re: The Daily Social Distancing Show with Trevor Noah....awful?

What this really comes down to is "why is CC still pushing the show after it's fallen so far without Stewart?"

They do so not because of the success it is (or rather, isn't) but because of the success it used to be. Some cannot seem to stop looking at something that has become a failure through the lens of its past successes. I saw this in my younger years in radio where advertisers would continue to flock to what was once a perennial powerhouse station but had since gotten so lazy and unfocused with their format that more people listened to their cassettes than the actual station (luckily for the station, Nielsen didn't count that).

See also: How does CNN still exist?

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I was a HUGE Daily Show with Jon Stewart fan as well as a fan of the Colbert Report. Trevor Noah isn’t funny, like at all, on the Daily Shoe. Which is strange because his standup is very funny. Colbert stopped being funny when he started playing himself on CBS instead of the Colbert character he had created for Comedy Central

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I agree with everything you said here, except I would call Trevor Noah's stand up decent. But his standup is so much better than what he is doing on daily show from a comedic standpoint that it makes his standup look good. The daily show is unwatchable and it's because of him.

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See also: How does CNN still exist?

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Because even though it's getting whipped by Fox and MSNBC it's still one of the highest rated cable networks.

LINK and LINK and LINK

Let’s also be honest here, every late night host except for Fallon and Conan have become political and a different version of the Daily Show. When Stewart was in his prime, he was going up against Leno & Letterman who never let politics dominate the show. So the Daily Show had an angle. Now they’re all doing it and basically competing for the same audience. When Jimmy Kimmel, the same guy from the Man Show, is lecturing people about health care and Seth Meyers is devoting and entire episode to dissecting the Mueller Report, you realize what late night comedy has become.

Plus comedy more or less sucks now because of the PC police. Not trying to be the curmudgeon but it’s true. That’s why comedians like Seinfeld & Dave Chappelle are so vocal about it.

Trevor Noah seems like a diversity hire gone wrong and now they can't take it back. And he has a NY audience that wants him to succeed so they watch even though he's not great.

I really can't rationalize it, I see clips because they show them on the CBS Morning Show as part of the "World in 60 seconds" highlights and they always cut back to the desk at the hosts awkwardly laughing at something that wasn't even remotely funny. Just anti Trump nonsense without any kid of edge or clever point.

Dude is getting the last laugh on all of us, though

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Three years ago, Trevor paid $10 million for a never-lived-in-before 3,596-square-foot penthouse in Hell’s Kitchen — which was initially listed for $12,995,000. It comes with 3 bedrooms, 3 full and 2 1/2 bathrooms, and a generous terrace with killer NYC skyline views.

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Dude is an unfunny douche. I’m amazed he still has a show that he can sit their and cry about the President for 30 minutes.

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Dude is getting the last laugh on all of us, though

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For paying ten million for a three bedroom home? Yeah he really got me.

I think one reason I hate him so much is because he seems to think he is hilarious. Like even in the promos, when he makes a joke he has this look on his face like “come on guys, amirite??” It just seems so smug and douchey. Which is fine if you are actually funny (see Spade, Stewart, etc). But when you’re not it just stands out as bad.

I honestly started this thread expecting some pushback, but it is basically universally anti Noah. Except for the downvoters of the OP that haven’t come in and defended their stances yet.

You know what someone needs to have the balls to do? Put up a semi conservative comedian in one of these shows. We need some alternative humor. Every time I watch one of these guys it’s whining about some super liberal cause. We get it. Climate change can be an issue. But a handful of cars in San Fran won’t make a difference.

Wow how do you know me so well? Are you magical?