We’re working on staying,” the Comedy Central host said Sunday when asked about his status on stage at The New Yorker Festival in Manhattan.

Jon Stewart isn’t leaving The Daily Show just yet. If it’s up to him, he won’t be leaving at all. During a live conversation with The New Yorker’s editor David Remnick at

Or maybe the integrity thing to do would be to stay in it and keep fighting in the foxhole.” Stewart has been fighting both the current administration and his own employers since Trump took office in January.

Despite myriad changes at parent company Paramount Skydance, Jon Stewart is hoping to remain as the linchpin of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show. The political comedian talked of his plans with The New Yorker‘s David Remnick during the legacy magazine’s festival in the city,

Fans have been glad to see Jon Stewart back behind the desk at The Daily Show on Mondays, and the comedian is feeling the same way, too, confirming that he’d like to extend his return. Stewart’s contract to host Comedy Central’s The Daily Show ends in December.

Jon Stewart and The Daily Show are sticking around—so long as he can help it. While sitting down with The New Yorker editor David Remnick at the 26th annual New Yorker Festival on Sunday night (Oct. 26),

Jon Stewart has said he’s not going anywhere, and he’s trying to put that in writing. The comedian, whose contract to host The Daily Show is up in December, said “we’re working on staying” during a conversation with New Yorker editor David Remnick at Sunday’s New Yorker Festival,