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Activate your digital access. Manage your account settings. My Account Log Out Get the news Log In or Subscribe to skip Sign in with FacebookSign in with GoogleSign in FAQ 34 Share This Story! Let friends in your social network know what you are reading about FacebookEmailTwitterGoogle+LinkedInPinterest Trevor Noah prepares for his 'Daily' dose South African comedian Trevor Noah is the latest (and last, for a while) new player in TV’s game of late-night musical chairs. Loading… Post to Facebook ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ Trevor Noah prepares for his 'Daily' dose __________________ ____________________________________________________________ South African comedian Trevor Noah is the latest (and last, ____________________________________________________________ Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/1KDY72 {# IFRAME: http://api.recaptcha.net/noscript?k=6Lf7fuESAAAAAJ3_KMIDbkQySsEE0vMkLXU kq4eY #} CancelSend Sent! A link has been sent to your friend's email address. Posted! A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. 3 Join the Nation's Conversation To find out more about Facebook commenting please read the Conversation Guidelines and FAQs Trevor Noah prepares for his 'Daily' dose [writer_tv-Levin_Gary.png] Gary Levin, USA TODAY 4:18 p.m. EDT September 27, 2015 Trevor Noah will take over for Jon Stewart as the host of the Daily Show starting in late September. Stewart stepped down from the role after 16 years. XXX TREVOR NOAH PORTAIT_TP0029.JPG D ENT USA NY South African comedian Trevor Noah is all smiles in his offices at the 'The Daily Show With Trevor Noah' in New York.(Photo: Todd Plitt, USA TODAY) CONNECTTWEETLINKEDIN 3 COMMENTEMAILMORE NEW YORK — South African comedian Trevor Noah is the latest (and last, for a while) new player in TV’s game of late-night musical chairs. At 31, he’s also youngest, and promises to adapt Comedy Central’s The Daily Show for a new generation while trying to preserve its outsize cultural relevance. Noah becomes the show’s third host Monday (11 p.m. ET/PT), seven weeks after Jon Stewart packed it up after a 16-year run. Kevin Hart is his first guest, followed later in the week by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and singer Ryan Adams, a sign of the show’s continued interest in a blend of politics and entertainment. Longtime fans needn’t fret, Noah says in an interview. While he plans some format tweaks, the biggest change will come in “the way we look at stories, or even how I present the stories to the audience.” [635787801086759331-XXX-TREVOR-NOAH-DS-20-079-02-DCB-72004346.JPG] USA TODAY Noah plans a more social 'Daily Show' That prism will reflect the hosts' vastly different backgrounds: Noah grew up as a poor, mixed-race kid during apartheid, when his parents’ marriage was illegal, and he had no real connection to American politics. Stewart, 52, was raised Jewish in an upper-middle-class New Jersey suburb. And while Stewart was vocal about subjects including the Middle East (“Mess O’Potamia,” as he called it), “I will have to find my running passion: What becomes the thing that really connects with me on the show,” Noah says. Unlike Stewart, who was easily riled up by hyperactive cable-news outlets, Noah will start out focusing more on people making news than those delivering it. “I’m less likely to skewer CNN or Fox and more to skewer (Kentucky court clerk) Kim Davis and Mike Huckabee,” he says. Other changes: The stand-up comedian may experiment with, um, standing. He’ll also make more frequent use of the show’s diverse team of fake-news correspondents, bolstered by three newcomers,. “We have this ensemble of different voices that, in my mind, represents America in different ways, which is a new thing to play with,” and as peers — he served briefly as one of them — “it’s not my job to say everything, which is really cool.” But he's taking a measured approach. "I wouldn’t want to rush in and dismantle and destroy the show just because people are going, ‘You’d better make it different!’ Let’s start with what works and let’s evolve over time. Jon Stewart made an amazing show, he created something fantastic. 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