‘The Daily Show’ Announces Chelsea Handler and Kal Penn as Guest Hosts – The Hollywood Reporter

Of Trevor Noah ready to sign off on December 8, The daily show looks at the next chapter.

Comedy Central announced Tuesday that it had lined up a lineup of guest hosts to headline the show when it returns from its Jan. 17 hiatus. To date, the group includes a range of potential replacements – Al Franken, Chelsea HandlersDL Hughley, Leslie Jones, John Leguizamo, Hasan Minhaj, Cal PennSarah Silverman, Wanda Sykes, and Marlon Wayans — along with a cadre of current correspondents and contributors, such as Roy Wood Jr. and Desi Lydic.

“As we enter Trevor’s final week, we want to thank him for his many contributions,” Paramount Media Networks CEO Chris McCarthy said in a statement, adding, “Trevor has redefined the show just like Jon Stewart did before him. , and as we look to the future, we’re excited to reinvent it using this incredible roster of talent and correspondents along with the immensely talented Daily show team.”

As part of a recent Hollywood reporter cover story, detailing Noah’s great decision to leave the topical show after seven years, he revealed that he has provided hosting advice to his bank of correspondents, from Lydic and Wood to Ronny Chieng and Dulcé Sloan. As he noted, it was important to him that they approach the job of host with all the knowledge he thought he lacked when he arrived all those years earlier.

“I wish someone had told me what a drag it was,” said Noah, noting that the responsibilities extend far beyond just hosting. “You also run the show, so everything from HR to set design, you’re part of it, and it doesn’t stop when you leave the building. There’s not a moment when breaking news happens where I go, ‘Oh, wow, I don’t care.’ No, I care; being informed is part of my job.”

Sure, a lot of the outside folks, from Handler (E!’s Chelsea lately) and Silverman (Hulu’s I love you, America) to Minhaj (Netflix Patriotic law) and Penn (Freeform’s Kal Penn approves this post), have experience with their own shows. They are also said to have varying levels of interest – from very much to very little – in hosting The daily show as a full-time gig.

Noah, for his part, will have absolutely no part in choosing his replacement, although he has acknowledged that he would be willing to remain involved with the show in whatever capacity the new presenter takes, be it as a producer or simply as a supporting viewer. .