Trevor Noah has emergency appendectomy, canceling tonight’s ‘Daily Show’

Newly promoted “Daily Show” host Trevor Noah is recovering from an emergency appendectomy that will put his show on hiatus for at least a night.

The Comedy Central host had the procedure Wednesday morning, according to a statement from the show.

“We’re happy to report the procedure went well and he is currently recuperating from surgery,” the statement said.

An encore episode of “The Daily Show” will air Wednesday night.

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“We expect he and the show will be back with an original episode tomorrow,” the statement continued.

The former “Daily Show” correspondent was also wished “a speedy recovery from his time in an American hospital,” according to a tweet from the show’s official account. (We fully expect his experience there to become fodder for the show -- the host sounded off Tuesday on his program being denied credentials to a GOP event in Iowa over the weekend.)

The South African-born comedian ascended to outgoing host Jon Stewart’s post back in September, and though he hasn’t hit the same ratings numbers as his predecessor, he’s reportedly drawing in a younger, more digital audience, according to The Wrap.

He’s also set to appear in a one-hour stand-up special, “Trevor Noah: Lost in Translation,” airing Nov. 22 on Comedy Central. In it, he’ll address “major domestic and international events of the past year, sharing his outlook on the world today, including terrorism, racial tensions in America and what it was like being African and travelling into the United States during the Ebola crisis.”

Though Stewart, who hosted “The Daily Show” for 16 years, has mainly stayed off the radar since his departure, on Tuesday HBO announced that the comic had inked a four-year production deal with the premium cable network to develop “timely short-form digital content.”

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