Trevor Noah Could Likely Replace Jon Stewart on ‘The Daily Show’

Trevor Noah is the most likely candidate to replace Jon Stewart on The Daily Show.

Contacted for comment, Comedy Central reiterated, "We are not commenting or providing guidance on any speculation about any individuals."

In a report by Deadline, the news about Noah is welcome for those who are exhausted covering the skyrocketing list of people who aren't getting the gig. That list includes former Comedy Central star Stephen Colbert, who instead is taking over David Letterman's CBS late-night show (CBS started running Colbert promos today in its basketball coverage); former Comedy Central star John Oliver, who decided instead to sign a contract extension to continue hosting Last Week Tonight at HBO; former Daily Showcorrespondent Jason Jones, who headed to TBS  to star and produce a comedy series and also executive produce a planned topical talker that would star his wife, fellow Daily Show correspondent Samatha Bee that's expected to be a late-night vehicle; current Daily Show correspondent Jessica Williams, who declared herself "underqualified" for the gig in February in response to a petition calling for Comedy Central to give her the host's chair. And on and on and on. It's comforting to know someone actually wants the job, though we hear Comedy Central still is having conversations with others about the gig.

Noah's been on the shortlist of likely contenders since early February - shorter than the list of people who aren't going to replace Stewart, anyway - though he'd only debuted on The Daily Show as senior international correspondent on December 4.

Noah's well known in other markets and in comedy circles, and appeared on Letterman's CBS show in 2013 and on Tonight Showin January 2012, becoming the first African comic to appear on Jay Leno's program, among his better -viewed American TV appearances.

According to one industry source, Comedy Central wanted to have a host who was not another white guy; the genre having taken a lot of criticism for homogeneity