Tuesday, May 19, 2026

Must See TV: Jon Stewart Specially Hosting “The Daily Show” Tonight in Response to Kimmel Suspension: Expect Fireworks

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Jon Stewart usually hosts “The Daily Show” on Monday nights.

But given last night’s suspension of Jimmy Kimmel by ABC, Stewart will host the show tonight.

It airs at 11pm on Comedy Central, owned by CBS, which canceled Stephen Colbert.

There will be fireworks, no doubt.

I expected Stewart to be seething and spot on in regard to ABC’s censoring of Kimmel. It should be brutal.

Kimmel is staying silent for now, although he has every right to be angry and feel betrayed by the Disney higher-ups for not protecting him from the Luddites and cowards at ABC, Nexstar, and Sinclair media.

Remember, Kimmel started his career hosting The Man Show on Comedy Central for five years back in 1999. Despite various items about Kimmel’s ratings being low — all planted today by ABC and Disney — don’t forget, he was gone for the summer and only returned to his desk two weeks ago.

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Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009 and previously edited Fame magazine and wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. is articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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