The new incarnation of the show, hosted by SA comedian Trevor Noah, scored a rating of 2.6 - the highest rating ever achieved by Comedy Central in SA (the record holder until now was the Comedy Central Roast of Steve Hofmeyr, also hosted by Noah, which scored a 2.0 back in 2012). In addition, #DailyShow and #TrevorDay trended on both the Monday, 28 September and Tuesday, 29 September at number 1 and 2 in South Africa, beating all conversation about the Rugby World Cup, with over 100 000 original posts across social media.

In the US, the premiere of the show performed well too, scoring a total of 7.5 million viewers across the simulcast of Viacom Media Networks brands. On Comedy Central, ratings among adults aged 18 to 34 soared by 41%, and the show's median age dropped by six years to 46. In addition, the premiere of The Daily Show with Trevor Noah was the number one series on Nielsen Social Guide for the day ranked on Unique Audience among all non-sports programming.

The second episode of the show scored even better, showing double-digit gains across the board compared to the premiere night telecast. The second episode, which featured segments on presidents Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin at the United Nations, and the attempts of Hillary Clinton and Ben Carson to pander to the youth vote, increased its audience by 13% in total viewers (1.2 million), and its ratings by 20% with adults aged 18 to 49, 21% with adults aged 18 to 34 and 55% with men aged 18 to 34. Compared to the final quarter of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, the second episode of The Daily Show with Trevor Noah saw ratings gains of 21% with adults aged 18 to 49, 71% with adults aged 18 to 34, and nearly doubled the men aged 18 to 34 rating to 92%.

On the multi-platform front, Noah’s full-episode premiere has already been streamed over 750 000 times and clips from the episode have recorded nearly four-million views across different platforms. Socially, The Daily Show remained the number one series in Late Fringe on Nielsen Social Guide ranked on Unique Audience among all programming.

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah airs Tuesday to Fridays in Africa on Comedy Central (DStv channel 122) at 21:00.

For more information, visit www.comedycentralafrica.com. Alternatively connect with them on Facebook or on Twitter using the #DailyShow and #TrevorDay hashtags. 

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