Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show suddenly went black for eleven minutes Monday, leaving fans scratching their heads at the sudden disappearance of the show.
Stewart was engaged in his usual histrionic ravings about Trump, this time recounting his first 100 days in office, when the show suddenly disappeared leaving a black screen.
'The Daily Show' was knocked off the air on multiple platforms for over ten minutes Monday night as Jon Stewart delivered a monologue about the failures of Donald Trump's first 100 days. Full story: https://t.co/8FHZRMHPxI pic.twitter.com/bc3uXIwYJX
— LateNighter (@latenightercom) April 29, 2025
The show remained off the air for eleven minutes as Comedy Central technicians raced behind the scenes to correct the issue.
Viewers on satellite and on cable — such as on MTV and CMT — suffered through the missing minutes. Viewers on DirecTV, Hulu, and Xfinity also reported the outage. However, the missing bit was posted in its entirety on Youtube and the full show with no interruption is available on Paramount+.
Unsurprisingly, the sudden disappearance right when Stewart was once again on the attack against President Trump spurred a tidal wave of conspiracy theories about the show being “censored,” Late Nighter reported.
Conspiracy-minded leftists flooded social media with theories and accusations:
here’s the issue… or rather an observation. the daily has never posted JS’s monologue as the episode airs, not once. they have always posted clips the next day - but not as the show was airing on tv. it’s almost as if they knew they’d get interrupted.
— simon gentry (@emulsiondown) April 29, 2025
It appears Paramount is censoring the Daily Show. Got about 5 minutes into Jon Stewart discussing Trump's first 100 days, and then this popped up, and has been like this for about 6 minutes now. Thank god we elected a "First Amendment" president. pic.twitter.com/XvrQZuDYPq
— The Penix Mightier (@riley243) April 29, 2025
Looks like Trump finally got @TheDailyShow taken off the air. pic.twitter.com/csR4MI8364
— Rob Ostrom (@RobOstrom) April 29, 2025
The Daily Show just dropped off the air mid-broadcast. This smells bad.
— Steve (@Steve_JRA) April 29, 2025
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