“The Day by day Present” will soldier on following Trevor Noah’s surprising announcement that he’s leaving — practically seven years after succeeding Jon Stewart on Comedy Central’s late-night franchise.
Noah, 38, has been working with Comedy Central “for a very long time” to determine how he might preserve the grueling late-night tempo, insiders advised The Put up — whereas the Web was abuzz with theories that his sudden departure is as a result of cable present’s rankings.
“Let’s inform the reality right here, #TrevorNoah is leaving the #DailyShow as a result of the present can barely muster 400K viewers lower than 1/3 of its viewership from 2015,” learn one tweet after Noah introduced his information, persevering with: “… one thing tells me you received’t right here [sic] a lot about rankings although round his departure..”
One other Twitter person chimed in, expressing the sentiment that, “Anybody who thinks Trevor Noah was something however fired for low rankings is an fool.”
Noah’s numbers have been decrease than Stewart’s, with a number of exceptions (the 2016 election season helped spike his viewership) — each within the youthful demo and complete viewers — since he assumed the “Day by day Present” anchor desk.
At its peak, in 2013, with Stewart on the helm, “The Day by day Present” averaged 2.5 million nightly viewers. Throughout Noah’s tenure, it was initially averaging a bit north of 800,000 nightly viewers — however has since misplaced a bit of its viewers and has fallen under the 400,000 mark at occasions.
In the meantime, sources advised The Put up that Noah’s option to share information of his determination whereas taping Thursday evening’s present was his and his alone.
“It was crucial for Trevor to share this information straight … as he needed [his studio audience] to listen to it from him first,” an insider stated.
“We're grateful to Trevor for our superb partnership over the previous seven years,” a Comedy Central spokesperson stated in an announcement to The Put up. “With no timetable for his departure, we’re working collectively on subsequent steps. As we glance forward, we’re excited for the following chapter within the 25+ yr historical past of ‘The Day by day Present’ because it continues to redefine tradition by way of sharp and hilarious social commentary, serving to audiences make sense of the world round them.”
Noah assumed “The Day by day Present” anchor desk on Sept. 28, 2015, succeeding Stewart, who, in flip, took over in 1999 from Craig Kilborn and helped construct the present right into a late-night drive throughout his 16-year run.
His imminent departure creates one other void within the shrinking late-night enviornment. “The Late Late Present” host James Corden introduced in April that he’s leaving his 12:30 a.m. perch subsequent yr — no phrase, but, on what CBS will do with that timeslot — whereas TBS canceled “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” in July after seven seasons. Jimmy Kimmel, although, signed a three-year extension with ABC to proceed internet hosting “Jimmy Kimmel Dwell.”
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