Jon Stewart’s ‘Daily Show’ Return Scores 1.85 Million Viewers, Show’s Biggest Audience in 5 Years

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Jon Stewart’s return to “The Daily Show” ushered in record-breaking ratings for Comedy Central.

As the former “Daily Show” host returned to the late night show for the first time in nearly a decade, Monday night’s episode drew 1.85 million total viewers across Comedy Central, CMT, Logo, MTV, MTV2, Paramount Network, Pop and TV Land, as well as its encore airing on Comedy Central, according to Nielsen live-plus-same-day figures.

On Comedy Central alone, the telecast scored 930,000 total viewers, marking the biggest audience “The Daily Show” has seen since 2018.