NEW YORK (AP) — As host of “The Daily Show” from 1999 to 2015, Jon Stewart changed comedy — and arguably journalism, too — with sharp, satirical takes on politics and current events.
Catching lightning again will be difficult — particularly at a time when late-night television is greatly diminished as a cultural force and others, some from Stewart's family tree, are now competitors.
It can be even tougher when, as Salon critic Melanie McFarland put it, the current Jon Stewart is forced to compete with memories of the old Jon Stewart.
“Jon Stewart totally changed the face of late-night,” says Robert Thompson, director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture at Syracuse University.
“There's something so 2010 about Jon Stewart now,” he says.
Persons:
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Organizations:
Comedy Central, CNN, Bleier Center for Television, Culture, Syracuse University, CBS, HBO, TBS, Fox News, MSNBC, Apple, Mets, Nielsen, Associated Press