Comedian and award-winning television personality Jon Stewart is set to return as a host and executive producer for the Comedy Central program The Daily Show.

Stewart, 61, captained the program from 1999 to 2015 and will return Feb. 12 as a Monday-night host during the show’s coverage of the 2024 election cycle, according to a report.

“Jon Stewart is the voice of our generation, and we are honored to have him return to Comedy Central’s The Daily Show to help us all make sense of the insanity and division roiling the country as we enter the election season,” President and CEO of Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios Chris McCarthy said, according to a statement.

“In our age of staggering hypocrisy and performative politics, Jon is the perfect person to puncture the empty rhetoric and provide much-needed clarity with his brilliant wit.”

Traditionally, The Daily Show has been viewed as straight satire, neither leaning too far left nor too far right, but, for many, that changed when Stewart was replaced with now-former host Trevor Noah.

The show has seen myriad hosts since Noah’s departure, and it appears that Stewart is up for a return.

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“Friends. After much reflection I have decided to enter the transfer portal for my last year of eligibility,” Stewart posted to X. “Excited for the future! 5’7” ish 165 14.8 second 40.”

Throughout his time in media, Stewart has won 22 Emmys, two Grammys, and he was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2022.