​Comedy Central has been looking forward to Trevor Noah’s Daily Show hosting debut for months now - but they’re not alone. Viewers can see the premiere episode on more than 10 networks Monday night.

Viacom is planning a major simulcast of Noah’s big night, simulcasting The Daily Show with Trevor Noah across Comedy Central, MTV, Spike, VH1, BET, Nick at Nite, MTV2, CMT, TV Land, Centric, Logo, MTVU and VH1 Classic.

Parent company Viacom will also keep the same national ads across the simulcast for the night, doubling down on a wide debut strategy it also employed for this year’s MTV Video Music Awards. The VMAs aired across 10 Viacom networks last month, utilizing as many assets as possible, resulting in an extra 4.8 million viewers (above the 5 million on MTV alone) for the telecast.

Noah’s debut airs Monday, Sept. 28 at 11 p.m., kicking off the week with guest Kevin Hart. The rest of the week’s guests include Bumble CEO (and Tinder co-founder) Whitney Wolfe, New Jersey Governor and presidential candidate Chris Christie, and Ryan Adams, who will perform a song from his Taylor Swift cover album.

The final episode with Jon Stewart this August earned more than 5.1 million viewers with Live +3 numbers, making it the most-viewed episode in Daily Show history. Fans and network executives are likely hoping that Noah’s debut results in similar numbers.

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Brief Take: Hopefully Noah isn’t too nervous to step into Jon Stewart’s old role, because he will now be more visible than anyone anticipated Monday night.

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