Jon Stewart taking a 3-month hiatus in the summer

[Zeus]

He's gonna direct a film and take some additional time off. Where the hell are all the 18-29 year-olds gonna get their news now? :-)

http://www.torontosun.com/2013/03/05/jo ... ver-to-sub

Oliver will take over while he's gone so it's not all gonna be re-runs

[Eric]

I'm already looking forward to the episode where he returns and takes power back from John Oliver lol.

[Shrinweck]

He deserves it.. the amount of work he must put in to do what he does is probably crazy. I haven't regularly watched the Daily Show in four or five years... I should probably start again.

Also I'm 26 and I read the newspaper and peruse the BBC website for the majority of my news :P Actually considering how shitty the Atlanta newspaper is I should probably stop and start watching the Daily Show again.

[Flip]

I dont like John Oliver as a replacement, i think he will make it sound too hokey and too much like the Colbert Report. Stewart does a good job of being sarcastic and funny while not being in a character. Oliver's short bits on the show are always in fake voice character and im not sure he can just be normal like Stewart, but i guess we'l see. I do watch Daily Show a couple times a week, usually, and i prefer it to Colbert Report.

The channel doesnt need two Colbert Reports in a row, which i think is what it will turn out to feel like with Oliver's current style, unless he changes things up.

[Zeus]

I'm already looking forward to the episode where he returns and takes power back from John Oliver lol.

Yeah, you know they'll play that up real good. Should be entertaining :-)

Flip - I see what you mean and you could be right. Let's hope not. But it looks like it'll only be a few weeks (3-4) with re-runs the rest of the time. So at worst it's just a month of not watching. Personally, I prefer Colbert more than Stewart but don't want the same type of show twice either

[SineSwiper]

I dont like John Oliver as a replacement, i think he will make it sound too hokey and too much like the Colbert Report. Stewart does a good job of being sarcastic and funny while not being in a character. Oliver's short bits on the show are always in fake voice character and im not sure he can just be normal like Stewart, but i guess we'l see. I do watch Daily Show a couple times a week, usually, and i prefer it to Colbert Report.

He might be able to get away with dialing it down a bit with his semi-normal voice, since he probably doesn't want to keep up the act every day for the full 30 minutes.