of hosting a television program that changed the landscape of how we view news. Something that started out as a fake news/joke program, under Stewart's reign, turned into the most reliable place to find news during any political event. He saw us through four presidential elections and countless changes in liberal ideology, as well as the struggles in between. Jon Stewart truly gave his all in his reporting, his comedy and never pulled punches when something needed to be dissected or taken down a peg.
So now that he's moving on with his career, who do we turn to? Well, much like Stewart was when he first started, I think we should look to the alternative comedy community for who the next Jon Stewart is going to be. Vote up who you think would be the best, or add your own entries at the bottom of the list. I've included both Daily Show correspondents that I think could handle the load and people in the comedy community that would knock it out of the park, as well as some underrated newcomers that I think could easily help out the show.
Not all current correspondents should be thought of first because then we'd lose them as correspondents. I think the new host of The Daily Show should have the cushion of a well-established, well-loved correspondent base that Jon Stewart had when he took over the show from Craig Kilborn.
What do you think of this list? Who can do the job of replacing Jon Stewart the best? Nobody will ever be him, but a new, fresh direction might be exactly what The Daily Show needs.1
439269Tina Fey
Age: 502
392186John Oliver
Age: 433
158144Steve Carell
Age: 534
178180Lewis Black
Age: 725
236251Amy Poehler
Age: 496
8896Aasif Mandvi
Age: 547
215221Samantha Bee
Age: 508
148Amy Schumer
Age: 399
136175Wyatt Cenac
Age: 4410
207186Louis C.K.
Age: 5311
150197Jason Sudeikis
Age: 4512
26124713
163228Joel McHale
Age: 4814
218214Amy Sedaris
Age: 5415
119176Rob Riggle
Age: 5016
138204Bill Hader
Age: 3717
7788Chris Rock
Age: 5518
147222Stephen Colbert
Age: 5619
140174Al Madrigal
Age: 4920
142184Jason Jones
Age: 4721
106Bill Maher
Age: 6422
170267Brian Williams
Age: 6123
114186Seth Meyers
Age: 4624
138185Kristen Schaal
Age: 4225
64Ed Helms
Age: 46