John Oliver’s ‘Daily Show’ run to begin June 10

We all knew it was coming, and now there’s a date: Jon Stewart will be absent from “The Daily Show� beginning June 10. He’ll be replaced by correspondent John Oliver for eight weeks.

What’s Stewart going to be doing during that time? Directing his first feature film, titled “Rosewater� and adapted from the nonfiction book “Then They Came For Me: A Family’s Story of Love, Captivity and Survival� by journalist Mazir Bahari.

Meanwhile, “Daily Show� fans will get to know Oliver a little better. The British comedian has been with the show since 2006. In a statement, he assured fans, “Don’t worry, it’s still going to be everything that you love about ‘The Daily Show,’ just without the thing that you love the most about it.�

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Guests scheduled for Oliver’s first week as anchor include Seth Rogen, “Veep� co-creator Armando Iannucci, Mavis Staples and Fareed Zakaria.

Stewart is scheduled to return to his place behind the desk on Sept. 3.

His film does have a “Daily Show� connection. It tells the story of BBC journalist Bahari, who was sent to an Iranian prison for four months on suspicion that he was a spy. Part of the evidence that was used against him was an appearance he made on “The Daily Show,� in which correspondent Jason Jones appeared in a deliberately goofy spy outfit.

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