The Jon Stewart Show

comedy

The Jon Stewart Show is a late night talk show that was hosted by comedian Jon Stewart . The program premiered on MTV in 1993 as a 30-minute daily offering and became one of the network’s more popular shows. Through a series of events that began with Arsenio Hall stepping down from his late-night talk show and the acquisition of Paramount Communications by Viacom , the parent company of MTV at the time, The Jon Stewart Show was retooled and launched in daily syndication for the 1994-1995 season as a 60-minute program with the first episode airing on September 12, 1994. [1] It was canceled at the end of the season by distributor Paramount Domestic Television and aired its final episode on June 23, 1995.