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Jon Stewart‘s return to “The Day by day Present” on Monday introduced in 1.9 million viewers, marking the present’s largest viewers in additional than 5 years.
Of these 1.9 million viewers, 930,000 tuned in through Comedy Central, whereas the remainder had been counted throughout simulcasts on CMT, Emblem, MTV, MTV2, Paramount Community, Pop and TV Land. These figures come from Stay + Similar Day as reported by Nielsen.
It’s unsurprising that the episode would carry out so effectively. “The Day by day Present” has lacked any constant presence since Trevor Noah exited as host on the finish of 2022, and Stewart’s return to the submit — which he left practically a decade in the past — provides a trusted voice again to the panorama of political commentary in a key election 12 months, even when he’ll solely be again on the desk on Mondays. It’s possible that Stewart’s episodes will proceed to deliver sorely wanted viewership again to Comedy Central, as Monday’s large displaying was achieved with solely every week and a half of selling lead up after a shock announcement.
The episode was instantly effectively acquired, with Selection critic Alison Herman writing that “anybody who has dwelling reminiscences of the Conflict on Terror is powerless to withstand Stewart’s specific mix of cynicism and ethical righteousness. But the shortage of pomp and circumstance round his return signifies that its meta facets change into probably the most significant. Stewart might mock Biden’s fraying colleges or level out Trump’s infinite shortcomings in his sleep. It’s not the punchlines themselves that assist show the snake-eating-its-tail absurdity of the present information cycle. It’s the person delivering them, and what number of occasions we’ve seen him earlier than.”
