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Why Jon Stewart quit 'The Daily Show:' Increasing 'dissatisfaction' - Apr. 19, 2015
In an interview with The Guardian newspaper, Stewart said he's been enjoying his hosting duties less and less and feeling more pessimistic about the subjects of the show -- politics and the news media.
"It's not like I thought the show wasn't working any more, or that I didn't know how to do it," he said. "It was more, 'Yup, it's working. But I'm not getting the same satisfaction.'"
Stewart added: "These things are cyclical. You have moments of dissatisfaction, and then you come out of it and it's OK. But the cycles become longer and maybe more entrenched, and that's when you realize, 'OK, I'm on the back side of it now.'"
When he announced his departure to a stunned audience back in February, Stewart hinted at his fatigue: "This show doesn't deserve an even slightly restless host and neither do you."
He elaborated in the Guardian interview.
Retirement from "The Daily Show" had been "in the back of my head for quite some time," he told interviewer Hadley Freeman.
In an interview with The Guardian newspaper, Stewart said he's been enjoying his hosting duties less and less and feeling more pessimistic about the subjects of the show -- politics and the news media.
"It's not like I thought the show wasn't working any more, or that I didn't know how to do it," he said. "It was more, 'Yup, it's working. But I'm not getting the same satisfaction.'"
Stewart added: "These things are cyclical. You have moments of dissatisfaction, and then you come out of it and it's OK. But the cycles become longer and maybe more entrenched, and that's when you realize, 'OK, I'm on the back side of it now.'"
When he announced his departure to a stunned audience back in February, Stewart hinted at his fatigue: "This show doesn't deserve an even slightly restless host and neither do you."
He elaborated in the Guardian interview.
Retirement from "The Daily Show" had been "in the back of my head for quite some time," he told interviewer Hadley Freeman.
