The Daily Show Wait Whose Side Are We on Again Jason Jones Departure

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Jason Jones Parting 'The Daily Show,' Married woman Samantha Bee Staying Put

Married couple'south new TBS show got a 10-episode order earlier on Tuesday

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Jason Jones is leaving "The Daily Testify," but his married woman Samantha Bee is staying with the One-act Central show.

The married couple's new TBS family one-act landed a ten-episode club on Tuesday. The ii wrote the pilot and executive produce the show together, although only Jones stars on it opposite Natalie Zea.

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While the Jones annunciation follows Jon Stewart's own declared departure, in all likelihood, the All-time F#@king News Team Always correspondent volition leave the late-night show before the host does. The timing is a coincidence, TheWrap was told, as the untitled family unit road trip comedy merely happens to be the Jones airplane pilot (of many over the years) that has been picked up.

Jones' departure engagement remains to exist appear, aforementioned with Stewart'due south — just both will say goodbye this year.

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The longterm fellow member of Stewart'southward joke squad tweeted on Tuesday: "For 9 & 1/2 years, I accept worked at i of the greatest TV shows of all time. But … It is time for me to become."

"That said, I am ecstatic to announce that I'm about to brand another keen prove over @tbsveryfunny," he added.

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Jones' new night one-act volition follow a couple and their ii immature kids as they accept a road trip to Florida. Jones plays unfiltered dad Nate, who packs his wife Robin (Zea) forth with their rebellious daughter Delilah (Ashley Gerasimovich) and simpleton son Jared (Liam Carroll) into the family car for what Nate is convinced will be the adventure of a lifetime. Every leg of their trip, however, is fraught with unforeseen disaster every bit they encounter one hellish plow afterwards some other.

Plans call for each season of the show to relate a unlike family adventure. The series will premiere in the quaternary quarter of this yr.

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