{"id":1213866,"date":"2022-09-30T10:04:46","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T10:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/30\/trevor-noah-is-leaving-the-daily-show\/"},"modified":"2022-09-30T10:04:46","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T10:04:46","slug":"trevor-noah-is-leaving-the-daily-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/30\/trevor-noah-is-leaving-the-daily-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Trevor Noah is leaving \u2018The Daily Show\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Trevor Noah, the South African comedian who took over the\u00a0hosting\u00a0reins of \u201cThe Daily Show\u201d after the departure of\u00a0Jon Stewart\u00a0seven years ago, announced on Thursday that he would be leaving the program.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve laughed together, we\u2019ve cried together,\u201d Mr Noah said during a\u00a0taping<\/a>\u00a0of the show on Thursday that was released before the show aired. \u201cBut after seven years, I feel like it\u2019s time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Comedy Central said in a statement that the network had been working with Mr Noah \u201cfor a long time to figure out how he can maintain the demanding schedule.\u201d<\/p>\n

The network added that \u201cwith no timetable for his departure, we\u2019re working together on next steps.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Noah, 38, said on Thursday that after presiding over the show for a turbulent seven years \u2014 writing jokes about the presidency of Donald J. Trump, the pandemic and other major news events \u2014 he had realized that there was \u201canother part of my life that I want to carry on exploring.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said he missed touring, going to other countries, learning other languages and \u201cbeing everywhere, doing everything.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A special message from Trevor Noah pic.twitter.com\/lMM8ll51fu<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) September 30, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Mr Noah did not elaborate further, but he has continued touring and releasing stand-up specials throughout his time as host.<\/p>\n

Comedy Central said that it was \u201cexcited for the next chapter\u201d of\u00a0\u201cThe Daily Show,\u201d\u00a0but it did not say who would be the next host.<\/p>\n

Mr Noah\u2019s announcement will come during the departure of several late-night hosts: In April, James Corden said that he would leave his 12:30 a.m. nightly show on CBS next year. Samantha Bee, an alum of \u201cThe Daily Show,\u201d announced that her show would not return to TBS in the fall. And last year, Conan O\u2019Brien said goodbye to his late-night show on TBS.<\/p>\n

Mr Noah thanked the network on Thursday for believing \u201cin this random comedian no one knew on this side of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

When Mr Stewart left the program in 2015, having spent 16 years transforming the satirical program into an award-winning staple of political comedy, fans eagerly awaited an answer to the question of who would succeed one of TV\u2019s most influential and revolutionary hosts.<\/p>\n

The announcement came as a surprise to many: Mr Noah, a newcomer to American television who had been scouted by Mr Stewart and his \u201cDaily Show\u201d staff, was getting a huge and unexpected promotion after just three appearances on the show. (The network had\u00a0approached\u00a0higher-profile stars\u00a0like Chris Rock, Amy Poehler and Amy Schumer.)<\/p>\n

The decision to name a 31-year-old biracial comic from South Africa was intended to bring a more youthful, international perspective to \u201cThe Daily Show.\u201d<\/p>\n

In an\u00a0interview with The New York Times\u00a0after the announcement, Mr Noah spoke of being part of \u201ca new young generation of comedians of colour, in a space where our parents didn\u2019t have a voice that was recognized.\u201d<\/p>\n

But soon after the announcement, he became embroiled in a\u00a0controversy\u00a0over jokes he had posted years earlier on Twitter about women and Jewish people that some viewed as offensive. \u2018<\/p>\n

Mr Noah responded to criticism at the time, saying that \u201cto reduce my views to a handful of jokes that didn\u2019t land is not a true reflection of my character, nor my evolution as a comedian.\u201d<\/p>\n

The network stood behind him. Soon, Mr Noah\u2019s version of \u201cThe Daily Show\u201d was off and running, with correspondents from various backgrounds bringing fresh takes to the show.<\/p>\n

He joked to\u00a0The Times\u00a0in 2015 that since joining the program, the \u201cblackness has tremendously increased at the show. There\u2019s been an epidemic of blackness.\u201d And he recalled the advice that Mr Stewart gave him before starting in his new role: \u201cMake the best show that you feel needs to be made. And trust your discomfort.\u201d<\/p>\n

During his tenure, Trevor Noah embraced his outsider perspective, commenting on America\u2019s struggles with race, class and other facets of society that he deemed absurd, if not ripe for comedic jabbing.<\/p>\n

In 2020, he dedicated entire segments to the Black Lives Matter movement and the people protesting police brutality against Black people, saying in one\u00a0video\u00a0that it felt as if there was \u201cno moment of justice.\u201d<\/p>\n