The Daily Show / Comedy Central (Paramount)
Key facts
- Operator / parent
- Paramount (Comedy Central)
- Origin
- United States
- Headquarters
- New York, USA
- Launched
- 21 July 2026
- Category
- Production / IP
Comedy Central announced on 21 July 2026 'The Daily Show Presents: Two Billionaires Fight to Dominate the Country… And My Heart!', a satirical microdrama parodying the vertical-soap format. The premise follows the President's daughter, Alonka, with two tech billionaires, Egon Husk and Jiff Davos, competing to build an AI president. Paramount describes it as the first micro series from a late-night franchise. It is a single title rather than a platform commitment.
Profile
- Markets
- United States; Comedy Central and Paramount+ digital and social channels
- Content
- A single satirical microdrama parodying the vertical-soap format.
- Genres
- Political satire, parody vertical series
- Monetisation
- Franchise content on Comedy Central's own digital and social channels, not a paid coin app
- Backers
- Paramount Skydance (Comedy Central)
People
- Jon Stewart — Host and executive producer, The Daily Show
- Ronny Chieng — News team
- Josh Johnson — News team
- Jordan Klepper — News team
- Michael Kosta — News team
- Desi Lydic — News team