http://www.ew.com/article/2016/06/29/jessica-williams-leaving-daily-show
I'm happy she's leaving. This show is one step closer to being retooled as so many of the talented people are gone. The one shining star on the show is Roy Wood Jr.
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I think it was pretty obvious that she had already left. She hadn't appeared on the show in months. Her leaving puts this show one step closer to being cancelled.
shareYes. With a little luck Noah will be canned and someone with taste and talent for political satire can try to rescue this wreck. Maybe they can clone John Oliver or something. Or perhaps Colbert gets tired of the vapid nonsense he is doing right now, and feels like scaling down to something that could actually be interesting. One can dream.
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Thank god. She's absolutely terrible. Her whole schtick is being a SJW and shaming anyone who doesn't agree with her.
shareI cannot help but think of how Jessica's new show will be more of the same stuff and how long it will be before that show is cancelled.
I was excited to watch Samantha Bee's new show but regrettably she comes off as being constantly outraged and shrill. It's surprisingly difficult to find things that make me laugh on Comedy Central these days.
The last program that made me laugh on CC was Hannibal Burress' Why?
If you compare her performance during Stewart's tenure with that during Noah's, I think you'll find that the SJW stuff became annoying during the latter period. I think she did some excellent work under Stewart, but the general SJW-mandate after Noah took over just pulled her down with it.
Maybe that's why she's leaving, she got tired of being the outraged black person and just wants to do good comedy. At least that's what I'm hoping.
After those "highlight clips" I am very happy she is leaving =).
shareAgreed. It is one step in the right direction. If Noah wants to survive in this job, he needs better correspondents. I would also drop Roy Wood (and Roni and Desi), but keep Asaif and Jordan. Would then replace them with new, and hopefully better talent.
Jon Stewart gets a lot of the credit for the greatness of TDS, but I think it also had a lot to do with the quality of the correspondents over the years, quality that isn't there now.
I agree about Ronny and Desi, but I'd keep Roy Wood Jr.; I think he has potential. I'm on the fence about Hasan. (I'm assuming that's who you meant since Aasif Mandvi hasn't been on the show in years) I think he plays well off of other people, but I'm not convinced he can carry a piece by himself. One person who definitely needs to go (as of yesterday) is Michelle Wolf. She's the worst correspondent/contributor they've ever employed. Painfully unfunny is the best way to describe her.
shareI am glad to see the overwhelming consensus on this thread is relief that Jessica Williams is gone and excitement that the show will improve now that she's no longer tainting it. Some diehard Stewart fanboys have actually argued that Williams should have replaced Stewart has host (because her style of "comedy" reminds them on Stewart), but threads like this prove their opinion is in the extreme minority of Daily Show viewers. Most longtime Daily Show viewers loathe Jessica Williams. Some insightful comments:
I'm happy she's leaving. The one shining star on the show is Roy Wood Jr.
Thank god. She's absolutely terrible. Her whole schtick is being a SJW and shaming anyone who doesn't agree with her.
I cannot help but think of how Jessica's new show will be more of the same stuff and how long it will be before that show is cancelled. I was excited to watch Samantha Bee's new show but regrettably she comes off as being constantly outraged and shrill. It's surprisingly difficult to find things that make me laugh on Comedy Central these days.
Maybe that's why she's leaving, she got tired of being the outraged black person and just wants to do good comedy. At least that's what I'm hoping.
After those "highlight clips" I am very happy she is leaving =).
It is one step in the right direction. If Noah wants to survive in this job, he needs better correspondents. Jon Stewart gets a lot of the credit for the greatness of TDS, but I think it also had a lot to do with the quality of the correspondents over the years, quality that isn't there now.