Jon Stewart’s Spot-On Prediction Resurfaces 22 Years Later

Jon Stewart’s decades-old prediction about the future of late-night TV really hit the nail on the head.

In a 2004 60 Minutes interview, which was posted to Reddit this week, Stewart predicted the state of the industry with stunning accuracy. The then-40-year-old Daily Show host told the show, “We’re all gonna get fired by the same guy one day, and it’s gonna be like a freaky—it’s like a cross-breed genetic between like Dolly the Sheep and one of [Rupert] Murdoch’s kids, and it’ll just, rule—AOLTimeViacomWarner synergy.”

Stewart’s 2002 prediction has become the industry norm 24 years later. / CBS Photo Archive / CBS via Getty Images

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