Jon Stewart Returns To 'The Daily Show' After Summer Sabbatical

Comedian Jon Stewart has returned to his hosting duties on US political news satire show, The Daily Show, after he took a 12 week sabbatical to spent time working on Middle Eastern political documentary Rosewater. In his absence, the excellently funny Brit comic John Oliver kept his presenting seat warm.

Stewart's Rosewater movie is adapted from the memoir written by Maziar Bahari - an Iranian journalist who wrote his account of being imprisoned after falsely being accused of being a spy during 2009.

Oliver's stint as host gave Daily Show fans hope that the satire show could function without its seemingly irreplaceable host, should he ever step out for good. However, as Stewart demonstrated as he returned to his post, bearded and tanned, on Tuesday, no one does that trademark impeccably indignant humour as well as Jon.

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Stewart will travel to the Toronto Film Festival this weekend to pitch his Gael Garcia Bernal-starring Rosewater documentary to select foreign buyers, and is likely to be one of the most popular events of the film market, according to THR.

Now events in Syria are spiralling to greater, more horrifying levels, we need someone to hold our hand through each new and damning news story and lighten the dark mood by making fun of the humans in power. Mr. Stewart, sir: that's you.