The Daily Show's Jason Jones, Samantha Bee get their own TBS show

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Well, cross him off the Jon Stewart replacement list: Longtime Daily Show correspondent Jason Jones is leaving the show to star in a TBS comedy.

Jones announced his departure on his Twitter page Tuesday, the same day it was reported that TBS picked up a 30-minute pilot by Jones and his wife, fellow Daily Show correspondent Samantha Bee, plus 10 episodes. The still untitled series will follow a couple and their two children who take a road trip to Florida, Variety reports. Jones and Bee wrote the show — inspired by their own family escapades — and will serve as executive producers. Jones will also play the father, Nate.

Although Jones plans to exit later this year, a Comedy Central spokesperson told Variety that Bee will remain on The Daily Show.

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.