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It's crazy, isn't it?

I've decided that this is all a hoax to play off of Brian Williams stepping down (which has now become a suspension, but that happened after the Jon Stewart news broke).

My next thought was who's going to replace him. They just gave Larry Wilmore his own show -- who's left to host a (new) show? Do they move The Nightly Show to 11 p.m., and add a new show at 11:30? And again, who hosts it? Or do they just give up on a one-hour block, and only have one 1/2-hour show?

I smell Jessica Williams getting her own show.

And of course I forgot to mention that they lost John Oliver last year -- so Colbert's gone, Larry Wilmore has his own show already, and John Oliver is gone.

I wonder what Stewart's going to do. Direct more? How about John Hodgman? Or how about Dr Bassem Youssef?

Oh my God, Bassem Youssef is a good suggestion. (And honestly, I didn't watch last night's episode, so I'm watching the rerun RIGHT NOW, and there's Bassem Youssef sitting in the correspondent's chair. ... Have they already started grooming him?!?)

John Hodgman I'm not so sure about. I'd probably stop watching the show on a regular basis if he took over. I can take him in moderate doses, but I don't think I could watch him be the leader four days a week.

I also wondered whether Jon was going to direct more, or if he just feels like he's getting older and needs to move on. He was quite the young man when he started on this path.

Tiffany, I wasn't real serious about Hodgkin, but there's no one on staff (including Jessica Williams) that I could take for very long. Oliver had done such a fantastic job last summer.

I was very surprised to Youssef on the show last night, but knew immediately who he was and that his show in Egypt was no longer.

I hope whoever continues keeps up the authors' presence.

Hey, I hear Brian Williams is available for the next 6 months!

Linda wrote: "Hey, I hear Brian Williams is available for the next 6 months!"

*rim shot*

I'm really sad! I'm happy he's gonna get to be with his family and work on other projects, but I'm really sad for me (and us)!
I don't think Jessica Williams has been on the show long enough to be the central point, but it would be awesome to get a female late night host and she's hilarious!

Vanessa wrote: "I don't think Jessica Williams has been on the show long enough to be the central point, but it would be awesome to get a female late night host and she's hilarious!

I agree -- she's hilarious, she's female, she's young, and she's black, so it would break the older(ish) white male pattern. Yeah, Larry Wilmore goes *a little* against type, but not much. I vote that if they're gonna give a show to another Daily Show correspondent, it go to Jessica Williams!