The Daily Show is airing a special episode tonight with Jon Stewart taking over hosting duties outside of his regular schedule in what many believe will be a scathing rebuke of ABC's decision to dismiss late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel this week.

Jon Stewart made a rare mid-week appearance on The Daily Show after the Jimmy Kimmel news – here’s how to watch it and what he said.

From Comedy Central, it’s the all-new, government-approved ‘Daily Show,’ with your patriotically obedient host, Jon Stewart!” That’s how Thursday night’s edition of “The Daily Show” began, as Stewart — who normally only hosts the late-night talker on Mondays — stepped in to satirically showcase what “The Daily Show” might have to morph into as the

Comedian Jon Stewart returned to host "The Daily Show" on Thursday after a multi-year hiatus and promptly chided what experts have described as the president's latest attack on free speech. President Donald Trump's administration has made multiple efforts to curtail free speech following the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk last week.

"The Daily Show" host addressed the chilling fallout from ABC indefinitely suspending fellow comedian Jimmy Kimmel's late night show.

By first acknowledging the harrowing moment we're living through - via an opening segment feigning fealty to "the perfectly-tinted Trump" - Stewart then laid out exactly why now is the time to take a stand.

During the monologue, Stewart rolled clips of false statements made on Fox News, including Tucker Carlson’s claim that the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6 were largely “peaceful” and “sightseers.”

Jon Stewart plans to host Thursday's episode of "The Daily Show," one day after ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show indefinitely following comments he made about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.