In a live conversation with his old friend Charlamagne tha God (The Breakfast Club Radio Show, Grow House), Stephen Colbert (Strangers with Candy, The Colbert Report) shared his thoughts on who he believes should replace Trevor Noah (Black Panther, Trevor Noah: Afraid of the Dark) as the host of The Daily Show. The Late Show host was a guest on Hell of A Week with Charlamagne tha God, which he executive produces and airs after The Daily Show with Trevor Noah on Thursday nights at 11:30 pm, according to Deadline.
“I like Roy Wood Jr. a lot, ” said Colbert.
According to TV Insider, Jon Stewart (The Faculty, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice) was Colbert’s initial response. After being pushed for a more severe response, he responded with Roy Wood Jr. (Sullivan & Son, This Is Not Happening). Wood has served as a correspondent on The Daily Show since 2015–this is a position that Colbert held when he was part of the long-running series that ran on Comedy Central.
When some of Charlamagne’s audience members shouted out that a Black woman should be considered for the role, Colbert named Jessica Williams (Love Life, Booksmart) as a possible candidate. Williams was a correspondent on The Daily Show from 2012 to 2016 and progressed to host the popular comedy podcast 2 Dope Queens. Williams has also starred in the Harry Potter sequels Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald and Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore.
“I don’t know if she wants it, but Jessica Williams, I thought she’d be great,” Colbert added.
According to Deadline in an article released last week, Comedy Central is considering expanding the number of hosts on The Daily Show from one host to possibly two or three with several correspondents.
Colbert’s appearance on Hell of A Week with Charlamagne tha God marks the first he has returned to the MTV/Paramount Global building on 151 Broadway. Colbert also executive produces Tooning Out The News.
Charlamagne’s show got rebranded in its second season. In its first season, his show was known as Tha God’s Honest Truth and also became more of a panel show in its second season.