‘The Daily Show’ Signs Up Josh Johnson, Troy Iwata & Grace Kuhlenschmidt As Correspondents
25.04.2024 - 18:41
/ deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: After finding its new host in the returning Jon Stewart, The Daily Show is staffing up.
The Comedy Central series has signed up three new correspondents to its news team: Troy Iwata, Josh Johnson, Grace Kuhlenschmidt.
They are the first new correspondents to join the show in seven years, since the arrival of Dulcé Sloan in September 2017 (Jordan Klepper returned in December 2019 having previously been featured on the show).
Iwata and Kuhlenschmidt joined the show in October 2023 and Johnson, who was previously a writer on the show, made his on-screen debut in February. The move to official correspondents just happened, despite being on the show for a few months.
They join Ronny Chieng, Desi Lydic, Michael Kosta, Lewis Black, Klepper, and Sloan. However, the new trio will not be sharing hosting duties on Tuesdays through Thursdays.
Troy Iwata made his debut the same night that The Daily Showdebuted a pair of co-hosts in Michael Kosta and Ronny Chieng. He kicked off with a segment about book banning.
Iwata has starred in series such as Apple’s WeCrashed, alongside Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway, and Netflix’s Dash & Lily and has also featured in shows such as NBC’s New Amsterdam andTheCW’s Katy Keene.
Kuhlenschmidt kicked off the week that Desus Nice was hosting, starring in a skit alongside Kosta about the hypothetical offer of $500,000 or lunch with Jay-Z. Kuhlenschmidt is a stand-up comedian, actress and writer, who recurred in the final season of Max’s Search Party and was in the first season of Peacock’s Killing It.
Johnson has been a writer on the show since 2017, when Trevor Noah was host. He made his late-night debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and previously auditioned for The Opposition