![John Oliver exits the "Daily Show" hosting sweepstakes: Re-examining the search to replace Jon Stewart | Salon.com John Oliver exits the "Daily Show" hosting sweepstakes: Re-examining the search to replace Jon Stewart | Salon.com](https://mediaproxy.salon.com/width/1200/https://media.salon.com/2014/11/Screen-Shot-2014-11-14-at-9.17.58-AM.png)
John Oliver exits the "Daily Show" hosting sweepstakes: Re-examining the search to replace Jon Stewart | Salon.com
![Jon Stewart to take two-month hiatus from 'Daily Show,' and John Oliver will fill in - The Washington Post Jon Stewart to take two-month hiatus from 'Daily Show,' and John Oliver will fill in - The Washington Post](https://img.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_480w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2013/03/05/Style/Images/01_john%20oliver_2012-2.jpg?uuid=9K-eBoXtEeKdcfD-r90TlA)
Jon Stewart to take two-month hiatus from 'Daily Show,' and John Oliver will fill in - The Washington Post
![John Oliver's tearful final appearance on The Daily Show: Watch their best-of and final goodbye here. (Video) John Oliver's tearful final appearance on The Daily Show: Watch their best-of and final goodbye here. (Video)](http://www.slate.com/content/dam/slate/blogs/browbeat/2011/09/29/hugo_chavez_caption_contest/Oliver_Final_Appearance.jpg.CROP.promovar-mediumlarge.jpg)
John Oliver's tearful final appearance on The Daily Show: Watch their best-of and final goodbye here. (Video)
![TV Column: John Oliver will fill in for Jon Stewart on 'The Daily Show' over summer - The Washington Post TV Column: John Oliver will fill in for Jon Stewart on 'The Daily Show' over summer - The Washington Post](https://img.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_480w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2013/03/05/Style/Images/jo-screengrab.jpg?uuid=9YqySIXtEeKdcfD-r90TlA)