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Kal Penn, Fresh Off ‘Daily Show’ Run, Sees New Opportunities in Late Night

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Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Kal Penn hopes the second time’s the charm. The actor last week completed his second turn behind the desk of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show,” which has been seeking a successor to host Trevor Noah for the better part of a year, a process that was delayed by the recent Hollywood labor strikes.

Penn joins comedians Sarah Silverman and Leslie Jones as well as Charlamagne Tha God as hosts who were invited to take one more crack at the assignment after doing a previous one. “It felt like the perfect merger of both of my worlds,” Penn says during an interview with Variety, referring not only to the comic roles he has played it the “Harold & Kumar” series of movies but his time spent as a public engagement liaison in the Obama administration.

He enjoyed a give and take with “Daily Show” writers and producers as they sussed out the issues of the day for late-night fodder.

Penn hopes his intriguing experiences as an actor and an advocate give him an edge as the Paramount Global network tries to find a path forward for the venerable series.

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