Jon Stewart will reprise his role as host and executive producer of “The Daily Show”

Jon Stewart will soon be returning to “The Daily Show.” Showtime and MTV Entertainment Studios revealed on Wednesday that the comedian, who for 16 years hosted the Comedy Central program and made it a major force in entertainment and culture, will be back to host the show every Monday starting on February 12.

In addition to executive producing the show, Stewart, who is making a comeback as the 2024 presidential election season heats up, will collaborate with a rotating lineup of comedians who will oversee the show Tuesday through Thursday.

“Stewart is the voice of our generation, and we are honored to have him return to Comedy Central’s ‘The Daily Show’ to help us all make sense of the insanity and division roiling the country as we enter the election season,” Chris McCarthy, chief executive of Showtime and MTV Entertainment Studios, said in a statement.

“In our age of staggering hypocrisy and performative politics,” McCarthy added, “Jon is the perfect person to puncture the empty rhetoric and provide much-needed clarity with his brilliant wit.”

While hosting “The Daily Show,” Stewart became well-known for his witty and incisive humor, which he used to deliver hilarious and biting monologues that frequently called attention to the hypocrisy of politicians.

Given that Donald Trump and Joe Biden will be running in the 2024 election, Stewart will probably have no shortage of material. Stewart, who has been a vocal opponent of Trump, will surely take advantage of the opportunity to poke fun at the outgoing president.

Stewart’s comeback to the venerable show is guaranteed to create a lot of excitement and give it much-needed momentum as it has recently struggled to find its footing.

Following his departure from “The Daily Show” in 2015, Stewart agreed to host a program for Apple’s newly launched streaming service. However, that program abruptly ended a year ago. At the time, Stewart expressed his frustration to the staff about the Silicon Valley giant’s desire to have control over the show’s guest list and topic matter.

For Comedy Central, persuading Stewart to rejoin “The Daily Show” is a significant victory. After Stewart left, Trevor Noah’s hosting program won praise from critics, but it never quite had the same cultural influence as it did while Stewart was in charge.

For Paramount Global, which has been attempting to revitalize its Paramount+ streaming service, Stewart’s poaching is also a success. Episodes featuring Stewart will be accessible on the platform the day after they air on Comedy Central, according to Showtime and MTV Entertainment Studios, which are in charge of a large portion of the streamer’s content library.