Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart Reveals Departure Date

Variety: Jon Stewart now has a firm departure date from Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show.” The comic announced on Monday’s broadcast of the program that he will leave the show after its August 6th broadcast. The disclosure paves the way for the show’s new host, Trevor Noah, and suggests that Stewart will not hang around as candidates start to make announcements this year about running in the 2016 election for U.S. president. Stewart had said previously that he would continue to do the program until some time between July and the end of 2015.