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The Problem With Jon Stewart

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Mixed or average reviews based on 22 Critic Reviews

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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 12 Ratings

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Series Details & Credits

Apple TV+ | Release Date: September 30, 2021

Summary: Each episode of the Jon Stewart-hosted series features in-depth interviews and discussions about one current event or issue.

Genre(s): Reality, Talk & Interview

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S2:E12. The Season Finale
Air Date: April 6, 2023
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S2:E11. Searching for Allies
Air Date: March 30, 2023
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S2:E10. America's Incarceration Epidemic
Air Date: March 23, 2023

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Metascore

57

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7

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Critic Reviews

88

Chicago Sun-Times

Richard Roeper

Sep 30, 2021

Season 1 Review: If it all sounds a bit like a grad school lecture delivered by the hippest and funniest prof on campus, well, that’s kind of what we’re getting, and it’s vintage Jon Stewart: thought-provoking, laugh-out-loud funny, insightful, clever, occasionally a bit too pleased with itself but on balance, pretty flippin’ great. Read full review

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Decider

Joel Keller

Sep 30, 2021

Season 1 Review: We felt a whole lot better about The Problem With Jon Stewart after watching the second episode. What we saw was a show feeling its way, but with the steady hand of Stewart at the helm, even the bumpier, less funny episodes will be informative about issues that are pretty damned serious. Read full review

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The Oregonian

Kristi Turnquist

Oct 6, 2021

Season 1 Review: The [first] episode is at its best when it’s most straightforwardly serious. The second 44-minute episode, “Freedom,” feels more like a “Daily Show” outing, with Stewart in sarcastically irreverent mode on the topic of COVID-19, anti-maskers and anti-vaxxer Read full review

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The Guardian Lucy Mangan

Sep 30, 2021

Season 1 Review: As a programme it is righteously furious about a worthy subject and, as a result, just a little dull. The second episode, Freedom, finds its groove and works much better. Read full review

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The New Yorker

Doreen St. Félix

Oct 22, 2021

Season 1 Review: The media critic of yore emerges intermittently, though Stewart seems content to have ceded the satirist stage to his former colleagues Trevor Noah, Samantha Bee, and John Oliver. ... The opportunity to nail an equivocating government agent both invigorates the host and gives the show a fleeting sense of rhetorical purpose. The second episode, “Freedom,” has a hazier topical focus but higher entertainment value. Read full review

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The Daily Beast Matt Wilstein

Sep 30, 2021

Season 1 Review: Now that his many disciples are doing their own versions of that trick across network, cable and streaming TV, the bar has been raised and you can feel Stewart straining to reach over it in these first couple of episodes. Read full review

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Primetimer

Aaron Barnhart

Oct 1, 2021

Season 1 Review: The problem here is material, not money. The pilot suggested that Stewart would be shining a light on a major problem each episode, with a targeted solution that he was in a unique position to address. But how many problems are there actually like that? Judging by the glacially boring second episode, not that many. ... He drips with sanctimony toward anyone who doesn’t share his point of view. Read full review

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boxd

Oct 16, 2021

I honestly expected a more interesting opinion from Stewart. By the second episode, not only am I throwing in the towel on the series for now but I'm also unsubscribing to Apple TV+. This was the only show I was looking forward to on the service and it really isn't for me. The problem withI honestly expected a more interesting opinion from Stewart. By the second episode, not only am I throwing in the towel on the series for now but I'm also unsubscribing to Apple TV+. This was the only show I was looking forward to on the service and it really isn't for me. The problem with The Problem With Jon Stewart isn't only how strongly it exudes "holier than thou", it's the same exact stuff that's being pumped through every other late night show. The late night scene had to completely reinvent itself to deal with how revolutionary Stewart was during the Bush years -- sadly it seems Stewart is playing it safe here.

The Freedom episode is so awful. I'd love to see the panel from episode 1 sit in and give their thoughts on Episode 2.… Expand

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bdillon0820

Mar 30, 2022

Pure ignorance, bigotry and just flat out garbage. This guy just doesn't get it.

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Series Overview
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: October 7, 2022
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  S2:E12. The Season Finale
  Air Date: April 6, 2023
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  S2:E11. Searching for Allies
  Air Date: March 30, 2023
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  S2:E10. America's Incarceration Epidemic
  Air Date: March 23, 2023
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  S2:E9. The Inflation Blame Game
  Air Date: March 16, 2023
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  S2:E8. The Military Industrial Excess
  Air Date: March 9, 2023
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  S2:E7. Chaos, Law, and Order
  Air Date: March 2, 2023
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  S2:E6. Election Wrap-Up Special
  Air Date: November 10, 2022
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  S2:E5. Allies: Friends Without Benefits
  Air Date: November 3, 2022
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  S2:E4. Midterms: This Is What Democracy Looks Like?
  Air Date: October 27, 2022
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  S2:E3. Globalization: Made in America
  Air Date: October 20, 2022
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  S2:E2. Where Is Our Tax Money Going?
  Air Date: October 13, 2022
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  S2:E1. The War Over Gender
  Air Date: October 6, 2022
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: September 30, 2021