Jon enters last week of hosting The Daily Show

Jon Stewart (photo) enters his last week of hosting The Daily Show with the final show to air tonight on Comedy Central.

Since Jan. 11, 1999, Jon has been host of the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning The Daily Show. He will be leaving the show after 16 years and over 2,600 episodes. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart concludes with an extended episode on Comedy Central in Asia.

Jon, Steve Bodow, Jen Flanz, Tim Greenberg, Jill Katz and Adam Lowitt are the executive producers of the show with Hillary Kun as co-executive producer. Pam DePace, Justin Melkmann and Stuart Miller are supervising producers. Head writer is Elliott Kalan and director is Chuck O’Neil.

Comedy Central, the world’s biggest comedy network, has been making audiences laugh since it first launched in the US in 1991. Renowned for featuring a stable of exclusive and tailor-made local and international comedy, the brand has become the ultimate destination for all kinds of humor, from traditional to satire to sketches to popular sitcoms.