Roy Wood Jr. Leaves ‘Daily Show’ As Producers Continue Searching For New Host

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Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor During the recently ended writers strike, many people who worked on the staffs of TV’s late-night shows wished things would get back to normal. Roy Wood Jr. was surprised to find that he was not one of them.

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Roy Wood Jr. surprised everyone by revealing that he was leaving as a correspondent.

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Roy Wood Jr. offered more of an explanation Thursday on why he decided to leave .

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Roy Wood Jr., a longtime contributor to Comedy Central‘s “Daily Show,” will not return to the late-night program when it returns to production, the latest wrinkle to develop at the long-running show as executives continue to hunt for a successor to Trevor Noah. “I can’t come up with Plan B is while still working with Plan A,” the comedian told NPR, noting he doesn’t want to continue as one of the show’s cadre of correspondents while someone else is being considered for the top role. “The job of correspondent…it’s not really one where you can juggle multiple things.

Roy Wood Jr. is no longer a correspondent on The Daily Show.

Roy Wood Jr., a correspondent on The Daily Show, is exiting after an 8 year tenure.