Jon Stewart to Appear on Final 'The Nightly Show'

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Former The Daily Show host Jon Stewart will appear on Thursday's final episode of Comedy Central’s The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore.

Wilmore, in a tweet, said that Stewart would be “dropping by” to bid him and the show farewell in its final episode. On Monday, Comedy Central announced that it was cancelling the late night show.

Wilmore took over The Nightly Show in January 2015 after former host Stephen Colbert left to host CBS' The Late Show, but the show struggled from a ratings perspective. After averaging 1.3 million total viewers during its first month, The Nightly Show averaged 786,000 viewers during the month of June, according to Nielsen live + 7 ratings.

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R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.