Jon Stewart Confirms NBC Wanted Him to Host Meet the Press Source: nymag – Thursday, October 30, 2014 Earlier this month, New York s Gabriel Sherman reported that before settling on Chuck Todd to replace David Gregory as host of Meet the Press , NBC offered the gig to Jon Stewart . In an interview with Rolling Stone , the Daily Show host confirmed that he discussed the position with NBC. It sounds like it was easy to turn down, though, as one source put it, They were ready to back the Brinks truck up. I felt like that was one of those situations, Stewart said, where someone says, We really like what you do. Why dont you come over here and do something different, maybe something you dont do as well, for us? I can understand notionally where it comes from. News and entertainment have melded in a way. But they would be overcompensating on the entertainment side. Thats certainly not an outlandish decision, although I dont necessarily think thats the best direction for it. My guess is they were casting as wide and as weird a net as they could, he continued. Im sure part of them was thinking, Why dont we just make it a variety show? Stewart added that he isnt interested in hosting a major networks late night show either (though he thinks Stephen Colbert is going to be tremendous when he takes over for David Letterman). I had done a show like that 20 years ago, Stewart said, alluding to the MTV talk show he hosted from 1993-1995. The people spoke and felt that was not something I should do. They felt, in f All Related Read More…… The post Jon Stewart Confirms NBC Wanted Him to Host Meet the Press appeared first on GLOBAL NEWS. ift.tt/1ufxyfk
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