Potential Contenders – Hollywood Life

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Trevor Noah is onto the subsequent chapter. The comic, 38, confirmed that he’s exiting The Daily Show — a submit he took over from Jon Stewart in 2015 — after seven seasons.

“It has been seven years since we began The Each day Present With Trevor Noah,” he stated on the Sept. 29, 2022 present, surprising followers. “And one of many overriding emotions I’ve discovered myself experiencing all through the evening and even immediately waking up, was a sense of gratitude…And I need to say thanks to the viewers for an incredible seven years. It’s been wild,” Trevor added, quipping, “my time is up.”

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— The Each day Present (@TheDailyShow) September 30, 2022

Because the announcement, no last date for Trevor has been introduced — nor have plans been confirmed for a brand new host. As Trevor is the third host after Jon and unique host Craig Kilborn, nevertheless, it’s anticipated a fourth will take over the submit. Right here’s a take a look at a number of the contenders proper right here.

Samantha Bee

Samantha Bee is thought to The Each day Present viewers as she appeared as a correspondent on the sequence alongside Jon Stewart for 12 seasons between 2003 and 2015. The Canadian-born character, 52, was the sequence’ first-ever non-US contributor, and rapidly gained viewers over along with her quirky politically pushed segments.

As a consequence of her long-standing place with the present, she was largely thought of a frontrunner to take over as host after Jon’s departure in 2015 — which as an alternative went to Trevor. “I used to be wildly unsurprised,” she stated in 2019 to The Each day Beast. “They didn’t ask me or discuss to me about it. I imply, actually, nobody referred to as and even emailed from the community—in any respect…It was terrible. It was actually terrible. I imply, finally they spoke to me, however I need to say it was a full month or six weeks after Jon had introduced that he was leaving.”

She admitted, nevertheless, that she knew Comedy Central execs didn’t have a robust historical past of selling from inside. “I used to be by no means in competition and I very a lot knew that. I don’t know that folks within the outdoors world knew how a lot I used to be not being thought of for the job,” she additionally stated.

In one other interview, the Toronto native says administration simply “didn’t see” her in the identical mild as Jon. “I feel that the administration on the time, past the Jon [Stewart] stage for positive, simply didn’t see me that approach,” she stated to BuzzFeed Information again in 2019. “They simply wouldn’t have considered me.”

“They didn’t have a brilliant nice monitor report on the time of trying inside their very own expertise pool and determining who to convey ahead,” she additionally stated. “I feel they’ve in all probability improved considerably, in that regard, however at the moment they seemed outward as an alternative of trying inward. I’d say they’d blinders on.”

She additionally insisted that she had no arduous emotions about Trevor getting the gig after serving as a particular correspondent for six months with simply three appearances. “I wouldn’t have needed to take it over, to be completely sincere,” Samantha, who studied drama and appearing on the post-secondary stage, additionally stated. “I really actually choose the expertise of constructing one thing the place there was nothing earlier than, I feel that was 100% the correct factor that occurred.”

Samantha nonetheless got here up on high, although: the McGill College alum hosted her personal present Full Frontal with Samantha Bee on TBS, which debuted in 2016 and wrapped up in 2022. Now that she’s again available on the market, followers are undoubtedly speculating she might lastly take the reigns at The Each day Present.

Roy Wooden Jr.

Roy Wooden Jr. can also be a reputation floating round to doubtlessly take over for Trevor. Roy, 43, can also be recognized to The Each day Present viewers, having served as a correspondent on the sequence since 2015. Outdoors of his appearances on the present, he’s well-known within the stand-up comedy world, appeared within the 2022 movie Confess, Fletch, and his podcast.

Studies surfaced that Comedy Central executives need to “meet” with Roy to speak in regards to the potential gig, per The Daily Mail on Oct. 1. One other supply informed TMZ, nevertheless, that execs “need to meet with him to debate his future… however he’s NOT been personally informed he’s even a candidate to switch Trevor…there’s discuss the subsequent host could possibly be a girl.” Roy has but to interrupt his silence on the subject, however he could be a pure match.

Thus far, Comedy Central has remained mum on the difficulty. “In time, we are going to flip to the subsequent chapter of The Each day Present and all of our unimaginable correspondents will likely be on the high of that checklist,” the community stated to Each day Mail in an announcement. “Till then, we’re targeted on celebrating Trevor and thanking him for his many contributions.”

One other ‘Each day Present’ correspondent

Whereas the opposite correspondents haven’t been named as entrance runners, Ronny Chieng, Michael Kosta, Desi Lydic, Dulce Sloan and Jordan Klepper are all recognized to audiences primarily based on their semi-regular appearances.