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“I’ve been kicked out of shittier establishments than that,” he said, adding that he thinks the show will “land on our feet.”

Jon Stewart is concerned about the future of The Daily Show following news that The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is being canceled.

On his show The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart, Stewart gave his candid thoughts about what’ll happen to The Daily Show because of the current merger that its parent company, Paramount, is in with Skydance Media (that needs the Trump administration’s approval to complete).

“Boy, that’s a good question,” said Stewart when asked about it. “Unfortunately, we haven’t heard anything from them. They haven’t called me and said like, ‘Don’t get too comfortable in that office, Stewart!’”

“I’ve been kicked out of shittier establishments than that,” he continued. “We’ll land on our feet.”

Stewart got more serious with his answer and revealed that he “honestly don’t know” what’ll happen to the show. “I’d like to believe that… Like, without The Daily Show, Comedy Central is kind of like muzak at this point. I think we’re the only sort of life that exists on a current basis other than South Park,” he explained.

On Thursday (July 17), Stephen Colbert revealed on his show that next year would be the last for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, which is also owned by Paramount.

“I am extraordinarily, deeply grateful to the 200 people who work here,” said Colbert to the audience during the taping. “We get to do this show. We get to do this show for each other every day, all day, and I’ve had the pleasure and the responsibility of sharing what we do every day with you in front of this camera for the last 10 years.”

News of the cancellation of Colbert’s show came just days after Colbert called out Paramount for a $16 million settlement made with President Donald Trump (who loves that Colbert is losing his job). He ripped the media group for settling after Trump alleged that the show 60 Minutes deceptively edited a 2024 interview with Kamala Harris.

“As someone who has always been a proud employee of this network, I’m offended, and I don’t know if anything will ever repair my trust in this company,” Colbert joked. “But just taking a stab at it, I’d say $16 million would help.”

In a statement, CBS said the cancellation was “purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night” and “not related in any way to the show’s performance, content, or other matters happening at Paramount.”