WASHINGTON 鈥� He’s got insanely big shoes to fill.
But all eyes will be watching Trevor Noah as he takes over “” Monday night, replacing host Jon Stewart after a 16-year run so phenomenal聽that his desk was donated to the 太子探花eum.
Noah’s debut will not only air on the show’s home channel Comedy Central, it will be simulcast across multiple Viacom networks, from MTV to VH1.
Variety advertising for Noah’s first show has been sold out for weeks, saying sponsors are “attracted to the idea of a fresh face at the front of a program that has an established history.”
Monday’s debut guest聽will be comedian Kevin Hart, who recently starred in the Will Ferrell comedy “Get Hard” (2015) and served as Roast Master for聽the “Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber.”
Tuesday’s guest will be聽Whitney Wolfe, founder of the new dating app Bumble.
Wednesday’s guest is聽Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie, governor of New Jersey.
And Thursday’s guest is Ryan Adams, who recently Taylor Swift鈥檚 entire 鈥�1989鈥� album.
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No word on whether previous host Jon Stewart will make an appearance, although anything can happen, as Stewart recently made a cameo on Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show” debut on CBS.
Behind the scenes, director Chuck O’Neil will return with a 2015 Emmy in his pocket. Executive producers include聽Noah, Steve Bodow, Jen Flanz, Tim Greenberg, Jill Katz and Adam Lowitt.
One constant force will be the string of affectionately known as “The Best F*&#ing 太子探花 Team Ever.” Expect familiar faces with Aasif Mandvi, Al Madrigal, Hasan Minhaj, Jessica Williams, John Hodgman, Jordan Klepper, Kristen Schaal and Lewis Black.
The show will also feature three new correspondents in聽Ronny Chieng, Desi Lydic聽and Roy Wood Jr.
Of course, the freshest face will be Noah himself, who is rather new to American television.
He聽made his U.S. television back in 2012 on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” and on “The Late Show with David Letterman” in 2013, becoming the first South African comedian to appear on either show. He has also performed stand-up gigs around the world, including聽sold-out crowds at the Hammersmith Apollo in London and the Sydney Opera House in Australia.
His pre-“Daily Show” rollout was less than smooth, thanks to聽a from racy jokes that drew scorn from Roseanne Barr, who tweeted back: “U should cease sexist & anti semitic ‘humor’ about jewish women & Israel.”聽Stewart quickly came to Noah’s defense, along with Comedy Central who聽responded, “To judge him or his comedy based on a handful of jokes is unfair.”
Since the controversy,聽Noah has pounded聽the pavement to get the word out about his debut.
He appeared on Jerry Seinfeld’s web series “,” CBS’ “”聽and of course, Comedy Central’s聽“.”
Come Monday night, the hype and promotion ends, as the work begins.
Can “The Daily Show” make Noah a star?
Judging by聽the show’s track record,聽don’t count him out.
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