The Problem With Jon Stewart: Season 1

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Apple TV+ | Season Premiere 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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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E10. Episode 10
Air Date: April 7, 2022
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S1:E9. Episode 09
Air Date: March 31, 2022
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S1:E8. Racism
Air Date: March 24, 2022

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Richard Roeper

Sep 30, 2021

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

Joel Keller

Sep 30, 2021

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

Kristi Turnquist

Oct 6, 2021

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

The Guardian Lucy Mangan

Sep 30, 2021

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

Doreen St. Félix

Oct 22, 2021

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

The Daily Beast Matt Wilstein

Sep 30, 2021

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

Aaron Barnhart

Oct 1, 2021

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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junk1855

Oct 4, 2021

There are informative aspects to the show and it does a decent job at addressing serious issues, but the format leaves a lot to be desired. The TMZ like scenes with staffers hanging on Jon's every word and guffawing at his every remotely humorous remark are particularly cringe-worthy.

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Maventi

Oct 12, 2021

As a long-time Jon Stewart fan, it's sad to see him reduced to this. It's like watching your grandpa try to hit on teenage girls at a pool-party. He seems desperate to be relevant, but frankly, aren't we all a little tired of hearing zillionaire celebrities tell us how stupid we are forAs a long-time Jon Stewart fan, it's sad to see him reduced to this. It's like watching your grandpa try to hit on teenage girls at a pool-party. He seems desperate to be relevant, but frankly, aren't we all a little tired of hearing zillionaire celebrities tell us how stupid we are for wanting our jobs and lives back post-Covid? Jon can sit around his private ranch in his personal petting-zoo yucking it up about how dumb the rest of us are for refusing to wear masks, but do ANY of us believe that he's personally worn one for even a grand total of five minutes?

Sorry Jon, but you know NOTHING about American life in 2021.… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: October 7, 2022
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: September 30, 2021
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  S1:E10. Episode 10
  Air Date: April 7, 2022
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  S1:E9. Episode 09
  Air Date: March 31, 2022
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  S1:E8. Racism
  Air Date: March 24, 2022
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  S1:E7. Media
  Air Date: March 17, 2022
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  S1:E6. Climate Change
  Air Date: March 10, 2022
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  S1:E5. The Stock Market
  Air Date: March 3, 2022
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  S1:E4. Guns
  Air Date: November 11, 2021
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  S1:E3. The Economy
  Air Date: October 28, 2021
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  S1:E2. Freedom
  Air Date: October 14, 2021
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  S1:E1. War
  Air Date: September 30, 2021