Jon Stewart, seen above at the 2025 New Yorker Festival last month, will continue hosting Mondays on “The Daily Show” through the end of 2026, Paramount announced. Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for The New Yorker

Paramount has renewed Jon Stewart’s deal to continue hosting Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” once a week through the 2026 midterms, resolving months of speculation about the media company’s plans for the late-night show.

Comedy Central said Monday that the show’s correspondents will continue to take turns hosting Tuesdays through Thursdays while Stewart hosts on Mondays.

Stewart originally returned to his old show in 2024 — after first hosting from 1999 until 2015 — saying he wanted a platform to “unload thoughts as we get into this election season.”

He still had plenty t

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