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Jon Stewart teased his Daily Show return with a perfect tweet about hitting the transfer portal

“I have decided to enter the transfer portal for my last year of eligibility.”

After more than a year of searching, The Daily Show finally has a replacement for former host Trevor Noah.

Well, kinda.

News broke Wednesday that former host Jon Stewart would be returning to the show. For Mondays and that’s it. Still, it was a relevation from a late night institution and one of the few viable MTV Entertainment Group offerings besides “18 hours of Ridiculousness reruns.” Stewart hosted the show from 1999 to 2015, taking it from twee Weekend Update riff under Craig Kilborn to one of the most popular late night institutions in America.

He left in August 2015 and had a few ventures in the meantime; a Summerslam appearance here, a canceled Apple TV show there. Despite this, he remained best known for his social commentary behind the desk at Comedy Central.

And since Stewart is a known sports geek, he announced his return to The Daily Show in familiar fashion to anyone who watches too much college football.

Folks got pretty excited about this. Or mad. Or too excited. Anyway, stick around for the tweets that hopefully didn’t make too many people angry. Or maybe they did, because (gestures dismissively, sighs).

Guests for ESPN’s Chiefs-Giants Week 8 ‘Manning Cast’ alternate MNF broadcast

Here are the guests for Eli and Peyton Manning’s alternate broadcast of the upcoming #Chiefs vs. #Giants “Monday Night Football” game:

The Kansas City Chiefs and New York Giants are set for a “Monday Night Football” showdown in Week 8.

ESPN enlisted the help of brothers, Eli and Peyton Manning, to provide an alternate broadcast of certain games this season. The former NFL QBs provide expert analysis, commentary, bickering, and they have a ton of great guests on their show during the course of the game.

The “Manning Cast” can be watched or streamed on ESPN2 live during the game. Their latest list of guests has officially been revealed and includes comedian Jon Stewart, NFL legend Michael Strahan, Bills QB Josh Allen and NFL legend Michael Irvin.

It’s no surprise that there aren’t any Chiefs-slanted guests this week. It’s ‘Legends Week’ in Kansas City with many former Chiefs players in town for Tim Grunhard’s induction into the Ring of Honor. That said, there should be some good commentary on Kansas City this week.

Michael Strahan, though a Giants Hall of Famer, played for Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo when he coached the defense in New York. He should be able to provide some proper insight into what’s going on with Kansas City on the defensive side of the ball, especially when it pertains to the pass rush.

There is another reason to be excited about this lineup of guests as it relates to the AFC playoff picture. The “Manning Cast” has a bit of a curse going on with current NFL players. As pointed out by StatMuse, every time a player has gone on the show they lose the following week. This week, they’ll have on Bills QB Josh Allen.

The Bills, who look like the top team in the AFC, are set to face the Jacksonville Jaguars next Sunday. Any losses among the top teams in the AFC conference help the Chiefs as they continue their pursuit toward another postseason appearance.

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