What a bummer. When Roy Wood Jr. stood behind Trevor Noah two weeks ago while Noah was accepting an Emmy for The Daily Show—the show that Noah no longer hosted, the show that hasn’t had a permanent host since he left at the end of 2022—and silently mouthed, for all the world to see, “Please … hire … a … host,” Jon Stewart was probably not … who … he … meant. Yes, Comedy Central announced today that, after a near-decade hiatus from its flagship program, Stewart will return to host the show on Monday nights through November’s presidential election, and then he’ll produce the show through 2025. The choice is both a punt and a surrender, as well as a poetically fitting choice for an election year that already feels like a depressing rerun. It’s the late-night equivalent of renominating Joe Biden and Donald Trump. The network has been looking for a host for almost two years now—Noah announced that he was leaving in September 2022. Since then a carousel of gifted young performers …