TORONTO – Canadian comic Jason Jones became a U.S. citizen in 2014 and is looking forward to casting his first ballot south of the border during the upcoming election.

But “The Daily Show” alum admits he doesn’t long for his past life as a correspondent out on the campaign trail for the satirical news show — even during the much buzzed-about presidential race.

“Not one ounce of me wants to be out there talking to people,” Jones says with a laugh in a phone interview from New York. “I just don’t miss it at all.

“It’s great for the viewer. You watch a five-minute piece about (Donald) Trump supporters and you laugh and you think it’s funny. But we as performers have to sit with them and interview them. It’s awful for us.”

Jones is now firmly in the driver’s seat as star of the raunchy road trip comedy series “The Detour.” And behind the scenes, the Hamilton-born star has familiar company revving the creative engine of the production.

Jones’s wife and fellow “Daily Show” alum Samantha Bee serves as a co-creator and writer of “The Detour,” which premieres Thursday on The Comedy Network.

“The whole show started from the idea of this husband and wife that truly love one another, and they actually enjoy spending time with their kids. But we wanted to bend them as far as we could before they broke. And what better way to bend anyone (than) by throwing them in a car for a 1,700-mile trip? And that’s what we did for 10 episodes.”

The series premiere introduces Jones as Nate, who sets off with his wife Robin (Natalie Zea) and 11-year-old twins Delilah and Jared (Ashley Gerasimovich and Liam Carroll) on a vacation on wheels from New York to Florida. But the road to the Sunshine State is littered with misadventures and mishaps as the family encounters a host of quirky characters in unexpected and often unseemly situations.

“The Detour” brings a decidedly adult twist to the family comedy format, with its share of suggestive humour punctuated with sweeter moments.

“We initially saw it as a show for people like us: parents who put their kids to bed at 9 and want to watch an adult program that doesn’t talk down to them. (A show) that has their level of humour but is about them,” says Jones, father to seven-year-old son Fletcher, and daughters Piper, 10, and Ripley, 5.

“As we went along with the series, I think it appeals to anyone that just likes funny situations,” adds Jones.

“You don’t have to have a family to find any of this funny. I think it’s a cliche to say there’s something for everyone. But certainly, the humour runs a giant spectrum of gross-out gags to subtler humour to irreverent humour, to stuff that you’re going to have to watch twice to understand.”

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