Trevor Noah will take over for John Stewart on "The Daily Show"

[Optimus Prime]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/franciswhittaker/trevor-noah-is-the-new-host-of-the-daily-show#.ro2A5DKOR

South African comedian Trevor Noah will succeed Jon Stewart on “The Daily Show,” Comedy Central announced Monday.

The news was first reported by New York Times. Comedy Central

The 31-year-old, who joined the show as a correspondent in December 2014, will replace Stewart, who will step down from hosting duties later this year after 16 years at the helm.

Speculation that Noah was the frontrunner to place Stewart was first revealed byVariety late last week.

Trevor Noah has been selected to become the next host of the Emmy® and Peabody® Award-winning The Daily Show.

Noah joined The Daily Show in 2014 as a contributor. He made his U.S. television debut in 2012 on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and has also appeared on Late Show with David Letterman, becoming the first South African stand-up comedian to appear on either late night show. Noah has hosted numerous television shows including his own late night talk show in his native country, Tonight with Trevor Noah.

He was featured on the October 2014 cover of GQ South Africa and has been profiled in Rolling Stone, Newsweek and The Wall Street Journal, and by CNN and NPR’s Talk of the Nation, among others. He continues to tour all over the world and has performed in front of sold out crowds at the Hammersmith Apollo in London and the Sydney Opera House in Australia.

 

[jwinfield]

I watched the spot Africa and chess bits, pretty funny

 

[Khalil's_Black_Excellence]

I'm happy he getting recognition. He's hilarious!

 

[Gaston]

I first heard of him from his comedy special on Netflix which was pretty funny. It's good to see my Africans doing big things.

 

[Spaceman Piff]

i didn't think his Netflix special was that great.. but i can see him doing a better job as host.

 

[Dirty Mcdrawz]

black excellence....... does that mean that the nightly show about to get the boot?

 

[Rapmastermind]

So Happy for the brother, I hope they don't play him and give him a chance to grow with the show. He's made a lot of buzz here in NY in the last 2 years. He's gifted to me and no matter what I think he's going to have a great career in TV and Movies in the future.

 

[CACarot]

Seen netflix special and he sucks, not funny at all . But with writers for him and such he may thrive in this position

 

[satam55]

 

[koopz]

Love this dude. Current favorite comedian.

 

[Luke Cage]

comedy central does more for black people than BET.

 

[Vandelay]

Thought it was going to be Jason Jones, guess that's why he's leaving the show now.

 

[Alexander The Great]

Hopefully he does a good job, my 1st introduction to this guy was him being on the tonight show a few years ago and he spent his entire time shytting on black americans....

 

[kp404]

Hopefully he does a good job, my 1st introduction to this guy was him being on the tonight show a few years ago and he spent his entire time shytting on black americans....

That does not give me hope AT ALL. One of those neo-conservatives that holds 99% of black Americans in contempt.

 

[Alexander The Great]

That does not give me hope AT ALL. One of those neo-conservatives that holds 99% of black Americans in contempt.

I don't know if it's like that, but once I saw his bit I went to look up a few more just to see and he did the same kind of "i'm a mixed race kid and black americans are different from me" type of bit. shyt was corny to me, in a room full of white people making "nah mean jokes" and speaking in faux african american vernacular english for some laughs. We'll see tho