Trevor Noah performed the comedy special "Trevor Noah: African American." On 11 October 2013, he was a guest on BBC Two's comedy panel show "QI". On 29 November 2013, he was a panelist on Channel 4 game show "8 Out of 10 Cats" and appeared on Sean Lock's team in "8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown" on 12 September 2014. In December 2014, Noah became a recurring contributor on "The Daily Show". On 30 March 2015, Comedy Central announced that Noah would succeed Jon Stewart as host of "The Daily Show"; his tenure began on 28 September 2015. Within hours after
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and Jon Richardson as permanent team captains (various other personalities, such as Lee Mack, Sarah Millican, Bill Bailey and Claudia Winkleman, deputise when either captain is unavailable to film). Rachel Riley and Susie Dent take up their regular roles from "Countdown"; Joe Wilkinson appears in many earlier episodes as Rachel's assistant and has also stood in as a team captain. The formation of the crossover began as a series of specials, the first of which was conceived on 2 January 2012, when Channel 4 orchestrated a special "mash-up night", merging two shows to form a special edition of the pair,