Jon Stewart will host his last show on August 6 after he revealed that he decided to quit because he was becoming increasing depressed watching cable news . Departing host Jon Stewart has revealed he will present his final The Daily Show on August 6 . He kept things lighthearted by talking about how sentimental it will be and joked that he would dress well for his swan song . He said : ' I mentioned to you that I would keep you up to date on any new information we had about the transition of the programme and all those other things . 'We do have some specific information . My last Daily Show program will August 6 . ' I will be wearing a suit , I will more than likely be showered . ' He told viewers he hoped they would join him and announced a competition to get tickets to the final show . It comes after he revealed that he decided to call time on his 17 year reign because he was becoming increasing depressed by American politics and watching cable news . Stewart will be replaced by Trevor Noah , 31 , who instantly became the center of a debate over his questionable jokes on social media . Noah has been accused of antisemitism for comments made about Jews in tweets dating back to 2009 . But Stewart urged viewers to give the South African comedian a chance , saying he was 'an incredibly thoughtful and considerate and funny and smart individual ' who would earn viewers ' respect . Speaking after making his shock decision , Stewart said he was looking forward to not having to watch the 'relentless ' 24-hour news networks anymore . 'Watching these channels all day is incredibly depressing , ' Stewart told The Guardian . ' I live in a constant state of depression . I think of us as turd miners . I put on my helmet , I go and mine turds , hopefully I do n't get turd lung disease . ' Stewart has now set an official exit date , with Comedy Central announcing last month that comedian and The Daily Show correspondent Trevor Noah , left , would be taking over . Asked if he 'd ever voluntarily watch Fox News , Stewart said , 'Let 's say that it 's a nuclear winter , and I have been wandering , and there appears to be a flickering light through what appears to be a radioactive cloud and I think that light might be a food source that could help my family . ' I might glance at it for a moment until I realize , that 's Fox News , and then I shut it off . ' Stewart also confessed that his 'moments of dissatisfaction ' with the show had started to become more frequent . 'It 's not like I thought [ The Daily Show ] was n't working any more , or that I did n't know how to do it . It was more , `` Yup , it 's working . But I 'm not getting the same satisfaction , ' '' he said . '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 . ' '' Stewart said he did n't have many regrets from his time hosting the Comedy Central show , but one was not pushing Donald Rumsfeld harder when he had the chance in 2011 . Even the upcoming 2016 Presidential election campaign could n't reignite Stewart 's passion the way it once did . ' I 'd covered an election four times , and it did n't appear that there was going to be anything wildly different about this one , ' said Stewart . 'Honestly , it was a combination of the limitations of my brain and a format that is geared towards following an increasingly redundant process , which is our political process . ' I was just thinking , `` Are there other ways to skin this cat ? ' And , beyond that , it would be nice to be home when my little elves get home from school , occasionally . '' Stewart also said he did n't have many regrets from his time hosting the Comedy Central show , but one was not pushing Donald Rumsfeld harder when he had the chance . The former secretary of defense appeared on The Daily Show in 2011 for an interview , which the comedian says he messed up . 'He just went into the general gobbledegook , ' said Stewart . `` Mnah mnah mnah , well , you have to remember , it was 9/11 mnah mnah . '' I should have pushed , but he 's very adept at deflecting . ' Rumsfeld , who was on the show to promote his memoir , Known And Unknown , dodged Stewart 's questions about faulty U.S. intelligence leading up to the Iraq War . The exiting host told The Guardian that one reason for stepping down early in the presidential election cycle was to give Noah a big story to tackle . Stewart said he felt 'that , for the show , you do n't want to leave when the cupboard 's bare . So I think it 's a better introduction when you have something providing you with assisted fuel , like a presidential campaign . '
Jon Comedian announced the date of his final show live on air , joking he would 'wear a suit and shower ' ' I live in a constant state of depression . I think of us as turd miners , ' he said . Comedian also confessed that his 'moments of dissatisfaction ' with the show had started to become more frequent . Stewart said he did n't have many regrets , but one was not pushing Donald Rumsfeld harder when he had the chance in 2011 .