Editing Jon Stewart (section)

===1998–2015: ''The Daily Show'' ===
In 1998, Stewart hosted the television special, ''[[Elmopalooza]]'', celebrating 30 years of ''[[Sesame Street]]''. He has guest-starred on other sitcoms including ''[[The Nanny]]'', ''[[Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist]]'', ''[[Spin City]]'', and ''[[NewsRadio]]''. The same year Stewart released his first book, ''[[Naked Pictures of Famous People]]'' (1998), a collection of humorous short stories and essays. The book reached [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''The New York Times'' Best Seller List]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Naked Pictures of Famous People |date=September 22, 1999 |isbn=0688171621 |last1=Stewart |first1=Jon |publisher=Harper Collins |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/nakedpicturesoff00stew}}</ref> In the mid-1990s, Stewart launched his own [[production company]], [[Busboy Productions]], naming the company in reference to his previous job as a [[busboy]]. Stewart signed a deal with [[Miramax]] to develop projects through his company, but none of his ideas have been produced. After Stewart's success as host and producer of ''The Daily Show'', he revived Busboy Productions with ''Daily Show'' producers [[Ben Karlin]] and Rich Korson. In 2002, Busboy planned to produce a sitcom for NBC starring Stephen Colbert, but the show did not come to fruition.<ref>{{cite news |title=Jon Stewart: TV Mogul |publisher=[[E! Online]] |date=February 15, 2005}}</ref>{{Full citation needed|date=May 2023}}

Later that year, when Craig Kilborn left the show to replace Tom Snyder on ''[[The Late Late Show (American talk show)|The Late Late Show]]'', Stewart began hosting ''[[The Daily Show]]'' on Comedy Central. ''The Daily Show'' blends humor with the day's top news stories, usually in politics, while simultaneously poking fun at politicians, newsmakers, and the news media. In an interview on ''[[The O'Reilly Factor]]'', Stewart denied the show has any intentional political agenda, saying the goal was "schnicks and giggles" and that "[t]he same weakness that drove me into comedy also informs my show", meaning that he was uncomfortable talking without hearing the audience laugh.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/H5pK7sK0i4A Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20070421001411/http://youtube.com:80/watch?v=H5pK7sK0i4A Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{Cite web |title=Jon Stewart on The O'Reilly Factor | date=February 7, 2007 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5pK7sK0i4A |access-date=April 23, 2008 |publisher=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In his first Daily Show on-air appearance on January 11, 1999, Stewart told his guest that evening, [[Michael J. Fox]], that he felt as if "this is my bar mitzvah".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gillick |first=Jeremy |title=Meet Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz |newspaper=Moment Magazine |date=November 9, 2011 |url=https://www.momentmag.com/meet-jonathan-stuart-leibowitz-aka-jon-stewart/ |access-date=June 13, 2019 |archive-date=February 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229063515/https://momentmag.com/meet-jonathan-stuart-leibowitz-aka-jon-stewart/ |url-status=live}}</ref> His style was described by one critic as, "Stewart does not offer us cynicism for its own sake, but as a playful way to offer the kinds of insights that are not permitted in more serious news formats that slavishly cling to official account of events."<ref>Bennett, Lance W. "Relief in Hard Times: A Defense of Jon Stewart's Comedy in an Age of Cynicism." Critical Studies in Media Communication. 24.3 (2007): 278–283. Print.</ref>

He appeared in ''[[Half Baked]]'' as an "enhancement smoker" and in ''[[Big Daddy (1999 film)|Big Daddy]]'' as [[Adam Sandler]]'s roommate; he has joked on the ''Daily Show'' and in the documentary ''[[The Aristocrats (film)|The Aristocrats]]'' that to get the role, he slept with Sandler. Stewart often makes fun of his appearances in the high-profile flop, ''[[Death to Smoochy]]'',<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-02-19-jon-stewart_x.htm |title=Jon Stewart looks Oscar in the eye |newspaper=USA Today |last=Levin |first=Gary |date=February 19, 2006 |access-date=June 4, 2008 |archive-date=March 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220304101119/https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-02-19-jon-stewart_x.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> in which he played a treacherous television executive; and the animated film ''[[Doogal]]'',<ref>{{cite news |url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0602/27/lkl.01.html |title=CNN Larry King Live: Interview With Jon Stewart |work=[[Larry King Live]] |publisher=CNN |date=February 27, 2006 |access-date=June 4, 2008 |archive-date=May 12, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512153241/http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0602/27/lkl.01.html |url-status=live}}</ref> where he voiced the villain Zeebad. In 2007, Stewart made a [[cameo appearance]] as himself in ''[[Evan Almighty]]'', which starred former ''Daily Show'' correspondent Steve Carell. In the movie, Stewart was seen on a television screen in a fictional ''Daily Show'' episode poking fun at Carell's character for building an [[Noah's Ark|ark]].

Until Trevor Noah permanently took over the show in 2015, Stewart hosted almost all airings of the program, except for a few occasions when correspondents such as [[Stephen Colbert]], [[Rob Corddry]], [[Jason Jones (actor)|Jason Jones]], and [[Steve Carell]] subbed for him, and during [[John Oliver (comedian)|John Oliver]]'s stint as host during the summer of 2013. Stewart won twenty [[Primetime Emmy Award]]s for ''The Daily Show'' as either a writer or producer, and two for producing ''[[The Colbert Report]]'' (2013–14), earning a total of twenty-two Primetime Emmy Awards, the most wins for a male individual.<ref name="awards1">{{Cite news |date=November 24, 2015 |title=Jon Stewart Comedic Genres |work=Salon |url=http://www.salon.com/2015/11/24/trevor_noahs_just_not_funny_the_daily_show_is_a_trainwreck_i_know_because_i_watch_for_a_living/ |access-date=January 17, 2015 |archive-date=November 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151124152320/http://www.salon.com/2015/11/24/trevor_noahs_just_not_funny_the_daily_show_is_a_trainwreck_i_know_because_i_watch_for_a_living/ |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2005, Stewart and ''The Daily Show'' received the [[Grammy Award]] for [[Best Comedy Album]] for the audiobook edition of ''[[America (The Book)|America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction]]''. In 2000 and 2004, the show won two [[Peabody Award]]s for its coverage of the US presidential elections in those years, called "[[Comedy Central's Indecision 2000|Indecision 2000]]" and "[[The Daily Show: Indecision 2004|Indecision 2004]]", respectively.<ref name="peabodyawards2000">[http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-indecision-2000 60th Annual Peabody Awards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018164320/http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-indecision-2000 |date=October 18, 2014}}, May 2001.</ref><ref>[http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-indecision-2004 64th Annual Peabody Awards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140928051136/http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-indecision-2004 |date=September 28, 2014}}, May 2005.</ref>

[[File:Jon Stewart and Michael Mullen on The Daily Show.jpg |thumb |Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, US Navy Admiral [[Michael Mullen]], being interviewed by Jon Stewart for the February 3, 2011, episode of ''[[The Daily Show]]'']]
The show of September 20, 2001, the first show after the [[9/11|attacks of September 11, 2001]], began with no introduction.<ref name="DS091101">{{cite web |date=September 11, 2001 |title=September 11, 2001 |publisher=[[Comedy Central]] |url=http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/1q93jy/september-11--2001 |access-date=September 1, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150901110549/http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/1q93jy/september-11--2001 |archive-date=September 1, 2015}}</ref> Before this, the introduction included footage of a fly-in toward the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]] and New York City. The first nine minutes of the show included a tearful Stewart discussing his personal view on the event. His remarks ended as follows:{{blockquote |The view ... from my apartment ... was the World Trade Center ... and now it's gone, and they attacked it. This symbol of American ingenuity, and strength, and labor, and imagination and commerce, and it is gone. But you know what the view is now? The [[Statue of Liberty]]. The view from the [[Lower Manhattan|South of Manhattan]] is now the Statue of Liberty. You can't beat that.<ref name="DS091101"/>}}

In mid-2002, amid rumors that David Letterman was going to switch from CBS to ABC when his contract ran out, Stewart was rumored as Letterman's replacement on CBS.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Hiatt |first=Brian |date=March 11, 2002 |title=David Letterman will stay at CBS |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |url=https://ew.com/article/2002/03/12/david-letterman-will-stay-cbs/ |access-date=March 29, 2008 |archive-date=October 10, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010165558/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,216668,00.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Ultimately, Letterman renewed his contract with CBS.

In late 2002, ABC offered Stewart his own talk show to air right after ''[[Nightline (U.S. news program)|Nightline]]''. Stewart's contract with ''The Daily Show'' was near expiring, and he expressed strong interest. ABC, however, decided to give another Comedy Central figure, [[Jimmy Kimmel]], the post-''Nightline'' slot.<ref>{{cite web |last=Carter |first=Bill |date=November 3, 2002 |title=In the Land of the Insomniac, the Narcoleptic Wants to Be King |work=The New York Times |url=http://jon.happyjoyfun.net/tran/2002/02_1103nytimes.html |access-date=December 10, 2006 |archive-date=September 28, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928002150/http://jon.happyjoyfun.net/tran/2002/02_1103nytimes.html |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2004, Stewart and ''The Daily Show'' writing staff released, ''[[America (The Book)|America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction]]'', a mock high-school history textbook offering insights into the unique American system of government, dissecting its institutions, explaining its history and processes, and satirizing such popular American political precepts as "[[one man, one vote]]", "government by the people", and "every vote counts". The book sold millions of copies upon its 2004 release and ended the year as a top-fifteen best seller.<ref name="Top15books2004" /> He also delivered the commencement address for the class of 2004 at his alma mater, the College of William & Mary. In 2005, Stewart provided the voice of President [[James A. Garfield]] for the audiobook version of [[Sarah Vowell]]'s ''[[Assassination Vacation]]''.<ref name="ref3">{{cite book |url=http://books.simonandschuster.com/Assassination-Vacation/Sarah-Vowell/9780743260046 |title=Simon & Schuster's ''Assassination Vacation'' Audio Book Promo page |date=February 6, 2006 |isbn=9780743260046 |access-date=December 20, 2011 |last1=Vowell |first1=Sarah |publisher=Simon & Schuster |archive-date=January 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104180055/http://books.simonandschuster.com/Assassination-Vacation/Sarah-Vowell/9780743260046 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2005, Comedy Central reached an agreement with Busboy in which Comedy Central would provide financial backing for the production company. Comedy Central has a first-look agreement on all projects, after which Busboy is free to shop them to other networks.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.allbusiness.com/services/business-services-miscellaneous-business/4762101-1.html |title=Comedy Inks Deal with Stewart's Busboy |last=Larson |first=Megan |magazine=[[Adweek]] |date=February 18, 2005 |access-date=October 8, 2008 |archive-date=January 8, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090108103811/http://www.allbusiness.com/services/business-services-miscellaneous-business/4762101-1.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-feb-16-et-stewart16-story.html |title=Jon Stewart, Comedy Central Sign Deal |last=Boucher |first=Geoff |newspaper=The Los Angeles Times |date=February 18, 2005 |access-date=October 8, 2008 |archive-date=May 11, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511201512/http://articles.latimes.com/2005/feb/16/entertainment/et-stewart16 |url-status=live}}</ref> The deal spawned the ''Daily Show'' spin-off ''[[The Colbert Report]]'' and its replacement, ''[[The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore]]''. Other projects include the sitcom pilot ''Three Strikes'', the documentary ''Sportsfan'', the series ''[[Important Things with Demetri Martin]]'', and the film ''The Donor''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3iff0ec139962d42d4152b670707cce783 |title=Stewart stamp on 'Martin' |website=Hollywood Reporter |date=October 3, 2007 |access-date=February 16, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516180516/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3iff0ec139962d42d4152b670707cce783 |archive-date=May 16, 2008}}</ref> In 2007, Stewart voiced Mort Sinclaire, former TV comedy writer and communist, on [[Stephen Colbert]]'s audiobook version of ''[[I Am America (And So Can You!)]]''.<ref>{{cite news | last=Solomon | first=Deborah | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/25/magazine/25questions.html | title=Funny About the News | work=[[The New York Times]] Magazine | date=September 25, 2005 | access-date=January 5, 2008 | archive-date=October 26, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111026021336/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/25/magazine/25questions.html | url-status=live}}</ref>

On April 4, 2006, Stewart confronted [[US Senator]] [[John McCain]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]]-[[Arizona|AZ]]) on ''The Daily Show'' about his decision to appear at [[Liberty University]], an institution founded by [[Jerry Falwell]] whom McCain previously had denounced as one of the "agents of intolerance". In the interchange, Stewart asked McCain, "You're not freaking out on us? Are you freaking out on us, because if you're freaking out ... and you're going into the crazy [[Base (politics)|base]] world—are you going into crazy base world?" McCain replied, "Just– just– just a little" and "I'm afraid so." The clip was played on [[CNN]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Crowley |first1=Candy |author1-link=Candy Crowley |last2=Blitzer |first2=Wolf |author2-link=Wolf Blitzer |date=May 15, 2006 |title=Transcripts: The Situation Room: President to Address the Nation on Immigration ... [search for 'intolerance' and 'Stewart' respectively] |work=[[The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer|The Situation Room]] |publisher=CNN |url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0605/15/sitroom.01.html |access-date=July 26, 2006 |archive-date=May 25, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060525060047/http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0605/15/sitroom.01.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=John McCain on The Daily Show |publisher=[[Comedy Central]] |url=http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=115528&title=john-mccain |access-date=April 4, 2006 |archive-date=March 7, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307145246/http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=115528&title=john-mccain |url-status=dead}}</ref> was noted and discussed in more detail in the [[blogosphere]]<ref>{{cite web |last=Madison |first=Lincoln |date=April 5, 2006 |title=John McCain on The Daily Show |work=The Third Path |publisher=Blogspot |url=http://lincmad.blogspot.com/2006/04/john-mccain-on-daily-show.html |access-date=July 26, 2006 |archive-date=October 28, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061028045655/http://lincmad.blogspot.com/2006/04/john-mccain-on-daily-show.html |url-status=live}}</ref> and was followed up on in the [[mainstream media]].<ref>{{cite web |date=April 14, 2006 |title=Making Right Turn, McCain Embraces Falwell |publisher=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |url=https://abcnews.go.com/WNT/Politics/story?id=1843506 |access-date=October 8, 2008 |archive-date=March 2, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302014531/http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/Politics/story?id=1843506 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2007, ''The Daily Show'' was involved in former correspondent [[Stephen Colbert presidential campaign, 2008|Stephen Colbert's announcement that he would run for president in 2008]]. In 2008, Stewart appeared on the news program ''[[Democracy Now!]]''.<ref>{{cite web |date=September 1, 2008 |title=Jon Stewart of 'The Daily Show' Weighs in on Sarah Palin, Hurricane Gustav and the Media's Coverage of the Conventions |website=[[Democracy Now!]] |url=http://www.democracynow.org/2008/9/1/jon_stewart_of_the_daily_show |access-date=October 29, 2010 |archive-date=October 31, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101031130854/http://www.democracynow.org/2008/9/1/jon_stewart_of_the_daily_show |url-status=live}}</ref> A 2008 ''[[The New York Times|New York Times]]'' story questioned whether he was, in a phrase originally used to describe longtime network news anchor [[Walter Cronkite]], "the most trusted man in America".<ref>{{cite news |last=Kakutani |first=Michiko |date=August 15, 2008 |title=Is Jon Stewart the Most Trusted Man in America? |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/arts/television/17kaku.html |access-date=January 9, 2011 |archive-date=May 13, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513194104/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/arts/television/17kaku.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

On April 28, 2009, during a discussion on [[torture]] with [[Clifford May]], Stewart stated that former President [[Harry S. Truman]] was a [[war crimes|war criminal]] for his [[Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki|use of the atomic bomb on Japan during World War II]].<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Jon Stewart's apology to Harry Truman |magazine=The Week |url=https://theweek.com/article/index/96152/Jon_Stewarts_apology_to_Harry_Truman |access-date=September 17, 2010 |archive-date=January 25, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100125065520/http://www.theweek.com/article/index/96152/Jon_Stewarts_apology_to_Harry_Truman |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=May 3, 2009 |title=Dennis Perrin: Why Did Jon Stewart Apologize? |work=[[The Huffington Post]] |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/dennis-perrin/why-did-jon-stewart-apolo_b_195147.html |access-date=September 17, 2010 |archive-date=May 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110512044954/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dennis-perrin/why-did-jon-stewart-apolo_b_195147.html |url-status=live}}</ref> He defended his view moments later: "Here's what I think of the [[atom bomb]]s. I think if you dropped an atom bomb fifteen miles offshore and you said, 'The next one's coming and hitting you', then I would think it's okay. To drop it on a city, and kill a hundred thousand people? Yeah. I think that's criminal." On April 30, Stewart apologized on his program, and stated he did not believe Truman was a war criminal:<ref>{{cite web |date=April 30, 2009 |title=Harry Truman Was Not a War Criminal – Video Clip &#124; Comedy Central |work=The Daily Show |url=http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-april-30-2009/harry-truman-was-not-a-war-criminal |access-date=August 24, 2014 |archive-date=April 29, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429032250/http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-april-30-2009/harry-truman-was-not-a-war-criminal |url-status=live}}</ref> "I shouldn't have said that, and I did. So I say right now, no, I don't believe that to be the case. The atomic bomb, a very complicated decision in the context of a horrific war, and I walk that back because it was in my estimation a stupid thing to say."<ref>{{cite web |date=May 3, 2009 |title=History News Network |publisher=Hnn.us |url=http://hnn.us/roundup/entries/81745.html |access-date=September 17, 2010 |archive-date=August 13, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090813044719/http://hnn.us/roundup/entries/81745.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Rally to Restore Sanity andor Fear - Jon Stewart.jpg|thumb|left|Stewart at the [[Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear]] in 2010]]
On September 16, 2010, Stewart and [[Stephen Colbert]] announced a rally for October 30, known as the [[Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear]]. It took place on the [[National Mall]] in Washington, D.C., and attracted an estimated 215,000 participants.<ref name=cbs-rally>{{cite news |last=Montopoli |first=Brian |date=October 30, 2010 |title=Jon Stewart Rally Attracts Estimated 215,000 |work=CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jon-stewart-rally-attracts-estimated-215000/ |access-date=December 30, 2010 |archive-date=December 29, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101229234747/http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20021284-503544.html |url-status=live}}</ref> In December 2010, Stewart was credited by the [[White House]], other media, and political news outlets for bringing awareness of the Republican [[filibuster]] on the [[James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act]] to the public, leading to the ultimate passing of the bill that provides health benefits to first responders whose health has been adversely affected by their work at [[Ground Zero]].<ref name="cbs-zadroga">{{cite news |last=Madison |first=Lucy |date=December 24, 2010 |title=White House Lauds Jon Stewart for Pushing Passage of 9/11 Health Bill |publisher=CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/white-house-lauds-jon-stewart-for-pushing-passage-of-9-11-health-bill/ |access-date=December 30, 2010 |archive-date=December 24, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101224095520/http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20026333-503544.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

In March 2010, Stewart announced that he had optioned rights to the story of journalist [[Maziar Bahari]], who was imprisoned in [[Iran]] for 118 days.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/optioned-stories-jon-stewart-buys-a-journalists-tale-don-murphy-takes-cory-doctorows-latest-novel/ |title=Optioned Stories: Jon Stewart Buys a Journalist's Tale; Don Murphy Takes Cory Doctorow's Latest Novel |date=March 23, 2010 |access-date=June 8, 2011 |publisher=Slashfilm |archive-date=June 11, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611022504/http://www.slashfilm.com/optioned-stories-jon-stewart-buys-a-journalists-tale-don-murphy-takes-cory-doctorows-latest-novel/ |url-status=live}}</ref> On June 6, 2011, episode of ''The Daily Show'', Stewart again hosted Bahari, and in March 2013, he announced that he was leaving the show for 12 weeks to direct the film version of Bahari's 2011 book, ''Then They Came For Me''. Stewart's screenplay adaptation is entitled, ''[[Rosewater (film)|Rosewater]]''.<ref name=NYTimes>{{cite news |last=Barnes |first=Brooks |title=Jon Stewart to Direct Serious Film, Will Take Hiatus From 'Daily Show |url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/05/jon-stewart-to-direct-serious-film-will-take-hiatus-from-daily-show/?hp |access-date=March 5, 2013 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=March 5, 2013 |archive-date=March 8, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308132836/http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/05/jon-stewart-to-direct-serious-film-will-take-hiatus-from-daily-show/?hp |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="cnn130305">{{cite news |publisher=CNN |title=Stewart to take time off from 'Daily Show,' direct feature film |url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/05/showbiz/jon-stewart-daily-show-hiatus/index.html |date=March 5, 2013 |access-date=March 5, 2013 |archive-date=March 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130306103039/http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/05/showbiz/jon-stewart-daily-show-hiatus/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref> It premiered at the September 2014 [[Toronto International Film Festival]], receiving "generally favorable" reviews,<ref>[http://www.macleans.ca/culture/movies/a-comedian-in-tehran/ Jon Stewart brings an Iranian-Canadian's story to TIFF] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140915003934/http://www.macleans.ca/culture/movies/a-comedian-in-tehran/ |date=September 15, 2014}}, Emma Teitel, Maclean's, September 13, 2014</ref> and was released to general audiences on November 14, 2014.

[[File:Jon Stewart Earth book 2 Shankbone.jpg |thumb |upright |Stewart at the launch of his book, ''[[Earth (The Book)]]'', in New York, September 27, 2010]] In 2010, Stewart and ''The Daily Show'' writing staff released a sequel to their first book entitled, ''[[Earth (The Book)|Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race]]''. The book is meant to serve as a [[Baedeker]] travel guide for an alien civilization that discovers Earth after humanity has died out, most likely by its own hands.<ref name="ew1">{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/2010/09/08/earth-book/ |title=Earth (The Book) (2010) |last=Staskiewicz |first=Keith |date=September 8, 2010 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date=September 24, 2010 |archive-date=September 20, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100920045248/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20419670,00.html |url-status=live}}</ref> In April 2010, Comedy Central renewed Stewart's contract to host ''The Daily Show'' into 2013.<ref name="Stelter">{{cite news |last=Stelter |first=Brian |date=April 23, 2010 |title=Jon Stewart's Punching Bag, Fox News |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/24/arts/television/24stewart.html |access-date=April 24, 2010 |archive-date=April 26, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100426023127/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/24/arts/television/24stewart.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=salary>{{cite magazine |title=Who Makes How Much |magazine=[[New York magazine]] |url=https://nymag.com/guides/salary/14497/index1.html |access-date=April 23, 2008 |archive-date=April 4, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080404072837/http://nymag.com/guides/salary/14497/index1.html |url-status=live}}</ref> According to a ''[[Forbes]]'' list of celebrities in 2008, he was earning $14&nbsp;million a year.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=June 11, 2008 |title=The Celebrity 100 |magazine=[[Forbes.com]] |url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/53/celebrities08_Jon-Stewart_JZY4.html |access-date=July 22, 2008 |archive-date=July 7, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080707044757/http://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/53/celebrities08_Jon-Stewart_JZY4.html |url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' opined that Stewart is "the modern-day equivalent of [[Edward R. Murrow]]"<ref name="NYTMurrow">{{cite news |last1=Carter |first1=Bill |last2=Stelter |first2=Brian |date=December 27, 2010 |title=News Analysis; Jon Stewart's Advocacy Role in 9/11 Bill Passage |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/27/business/media/27stewart.html |access-date=December 30, 2010 |archive-date=December 30, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101230084233/http://www.nytimes.com//2010//12//27//business//media//27stewart.html |url-status=live}}</ref> and the UK national newspaper ''[[The Independent]]'' called him the "satirist-in-chief".<ref name="Ind1230">{{cite news |last=Adams |first=Guy |date=December 30, 2010 |title=The serious side of Jon Stewart |work=The Independent |location=UK |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/the-serious-side-of-jon-stewart-2171794.html |access-date=December 30, 2010 |archive-date=December 31, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101231073133/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/the-serious-side-of-jon-stewart-2171794.html |url-status=live}}</ref> In an interview, Senator John McCain described Stewart as "a modern-day [[Will Rogers]] and [[Mark Twain]]".<ref name="Samuelsohn">{{cite news |last=Samuelsohn |first=Darren |title=Jon Stewart's secret White House visits |work=Politico |url=http://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2015/07/jon-stewarts-secret-white-house-visits-000178 |access-date=August 3, 2015 |archive-date=July 30, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150730204758/http://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2015/07/jon-stewarts-secret-white-house-visits-000178 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Braswell |first=Sean |title=The Original Jon Stewart |website=OZY |date=November 19, 2013 |url=http://www.ozy.com/flashback/the-original-jon-stewart/3773 |access-date=February 19, 2016 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053935/http://www.ozy.com/flashback/the-original-jon-stewart/3773 |url-status=live}}</ref>

On the show of January 10, 2011, Stewart began with a monologue about the [[2011 Tucson shooting|shootings in Tucson, Arizona]].<ref>Snyder, Steven James [https://entertainment.time.com/2011/01/11/the-night-shift-jon-stewart-confronts-the-arizona-shootings-makes-a-passionate-appeal-for-sanity-and-hope/ "The Night Shift: Jon Stewart Confronts the Arizona Shootings, Makes a Passionate Appeal For Sanity and Hope"], TIME Magazine Online; retrieved February 18, 2011.</ref> He said he wished the "ramblings of crazy people didn't in any way resemble how we actually talk to each other on television".<ref>Linkins, Jason [https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/10/stewart-colbert-tucson_n_807164.html "Stewart, Colbert Draw Contrasts In Response To Tucson Shooting"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216061344/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/10/stewart-colbert-tucson_n_807164.html |date=February 16, 2017}}, ''[[The Huffington Post]]''; retrieved February 18, 2011.</ref> Before a commercial break, Stewart told viewers that the show would continue as usual the next night. After the commercial break, the show featured a rerun of a field piece done by Jason Jones two years earlier.<ref name="Estes2011-01-11">{{cite web |last=Estes |first=Adam Clark |date=January 11, 2011 |title=Jon Stewart on shooting: No idea how to process this |work=[[Salon (website)|Salon]] |url=http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2011/01/11/jon_stewart_arizona_shooting/ |access-date=January 15, 2011 |archive-date=November 2, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102123950/http://www.salon.com/2011/01/11/jon_stewart_arizona_shooting/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In March 2012, Stewart interviewed [[Bruce Springsteen]] for ''[[Rolling Stone]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/jon-stewart-interviews-bruce-springsteen-for-rolling-stone-20120307 |title=Jon Stewart Interviews Bruce Springsteen for Rolling Stone |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=March 7, 2012 |access-date=August 24, 2014 |archive-date=October 2, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141002111559/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/jon-stewart-interviews-bruce-springsteen-for-rolling-stone-20120307 |url-status=live}}</ref> Writer [[Wyatt Cenac]] said that Stewart cursed him out after Cenac acknowledged he was uncomfortable about a June 2011 ''Daily Show'' bit about Republican presidential candidate [[Herman Cain]] (reported in July 2015).<ref>{{cite web |last=Jung |first=E. Alex |date=July 23, 2015 |title=Jon Stewart Told Wyatt Cenac to 'F*ck Off' When He Was Challenged About Race |work=[[Vulture.com]] |url=https://www.vulture.com/2015/07/jon-stewart-told-wyatt-cenac-to-fck-off.html |access-date=April 17, 2020 |archive-date=July 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200709061056/https://www.vulture.com/2015/07/jon-stewart-told-wyatt-cenac-to-fck-off.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite podcast |date=July 23, 2015 |title=Episode 622 – Wyatt Cenac |work=[[WTF with Marc Maron]] |url=http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episodes/episode_622_-_wyatt_cenac |access-date=July 24, 2015 |archive-date=July 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724123447/http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episodes/episode_622_-_wyatt_cenac |url-status=live}}</ref>

In March 2013, it was announced that Stewart would be taking a 12-week hiatus from ''The Daily Show'' to direct the film ''[[Rosewater (film)|Rosewater]]'', which is based on the book ''[[Then They Came for Me]]'' by [[Maziar Bahari]].<ref>{{cite news |last=O'Connell |first=Michael |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/jon-stewart-take-summer-break-426109 |title=Jon Stewart to Take Summer Break from 'Daily Show' to Direct a Movie |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=March 5, 2013 |access-date=April 17, 2020 |archive-date=October 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001202547/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/jon-stewart-take-summer-break-426109 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-june-6-2013/summer-break |title=The Daily Show |date=June 6, 2013 |access-date=June 12, 2013 |archive-date=June 11, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611062545/http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-june-6-2013/summer-break |url-status=live}}</ref> Beginning June 10, 2013, ''The Daily Show'' correspondent [[John Oliver (comedian)|John Oliver]] assumed primary hosting duties during Stewart's break.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/mon-june-10-2013-seth-rogen |title=The Daily Show |date=June 10, 2013 |access-date=June 18, 2013 |archive-date=June 16, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130616053637/http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/mon-june-10-2013-seth-rogen |url-status=live}}</ref> The ''[[TV Guide]]'' annual survey for 2013 star salaries showed that Stewart was the highest-paid late night host, making an estimated $25–30&nbsp;million per year.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=TV's Highest Paid Stars: What They Earn |url=https://www.tvguide.com/News/TV-Highest-Paid-Stars-1069334.aspx |magazine=TV Guide |access-date=August 21, 2013 |archive-date=August 20, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130820124832/http://www.tvguide.com/news/tv-highest-paid-stars-1069334.aspx |url-status=live}}</ref> On July 14, 2014, Stewart interviewed [[Hillary Clinton]] about the [[Middle East]]. Clinton's condemnations of [[Hamas]] led Stewart to ask her: "But don't you think they would look at that though as, they've given a lot of different things a chance and these are the only guys to them that are giving any resistance to what their condition is?" For Gazans living in that situation, he said Hamas could be viewed as "freedom fighters".<ref>[http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/179536/watch-hillary-clinton-vs-jon-stewart-on-gaza%20%20our%20freedom%20fighters Hillary Clinton vs Jon Stewart on Gaza], tabletmag.com; accessed September 23, 2015.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mediaite.com/tv/jon-stewart-confronts-hillary-over-humanitarian-crisis-in-gaza/ |title=Jon Stewart Confronts Hillary over 'Humanitarian Crisis' in Gaza |date=July 16, 2014 |access-date=June 17, 2019 |archive-date=June 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617051527/https://www.mediaite.com/tv/jon-stewart-confronts-hillary-over-humanitarian-crisis-in-gaza/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

====''The Daily Show'' departure ====
During a taping of the show on February 10, 2015, Stewart announced he was leaving ''The Daily Show''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/article/jon-stewart-says-hes-leaving-daily-show-215070 |title=Jon Stewart says he's leaving ''The Daily Show'' |website=avclub.com |date=February 10, 2015 |access-date=March 13, 2015 |archive-date=February 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211021610/http://www.avclub.com/article/jon-stewart-says-hes-leaving-daily-show-215070 |url-status=live}}</ref> Comedy Central president Michele Ganeless confirmed Stewart's retirement with a statement.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jon Stewart to step down as host of ''The Daily Show'' |website=satxdailynews.com |url=http://www.satxdailynews.com/entertainment/jon-stewart-to-step-down-as-host-of-the-daily-show |access-date=September 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211033512/http://www.satxdailynews.com/entertainment/jon-stewart-to-step-down-as-host-of-the-daily-show/ |archive-date=February 11, 2015}}</ref> Later, it was announced that South African comedian [[Trevor Noah]] would succeed Stewart as the host of the show.<ref name=noah>{{cite magazine |last=Grow |first=Kory |title=Jon Stewart Is Ready for 'Next Iteration' of ''The Daily Show'' |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=February 20, 2015 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/features/jon-stewart-is-ready-for-next-iteration-of-the-daily-show-20150220 |access-date=September 2, 2017 |archive-date=October 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007162036/http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/features/jon-stewart-is-ready-for-next-iteration-of-the-daily-show-20150220 |url-status=live}}</ref> On April 20, 2015, Stewart indicated that his final show would be on August 6, 2015.<ref name="TDSdeparture">{{cite web |first=Josh |last=Feldman |date=April 20, 2015 |title=Jon Stewart announces when he's leaving ''The Daily Show'' |website=Mediaite |url=http://www.mediaite.com/tv/stewart-announces-when-hes-leaving-the-daily-show/ |access-date=April 20, 2015 |archive-date=April 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150423210749/http://www.mediaite.com/tv/stewart-announces-when-hes-leaving-the-daily-show/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Barack Obama on the Daily Show July 21, 2015.jpg |thumb|left|Stewart interviewing [[President Barack Obama]] in 2015]]
On July 28, 2015, Darren Samuelsohn of ''[[Politico]]'' reported that twice, Stewart had been at the [[White House]] for previously unreported meetings with President Obama: once in October&nbsp;2011 and once in February 2014.<ref name="Samuelsohn"/> [[Michael D. Shear]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' also picked up on the story.<ref>{{cite news |last=Shear |first=Michael D. |date=July 28, 2015 |title=Jon Stewart Met Privately With Obama at White House |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/29/us/politics/jon-stewart-secretly-met-with-obama-at-white-house.html |access-date=August 3, 2015 |archive-date=July 31, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150731021526/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/29/us/politics/jon-stewart-secretly-met-with-obama-at-white-house.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Stewart responded on his show by pointing out that the meetings were listed in the president's publicly available visitor log and that he has been asked to meet privately by many prominent individuals, including [[Roger Ailes]] of [[Fox News]]. He said Obama encouraged him not to make young Americans cynical about their government and Stewart said that his reply was that he was "skeptically idealistic".<ref>{{cite news |last=Bauder |first=David |date=July 30, 2015 |title=Jon Stewart: Meeting with Obama wasn't a secret |website=[[Yahoo!]] |url=https://news.yahoo.com/jon-stewart-meeting-obama-wasnt-secret-151920876.html |access-date=August 3, 2015 |archive-date=August 1, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801231922/http://news.yahoo.com/jon-stewart-meeting-obama-wasnt-secret-151920876.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

On June 19, 2015, in the wake of the [[Charleston Church Shooting]], Stewart decided not to write jokes for the opening monologue. Elaborating on his decision, Stewart stated, "I honestly have nothing other than just sadness". Stewart spoke about the racial disparity and injustices in America, saying "The [[Confederate flag]] flies over South Carolina ... and the roads are named for Confederate generals" describing it as "racial wallpaper".<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Jon Stewart tells no jokes about Charleston church shooting |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time Magazine]] |url=https://time.com/3927986/charleston-jon-stewart/ |access-date=May 11, 2020 |archive-date=July 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717233131/https://time.com/3927986/charleston-jon-stewart/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Instead he designated a large portion of the show to his guest that night [[Malala Yousafzai]], calling her "an incredible inspiration," and that "to be quite honest with you, I don't think there's anyone else in the world I would rather talk to tonight than Malala: So that's what we're going to do. And sorry about no jokes."<ref>{{cite web |title=Watch Malala get real with Jon Stewart about activism and girls' education |website=[[TakePart]] |url=http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/06/19/watch-malala-get-real-jon-stewart-about-activism-and-girls-education |access-date=May 11, 2020 |archive-date=September 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921054830/http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/06/19/watch-malala-get-real-jon-stewart-about-activism-and-girls-education/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

On August 5, 2015, Stewart's friend of 30&nbsp;years, comedian [[Louis C.K.]], was selected to be the last guest before the final ''Daily Show'' episode with Stewart helming the show. C.K. joked that he was there "representing comedy to say good job".<ref>{{cite AV media |title=Exclusive – Louis C.K. extended interview |series=''The Daily Show'' with Jon Stewart |medium=video clip |website=Comedy Central |url=http://www.cc.com/video-clips/s3onms/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-exclusive---louis-c-k--extended-interview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151013055420/http://www.cc.com/video-clips/s3onms/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-exclusive---louis-c-k--extended-interview|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 13, 2015}}</ref>

The hour-long-plus final ''Daily Show'' on August&nbsp;6 featured reunions with former correspondents Stephen Colbert, [[Steve Carell]], John Oliver, [[Samantha Bee]], [[Hasan Minhaj]], [[Ed Helms]], [[Kristen Schaal]], [[Larry Wilmore]], [[Jessica Williams (actress)|Jessica Williams]], [[Aasif Mandvi]], [[Lewis Black]], [[John Hodgman]], [[Rob Corddry]], [[Olivia Munn]], [[Josh Gad]], [[Michael Che]], and [[Mo Rocca]] and cameo video clips from people Stewart had targeted over the years, including [[Hillary Clinton]], [[John McCain]], [[Lindsey Graham]], [[Chris Christie]], [[John Kerry]], [[Chuck Schumer]], [[Bill O'Reilly (political commentator)|Bill O'Reilly]], [[Wolf Blitzer]], [[Joe Scarborough]], and [[Mika Brzezinski]].<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Jon Stewart's farewell: ''Daily Show'' host spotlights staff, not self |year=2015 |series=TV News |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/jon-stewart-daily-show-finale-comedy-central-1201558709/ |access-date=May 11, 2020 |archive-date=September 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924092640/https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/jon-stewart-daily-show-finale-comedy-central-1201558709/ |url-status=live}}</ref> During the final episode, there was a pre-taped behind-the-scenes look at the show spoofing the long-take [[Copacabana (nightclub)|Copacabana]] scene from ''[[Goodfellas]]'', featuring a brief appearance by [[Martin Scorsese]].<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Jon Stewart's ''Goodfellas'' spoof a highlight of final ''Daily Show'' |date=August 7, 2015 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |url=https://ew.com/article/2015/08/07/jon-stewart-goodfellas-montage-daily-show/ |access-date=May 11, 2020 |archive-date=September 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918150353/https://ew.com/article/2015/08/07/jon-stewart-goodfellas-montage-daily-show/ |url-status=live}}</ref> It concluded with a performance by [[Bruce Springsteen]] and the [[E Street Band]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Laughs and some tears as Jon Stewart hosts last ''Daily Show'' |last=Helsel |first=Phil |date=August 7, 2015 |publisher=[[NBC News]] |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/tv/laughs-some-tears-jon-stewart-hosts-last-daily-show-n405716 |url-status=live |access-date=August 7, 2015 |archive-date=August 7, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150807170602/http://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/tv/laughs-some-tears-jon-stewart-hosts-last-daily-show-n405716}}</ref>