If Trevor Noah had been losing any sleep in recent months over what a vast challenge lay before him, it didn’t show on Monday night. The Daily Show with Trevor Noah wasn’t without its foibles and clunky one-liners: the pitfalls any new late night talk show has to dodge. But the biggest takeaway from Noah’s first swing at succeeding Jon Stewart was the new host’s energy and exuberant confidence—something most take weeks, if not months, to find.