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‘The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Steps Up To The Desk
Desi Lydic, like the majority of her Daily Show colleagues, was surprised on January 24 when it was revealed that Jon Stewart would return to host the long-running Comedy Central show. There had been a lot of speculation about who was going to take over the desk vacated by Trevor Noah in December 2022, much […]
Stewart, however, decided that he only wanted to work one day a week, a major boon for Lydic and her fellow correspondents Ronny Chieng, Jordan Klepper and Michael Kosta, who would get their own chance at hosting, both solo and as part of desk duos. She was back on March 12, sitting alongside Michael Kosta as the show shook up the traditional solo late-night trope, returned on April 2 to cover Truth Social’s billion-dollar stock market loss, the rising popularity of women’s basketball and conservatives losing it over International Transgender Day of Visibility. Late-night is changing and after the cancelation of shows such as Full Frontal with Samantha Bee,Pause with Sam Jay and Ziwe, Lydic is one of the most high-profile women in this world.
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