Trevor Noah to Exit ‘The Every day Present’ After 7 Years

All good issues come to an finish. Trevor Noah shall be exiting The Every day Present after internet hosting the late-night program for seven years. 

“We’re grateful to Trevor for our superb partnership over the previous seven years.  With no timetable for his departure, we’re working collectively on subsequent steps,” Comedy Central mentioned in a press release to Selection on Thursday, September 29. “As we glance forward, we’re excited for the subsequent chapter within the 25+ yr historical past of The Every day Present because it continues to redefine tradition by means of sharp and hilarious social commentary, serving to audiences make sense of the world round them.”

Noah revealed his exit plans to the viewers throughout Thursday’s taping in New York Metropolis.

“It has been seven years since we began The Every day Present with Trevor Noah. This week is our anniversary, “ he mentioned to the group in a video posted via The Daily Show’s Twitter. “And one of many overriding emotions I discovered myself experiencing … is a sense of gratitude. The journey we’ve been on collectively has been wild. … There’s so many individuals who make this factor come collectively. I wish to say thanks for an incredible seven years. It’s been really wild.”

He continued, “It’s been completely superb. It’s one thing I’ve by no means anticipated. Every part we’ve gone by means of — the Trump presidency, the pandemic. I noticed after seven years that my time is up. However in essentially the most lovely approach. I’ve liked internet hosting this present. It’s been one in all my biggest challenges. It’s been one in all my biggest joys. I’ve liked attempting to determine easy methods to make individuals snicker when the tales are significantly s—ty even on the worst days. … However after seven years, I really feel prefer it’s time.”

The South Africa native concluded his speech by promising he wasn’t “disappearing,” and shared he misses “studying different languages” and “going to different international locations and placing on reveals” earlier than thanking the viewers one ultimate time for his or her loyalty through the years.

Noah started his run with The Every day Present after working as an on-air correspondent for this system in 2014.  Heh took over for former host John Stewart lower than a yr later. (Amy Schumer, Chris Rock, Louis C.Ok. and Amy Poehler all allegedly mentioned no to the supply first.)

“I’ll say the primary two years had been horrible — and it was horrible as a result of I had taken over one in all America’s most beloved establishments,” Noah revealed to Selection in July 2020. “And although Jon Stewart had handed over the reins to me, it was basically a yr of individuals telling me I shouldn’t be doing the job and I used to be unworthy of being in that seat. And I continued to consider that. You step into this new position and also you’re doing a brand new job and many of the first yr was simply attempting to remain afloat.”

The comic added that the start of his time on this system was primarily centered on “discovering my footing” and “attempting to not get canceled,” including that it was considerably akin to studying “easy methods to fly a aircraft whereas the aircraft is flying.”

Nevertheless, upon his taking the reigns, Noah grew the sequence till it grew to become the No. 1 late-night present in digital and social media podcast downloads, connecting to a brand new technology of viewers after Donald Trump was elected President of the US in 2016. 

“Satire works finest when it has targets,” Noah informed The Los Angeles Instances in July 2021. “As soon as Trump got here into workplace, the present instantly had its relationship with the White Home. And it [was] an attention-grabbing relationship, like Harry Potter had with Voldemort.”

In keeping with Selection, Noah reportedly revealed his exit plans to his viewers throughout a Thursday taping in New York Metropolis. It isn’t clear when the comic will say his ultimate goodbyes or if Paramount International has begun to seek for his substitute. 

The present does, nonetheless, work with a big group of “correspondents” frequently together with Desi Lydic, Roy Wooden Jr., Ronny Chieng, Michael Costa and Dulcé Sloan who may very well be potential successors.