John Stewart Leaving Daily Show

[PanapolicRiddle]

It was a nice finale'. The mass gathering of correspondents was somewhat predictable, but well done. I also thought Colbert would make an appearance, but he played a more prominent role than I expected, and his piece was a nice send off.

His final words, 'I'm gonna go get a drink and see you over there' were wonderfully humble. It was nice to see two giants -Stewart and Letterman- go out with such class (though Letterman's retirment was at least several years overdue by his own admission).

I'll certainly miss seeing him, but I do think it was time for him to step aside and let someone else takeover. In interviews he indicated he knew his approach was becoming somewhat stale, which I think has been the case for 2-3 years now. Hopefully Noah will bring fresher ideas, and I'll be interested to see how he does.

[cloven]

Too overcome with emotion to even get into 'the feels' that watching finale gave me. Think I'm still in denial,
and it'll only really hit me next Tuesday, when I go to look for Monday night's episode of TDS & there won't be any there there...

It's going to be an awfully long month (or so) until Sept. 8 when Colbert officially takes over Letterman's show.
I miss Stewart already, but I want TDS to return (hosted by Trevor Noah) sooner than two months from now (Sept. 28).
All I'll have (in that vein) to sustain me are the weekly wrap-ups: Bill Maher (Real Time) & John Oliver (Last Week Tonight).

Not quite sure how this will affect The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore in the interim, whether there will continue to be new airings of that to tide me over.
Anybody know what Comedy Central is putting in the 11 p.m. weeknight slot (previously occupied by TDS) until it comes back w/the new host ?
Read on FB that TNS will be on as usual Mon. Aug. 10, though I wonder what the lead-in series will be (since I doubt it'll be 2 mos. of Stewart reruns).

[Hefe]

Thank god Colbert coming on soon... there's nothing on now that holds the ruling class's feet to the fire with humor anyway. I know Maher is on again but I cut the cord this year & don't want to pay for HBO anymore. I hope Trevor is a good fit with TDS, but he is a "cool" personality contrasted to Stewart's "hot" persona, like Carson vs Conan, I suspect it will take a while for us to adjust to that.

[601halfdozen0theother]

I came to Stewart late, as I didn't get cable tv until 2010 (!), but I had SUCH great respect for him. What an intellect! His shows usually made me learn and laugh, but just as often broke my heart.

The last show was emotional and uplifting. What a group of nice, smart people.

I'm looking forward to Colbert too, and hope he won't be constrained too much by CBS.

[ben young]

I love Progressive love fests , no really..