Another Daily Show correspondent moves on: Riggle gets sitcom deal
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A myriad of correspondents from The Daily Show have gone on to their own careers, such as Stephen Colbert and Steve Carell to name two. Jason Jones and Samantha Bee are slated to write and star in a sitcom for CBS. Now it looks like the show will be losing Rob Riggle to a prime-time spot, also on CBS. Riggle is one of the more interesting correspondents, given his background in the U.S. Marine Corps.
The Daily Show has become this generation’s Saturday Night Live in the sense that many of the players move on to more massive and better TV and/or movie deals. The only reason Jon Stewart himself hasn’t left is because of a lucrative contract and the fact that his name is on the marquee.
In fact, if CBS is so eager to grab people from The Daily Show, why not grab Stewart himself? Letterman won’t be doing his show forever, you know. He’s the natural heir to the position. In my opinion this would be a very smart move, which means it probably won’t happen.
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