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Trevor Noah could be the next host of ‘The Daily Show’

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Aaron Sankin

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Posted on Mar 28, 2015   Updated on May 29, 2021, 5:10 am CDT

Since Jon Stewart announced his imminent retirement from The Daily Show‘s hosting chair earlier this year, fans, including the Daily Dot, have wondered who would be his replacement. According to a report by Variety, one of the names on the shortlist is Trevor Noah.

Variety, which cited a source “familiar with the matter,” noted that nothing has yet been set in stone; however, the process of selecting a new host seems to be rolling toward a conclusion.

Noah, a biracial, South Africa-born comedian, joined the show as a correspondent last year.

He may be a relatively new face in the United States, but he has a wealth of hosting experience in his native South Africa. Since first breaking into show business at the age of 18 as a soap opera actor, Noah has hosted a youth radio program, an educational show, a celebrity gossip TV show, a sports show, a dating game show, the South African Film and Television Awards, a reality TV competition, the South African Music Awards, and a late night talk show called Tonight With Trevor Noah.

A number of other obvious in-house candidates have taken themselves out of contention for the job. The husband-and-wife team of Jason Jones and Samantha Bee, who tag-teamed the hosting gig when Stewart was out sick last year, are decamping for their own shows on TBS.

Correspondent Jessica Williams may have had a cameo as the host of The Daily Show circa 2025 in Hot Tub Time Machine 2, but the comedian took herself out of contention with a series of tweets insisting she wasn’t a good fit for the role.

John Oliver, who earned rave reviews when he inhabited the host’s chair for months while Stewart took a leave of absence to direct the film Rosewater, is off doing his own thing.

Here is Noah’s debut segment for The Daily Show:

H/T Variety | Screengrab via The Daily Show/YouTube

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*First Published: Mar 28, 2015, 1:11 pm CDT