Jon Stewart plans to host Thursday’s episode of “The Daily Show,” someday after ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night present indefinitely following feedback he made concerning the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
Stewart’s featured visitor can be Maria Ressa, the journalist and writer of “How to Stand Up to a Dictator.” Ressa additionally shared the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize for her combat for freedom of expression in her dwelling nation of the Philippines.
Stewart usually hosts solely on Mondays. The Emmy winner helmed “The Daily Show” from 1999 by 2015, delivering sharp, satirical takes on politics and present occasions and interviews with newsmakers. He returned to host as soon as every week in the course of the run-up to the 2024 U.S. presidential election.
Kimmel made a number of remarks concerning the response to the Kirk’s killing on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Monday and Tuesday nights, together with that “many in MAGA land are working very hard to capitalize on the murder of Charlie Kirk.”
ABC suspended Kimmel’s present after a bunch of ABC-affiliated stations stated it wouldn’t air the present, and Federal Communications Fee Chairman Brendan Carr stated his company had a powerful case for holding Kimmel, ABC and community guardian Walt Disney Co. accountable for spreading misinformation.
Kimmel has not commented on the suspension. His supporters say Carr misinterpret what the comedian stated and that nowhere did he particularly recommend that Tyler Robinson — the person Utah authorities allege fatally shot Kirk — was conservative.
