Michelle Obama is starting her book tour with a stop at The Late Show.
28.10.2022 - 03:53 / deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Stephen Colbert joined his old friend Charlamagne tha God to give his thoughts on who should replace Trevor Noah as host of The Daily Show.
The host of CBS’ The Late Show is a guest on this evening’s episode of Hell of A Week with Charlamagne tha God, which he exec produces and airs after The Daily Show with Trevor Noah on Thursday nights at 11:30pm.
After joking that his old friend Jon Stewart “is available”, because he only “does like 10 shows a year over at Apple”, he got serious for a second.
“I like Roy Wood Jr. a lot,” he said.
When members of the audience shouted out that it should be a Black woman, Colbert backed Jessica Williams, who was a correspondent on The Daily Show between 2012 and 2016 and went on to host 2 Dope Queens.
“I don’t know if she wants it, but Jessica Williams, I thought she’d be great,” he said before joking that she’s got all that “Harry Potter cash”.
Williams appeared in Harry Potter sequels Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald and Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore.
He also talked up Amber Ruffin saying that she’d be great at hosting The Daily Show but that she already has a regular gig on Peacock.
Deadline revealed last week, that Comedy Central was considering expanding the number of hosts from one to two or possibly even three with a number of the correspondents, including Wood and Desi Lydic, in line for promotions. The search is still on.
Colbert, who was a correspondent on The Daily Show before hosting his own show The Colbert Report on Comedy Central, joked to Charlamagne that he hadn’t heard Noah was leaving. “As long as [Trevor] is in that chair [Comedy Central] will be fine. They’ve got nothing to worry about as long as Trevor is hosting The Daily
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BreAnna Bell Roy Wood Jr. has signed with CAA for representation, Variety has learned exclusively. Wood, best known for his role as a correspondent on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show With Trevor Noah,” is an Emmy Award-nominated documentary producer, comedian, writer, actor, radio personality and podcaster. The comedian was most recently seen starring opposite Jon Hamm in “Confess, Fletch,” which was released on Sept. 16. His other credits include Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building,” Netflix’s “Space Force,” AMC’s “Better Call Saul” and TBS’ ‘The Last O.G.” He executive produced PBS’ Emmy-nominated documentary “The Neutral Ground,” which followed the 2015 turmoil that ensued after the New Orleans City Council voted to remove four Confederate monuments from public grounds. A forceful group of critics protested the decision, and fearing retaliation, no crew agrees to remove the statues.
Viewership dwindled when Noah got the gig and social media users related his departure back to that fact when he made his announcement.A special message from Trevor Noah pic.twitter.com/lMM8ll51fuFor now, “The Daily Show” itself is scheduled to carry on without Noah as it will “embark on a reinvention” and will head to Atlanta in the new year to cover the midterm elections.As for Noah, maybe we’ll see him and pop star Dua Lipa out on the town like they were when spotted on a dinner date in New York City. “The Daily Show” sans Noah will return on Jan.