The Problem With Jon Stewart

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Season 1
  • Network: Apple TV+
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 30, 2021
Season #: 2, 1
User Score
2.5

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 10 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 10
  3. Negative: 7 out of 10
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  1. junk1855
    Oct 4, 2021
    6
    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.
  2. Maventi
    Oct 12, 2021
    0
    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 for wanting our jobs and lives back post-Covid? Jon can sit around his private ranch in his personalAs 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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Metascore
57

Mixed or average reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 22
  3. Negative: 1 out of 22
  1. The New Yorker
    Reviewed by: Doreen St. Félix
    Oct 22, 2021
    50
    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.
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  2. The Oregonian
    Reviewed by: Kristi Turnquist
    Oct 6, 2021
    70
    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
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  3. The Atlantic
    Reviewed by: Sophie Gilbert
    Oct 1, 2021
    70
    He still effuses charisma out of his pores, still reels viewers in with the lone hook of a skeptical eyebrow. He’s still brutally sarcastic. ... But the tone has changed. A panel discussion in the first episode, among veterans who say their lives and lungs have been scarred by burn pits, is urgent in a way that feels more suited to the nightly news than to comedy TV. ... The second episode, “Freedom,” is more emblematic of what the series could be. It’s a withering take on the American right’s response to the coronavirus pandemic that counters shouty talking points with acute logic.
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