Jon Stewart Is Getting Back Into Political Comedy—but Not in the Form Many Might Expect (Video)
The former "Daily Show" host will be back on TV before the November general election with a new show on HBO.
Footage from Jon Stewart’s final week as the host of “The Daily Show.” (Comedy Central)
The former “Daily Show” host will be back on TV before the November general election with a surprising new show on HBO. Why surprising? It’ll be an animated series.
From Variety:
When HBO signed Jon Stewart to a four-year production deal after his departure from “The Daily Show,” details were scant about what fruit that deal might bear. Now some of those details are emerging.
Speaking at the Television Critics Association’s summer press tour Saturday, HBO programming president Casey Bloys discussed the multiplatform project that Stewart is working on for the premium cable channel.
“The idea is it will be an animated parody of a cable news network with an Onion-like portal,” Bloys said. The project will be structured to allow Stewart to release multiple pieces of short-form content — video and text — through HBO’s digital platforms, but will also include a linear-television element, likely in the form of a half-hour series.
“He is establishing an animation studio,” Bloys said of Stewart. He added that he is hoping that Stewart could begin releasing content as soon as September or October, though possibly not until later in the fall.
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