The Problem With Jon Stewart [Apple TV+ review]

September 30, 2021

I miss Jon Stewart.

During the Iraq War, his show was the only way to watch the news.

He captured the madness and insanity and made the unpalatable somewhat slightly palatable. The regular news was just too depressing. I could only take it filtered through a comedic viewpoint.

So I'm delighted to see him back with his new Apple TV+ show, The Problem With Jon Stewart.

I haven't yet seen the show -- our reviewer, Scout Tafoya has -- but the trailer alone had me guffawing.

There's high hopes for this one.

-- Leander Kahney, EIC.

Jon Stewart is back on TV with more control, more freedom and more gray hair. His new Apple TV+ show, The Problem With Jon Stewart, debuts Thursday and promises to tackle the tough questions facing the world. But has America missed its smart-ass in chief since he departed The Daily Show in 2015?

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"What happens in most companies is that you don't keep great people under working environments where individual accomplishment is discouraged rather than encouraged. The great people leave and you end up with mediocrity. I know, because that's how Apple was built. Apple is an Ellis Island company. Apple is built on refugees from other companies. These are the extremely bright individual contributors who were troublemakers at other companies." -- Steve Jobs

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