“The problem with Jon Stewart”
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Jon Stewart makes early exit from Apple.
the previous Daily show The host’s return to the talk show space ended prematurely as Apple abandoned plans for an eight-episode third season of the Stewart-hosted series. the problem, Sources confirm to Hollywood Reporter.
According to the The New York Timeswhichever comes first mentioned News, the cancellation came after creative disagreements between the iPhone maker and Stewart over potential themes and guests the problem. the The New York Times It was reported that Stewart informed his employees on Thursday that Apple had backed down on topics related to China and artificial intelligence. Production for the third season was already underway, and filming is scheduled to begin soon.
Apple declined to comment.
Sources say THR that there was tension between Apple and Stewart before the return of the show’s third season over the topics presented the problem. These same sources indicate that Apple reached out to Stewart and told the host that both sides needed to “align” regarding the topics presented on the show. Sources say Stewart rejected the idea of being “hindered” by Apple, which threatened to cancel the series. Sources say Stewart wanted to have complete creative control over the series, and after Apple threatened to cancel the series, he told the tech company he would step away from the show rather than have his hands tied.
Renewal decision the problem It came after the transformation of Apple and Stewart the problem Season 2 will be released weekly after launching new episodes every two weeks in fall 2021.
Stewart signed a multi-year deal with Apple in 2020 that included the current affairs show that became the problem and other development projects via his Busboy Productions banner.
Stewart exec produced the problem With showrunner Brinda Adhikari, James Dixon and former HBO CEO Richard Plepler through the latter’s Eden Productions. Chris McShane was co-EP, Lori Baranek was supervising producer and Chelsea Devantis was lead writer.
During his career, which lasted two seasons the problem It received five Emmy Award nominations, including for talk series and writing.