History Creator / JonStewart

Oh, and he was also a huge fan of ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' and in fact saved it by convincing Creator/AlexHirsch, who was planning on ending it with Season 1 on a {{Cliffhanger}} out of exhaustion, to finish the story.

He then returned to TV with ''The Problem with Jon Stewart'' on Creator/AppleTVPlus. Rather than taking a satirical look at the news, he now explores one issue in depth each episode. It ran for two seasons before ending due to Apple not wanting Stewart to cast his critical eye on tech issues like artificial intelligence.

He then returned to TV with ''Series/TheProblemWithJonStewart'' on Creator/AppleTVPlus. Rather than taking a satirical look at the news, he now explores one issue in depth each episode. It ran for two seasons before ending due to Apple not wanting Stewart to cast his critical eye on tech issues like artificial intelligence.

Jon Stewart (born Jonathan Stuart Liebowitz; November 28, 1962) is an American comedian, actor, producer, director, writer and political satirist best known for hosting the UsefulNotes/EmmyAward-winning ''Series/TheDailyShow [[Series/TheDailyShowWithJonStewart with Jon Stewart]]'' on Creator/ComedyCentral from 1999 until 2015.

[[AlmostFamousName Not to be confused with]] Franchise/GreenLantern [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Jo]]''[[SpellMyNameWithAnS h]]''[[SpellMyNameWithAnS n Stewart]], or singer-songwriter Music/JohnStewart.

[[AlmostFamousName Not to be confused with]] Franchise/GreenLantern [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Jo]]''[[SpellMyNameWithAnS h]]''[[SpellMyNameWithAnS n Stewart]].

Born in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity and raised culturally Jewish in Lawrenceville, UsefulNotes/NewJersey, Stewart attended the College of William & Mary in Virginia and graduated as a psychology major. A difficult relationship with his father led to his abandoning his birth surname of Leibowitz in favor of an alternate spelling of his middle name. After college he bounced around between different jobs until he wound up as a bartender at the famous City Gardens nightclub in Trenton, which sparked his interest in comedy. He started out in stand-up, making the rounds of the comedy clubs in New York City to hone his comedic talents, and joined Comedy Central in 1991 as a co-host of ''Short Attention Span Theater'', but his career was really jump-started in 1993 with an appearance on ''Late Night with Creator/DavidLetterman''.[[note]]Who would, twenty years later, be succeeded on ''Series/TheLateShow'' by Stewart's close friend and longtime colleague Creator/StephenColbert.[[/note]] This appearance led to an Creator/{{MTV}} talk show called ''The Jon Stewart Show'', which was surprisingly popular and ran for two years, ultimately being ScrewedByTheNetwork. After bouncing around the late-night circuit for a few years, including guest hosting for Tom Snyder, he took the helm of ''The Daily Show'' and the rest, as they say, is history.

Born in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity and raised culturally Jewish in Lawrenceville, UsefulNotes/NewJersey, Stewart attended the College of William & Mary in Virginia and graduated as a psychology major. A difficult relationship with his father led to his abandoning his birth surname of Leibowitz in favor of an alternate spelling of his middle name. After college he bounced around between different jobs until he wound up as a bartender at the famous City Gardens nightclub in Trenton, which sparked his interest in comedy. He started out in stand-up, making the rounds of the comedy clubs in New York City to hone his comedic talents, and joined Comedy Central in 1991 as a co-host of ''Short Attention Span Theater'', but his career was really jump-started in 1993 with an appearance on ''Late Night with Creator/DavidLetterman''[[note]]who would, twenty years later, be succeeded on ''Series/TheLateShow'' by Stewart's close friend and longtime colleague Creator/StephenColbert[[/note]]. This appearance led to an Creator/{{MTV}} talk show called ''The Jon Stewart Show'', which was surprisingly popular and ran for two years, ultimately being ScrewedByTheNetwork. After bouncing around the late-night circuit for a few years, including guest hosting for Tom Snyder, he took the helm of ''The Daily Show'' and the rest, as they say, is history.

Born in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity and raised culturally Jewish in Lawrenceville, UsefulNotes/NewJersey, Stewart attended the College of William & Mary in Virginia and graduated as a psychology major. A difficult relationship with his father led to his abandoning his birth name of Leibowitz in favor of Stewart, his middle name[[note]]originally spelled 'Stuart'[[/note]]. After college he bounced around between different jobs until he wound up as a bartender at the famous City Gardens nightclub in Trenton, which sparked his interest in comedy. He started out in stand-up, making the rounds of the comedy clubs in New York City to hone his comedic talents, and joined Comedy Central in 1991 as a co-host of ''Short Attention Span Theater'', but his career was really jump-started in 1993 with an appearance on ''Late Night with Creator/DavidLetterman''[[note]]who would, twenty years later, be succeeded on ''Series/TheLateShow'' by Stewart's close friend and longtime colleague Creator/StephenColbert[[/note]]. This appearance led to an Creator/{{MTV}} talk show called ''The Jon Stewart Show'', which was surprisingly popular and ran for two years, ultimately being ScrewedByTheNetwork. After bouncing around the late-night circuit for a few years, including guest hosting for Tom Snyder, he took the helm of ''The Daily Show'' and the rest, as they say, is history.

Jon Stewart (born November 28, 1962) is an American comedian, actor, producer, director, writer and political satirist best known for hosting the UsefulNotes/EmmyAward-winning ''Series/TheDailyShow [[Series/TheDailyShowWithJonStewart with Jon Stewart]]'' on Creator/ComedyCentral from 1999 until 2015.

'''Jon Stewart''' (born November 28, 1962) is an American comedian and political satirist best known for hosting the Emmy Award-winning ''Series/TheDailyShow [[Series/TheDailyShowWithJonStewart with Jon Stewart]]'' on Creator/ComedyCentral from 1999 until 2015.

He's since returned to TV with ''Series/TheProblemWithJonStewart'' on Creator/AppleTVPlus. Rather than taking a satirical look at the news, he now explores one issue in depth each episode.

[[NamesTheSame Not to be confused with]] Franchise/GreenLantern [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Jo]]''[[SpellMyNameWithAnS h]]''[[SpellMyNameWithAnS n Stewart]].

-->-- '''Jon Stewart'''

Oh, and he was also a BigNameFan of ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' and in fact saved it by convincing Creator/AlexHirsch, who was planning on ending it with Season 1 on a {{Cliffhanger}} out of exhaustion, to finish the story.

On February 10, 2015[[note]]all of eight weeks after the ''Colbert Report'' went off the air[[/note]], Stewart announced his impending retirement to spend more time with his family; his last show was on August 6, 2015. He was [[Series/TheDailyShowWithTrevorNoah succeeded by]] the South African-born comedian Creator/TrevorNoah, and has spent the time since his retirement making a return to stand-up comedy, crusading for a renewal of the 9/11 First Responders healthcare bill, working with Farm Sanctuary, a shelter for abused factory farm animals, with his wife Tracey, and making guest appearances on ''Series/TheLateShowWithStephenColbert'' (where he apparently lives under Stephen's desk). (He actually resides in Middletown Township, Monmouth County, N.J., where he runs a farm property used as a Farm Sanctuary shelter.)

Stewart's impact on political satire in the United States is difficult to overstate. When he took over ''Series/TheDailyShow'' from previous host Craig Kilborn, it was merely another NewsParody a la "[[Series/SaturdayNightLive Weekend Update]]". Under Stewart's leadership, the program shifted from simply parodying local news programs to taking aim at the major political stories of the day, with the show really finding its feet with "Indecision 2000", its coverage of the 2000 Presidential race. A heartfelt, sincere, and [[TearJerker utterly heartbreaking]] speech in the aftermath of [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror the September 11 attacks]] cemented ''The Daily Show'' as much more than just another news parody, and from there on it only kept getting bigger. Stewart has gone head-to-head with some of the biggest figures in news and politics, including sitting Senators, veteran news anchors, and ''heads of state'', with his interviews cited as some of the most incisive anyone could face during their career. Stewart was the first choice to succeed David Gregory as host of ''Series/MeetThePress'' in 2014, and ''The Daily Show'' spent a good fifteen years as the acknowledged "watchdog" of the 'real' news networks. He also directed the 2014 drama ''Film/{{Rosewater}}'', [[BasedOnATrueStory based on the true story]] of Maziar Bahari, an Iranian journalist who was imprisoned on suspicion of being a Western spy. Shot in Jordan in the summer of 2013, the film is also directly responsible for the existence of ''Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver''; Oliver's stint as guest host while Jon was away was so well-received it caused HBO to come calling later that year.

Jonathan "Jon" Stewart (born November 28, 1962) is an American comedian and political satirist best known for hosting the Emmy Award-winning ''Series/TheDailyShow [[Series/TheDailyShowWithJonStewart with Jon Stewart]]'' on Creator/ComedyCentral from 1999 until 2015.