Fans of talk show host Jon Stewart’s political comedy are in luck as comedian signs on with HBO | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

Jon Stewart is following fellow Daily Show alumnus John Oliver to HBO. In a surprise move that affirms the prestige of the premium network, Stewart has signed a four-year production deal with HBO, though not in a conventional hosting capacity. According to an HBO release, the former Daily Show host will focus on creating “short-form digital…

Jon Stewart is coming back, and not a moment too soon. But he won’t have a nightly show, or even a weekly show. The terms of his deal with HBO are pretty murky, actually. Jon Stewart and HBO have concluded an exclusive four-year production pact, it was announced today by Michael Lombardo, president, HBO Programming. The…