John Oliver got off to a good start as Jon Stewart’s summer replacement on “The Daily Show.”
Monday night’s show, Oliver’s first of an eight-week subbing stint, averaged 1.5 million viewers on Comedy Central — in line with what the show averaged this season with Stewart hosting.
It was actually up 200,000 viewers from the previous Monday — and was also up slightly in the advertiser-coveted demo of adults 18-49, according to Nielsen.
Oliver’s guest was Seth Rogen.
Stewart is taking his first extended break from “The Daily Show” in 14 years.
He is directing the big-screen movie “Then They Came for Me: A Family’s Story of Love, Captivity and Survival,” which is based on Maziar Bahari’s best-selling book.