When Jason Jones announced he was leaving The Daily Show to star in a new show for TBS, the project was widely described as a “sitcom.” But in an exit interview with The Daily Show podcast, Jones made pains to clarify that that’s not exactly the case.
“I have written, produced and starred in a new comedy show,” Jones told a group of Daily Show writers and producers. “I’m going to call it a comedy show, because people have asked me, ‘Why are you leaving to do a family sitcom?’ And I’m not leaving to do a family sitcom, I’m leaving to do a comedy show that stars a family.
The nuance of that point was somewhat lost of head writer Elliott Kalan, who joked, “And it involves situations, a ‘sitcom’ if you will.”
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“No situations,” Jones replied. “It’s a show about nothing, completely original. Never, ever been done with any
Meanwhile, Jones’ wife and fellow correspondent Samantha Bee is also heading from Comedy Central to TBS, where she will host a new show in which she can “apply her smart and satirical point of view to current and relevant issues.” So, definitely not a sitcom and perhaps something closer to what Jon Stewart has been doing for the last 16 years.
Listen to the audio below, via The Daily Show:
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