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The Problem with Jon Stewart cancellation highlights a problem for Apple’s content (arstechnica.com)
submitted 1 year ago by tym to c/technology
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[–] hedgehogging_the_bed 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Stuart has 22 Emmys from the Daily Show and Colbert Report combined. John Oliver has 17; 3 from the Daily Show and 14 from Last Week Tonight.

I agree with others who said this is Apple's problem, not Stewart's. He can get a platform/desk anywhere he wants one.

[–] Ghostalmedia -2 points 1 year ago

The past wins are kind of irrelevant. My point is that viewership and wins for his new show might not be strong enough for him to push back hard.

Not trying to victim blame the guy, just saying that he’s been in stronger positions with past shows. The Daily Show was raking in emmys and was the primary reason many people tuned into Comedy Central. It was probably really easy for him to pushback on network notes back then. He had the ability to seriously hurt viewership if he bailed CC.