The Daily Show new host Trevor Noah a global option to replace Jon Stewart

By Josephine Tovey
Updated April 1 2015 - 1:18pm, first published March 31 2015 - 9:33pm
Jon Stewart will soon finish his hosting duties on satirical news program The Daily Show. Photo: Comedy Central
Jon Stewart will soon finish his hosting duties on satirical news program The Daily Show. Photo: Comedy Central

When Jon Stewart announced he would soon retire from The Daily Show back in February, it unleashed both a cacophony of grief from fans (at levels usually reserved for a celebrity death or fall of an empire), and frenzied speculation in the United States about who among the nation's comedians could possibly fill Stewart's enormous shoes.

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