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Comment on The Problem with Jon Stewart cancellation highlights a problem for Apple’s content

The reason for the shift? Stewart and Apple executives “had disagreements over some of the topics and guests,” the sources said. Specifically, they claimed Stewart told staffers that Apple execs took issue with planned programming related to both China and artificial intelligence, and noted that with the 2024 US election coming up, there might have been additional opportunities for disagreement then.

Shows like this should have zero input from executives. If you are not willing to let the show have free rein, you don’t deserve to host the show.

Hopefully Jon Stewart does something else with less corporate oversight.

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DanglingFury@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I was so excited to have him back and so let down when he was cancelled. I really do hope he goes somewhere else

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- Rouxibeau@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  You should be clear; was he canceled or was just his show canceled?
  
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  - danc4498@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    You got a lot of downvotes for this comment. That’s impressive.
    
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    Rouxibeau@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    A new record!
    
    Fucking haters.
    
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  - DemBoSain@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    First one, then the other.
    
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Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Honestly, I hope he leans into his podcast. IMHO, The Problem’s podcast was better than the show.

The podcast was just as effective at highlighting issues of importance, but it was a bit more fun, and it commented more on the weekly news.

IMHO, the podcast did a better job of scratching my 2000’s Daily Show itch. The TV show was fine, but it felt like an even heavier version of Last Week Tonight. It wasn’t a show I could watch if I had a hard week. It was good, but I often finished it somewhat depressed.

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- hardcoreufo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I’ll have to check out the podcast. The show was definitely too heavy for me to want to watch most of the time.
  
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littlecolt@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
HBO should make him an offer. Pull him over to chill with John Oliver again like the good old days.

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- mosiacmango@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  HBO? Ohh you mean MAX, the hip and cool skateboarding cousin that showed up to HBO’s house in season 6 of the “HBO show” with the bodacious sunglasses and the backward hat.
  
  Yeah, I’m sure that guy is jazzy and gnarly enough to support John Stewart.
  
  Radical!
  
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  - littlecolt@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Haha I honestly forgot sometimes that the streaming platform is just MAX now. I work for a cable company and deal with customers who have HBO in their cable packages. It’s such a habit to call it HBO still heh… and Lat Week Tonight does still technically air on HBO on TV. It’s just the streaming episode goes up within 30 mins of the airing generally.
    
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NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
The Other Problem with John Stewart: Apple is Beholden to China

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just_another_person@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
For real. Maybe PBS can afford him.

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- Maeve@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  You think big business that advertised on pbs would allow that?
  
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  - Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Have you ever watched Frontline? It’s basically The Problem, but with no jokes. They have a LOT of hour long pieces shitting on the CCP.
    
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    Maeve@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    The government wants that which means big business has an angle, probably.
    
    I’ve actually not seen tv in a year, even at friends’ houses. I can usually find interesting content online.
    
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  - Telodzrum@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Holy shit, what a take.
    
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