Apple TV Plus' 'The Problem with Jon Stewart' to Debut in Fall

By Jon Lafayette
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Program marks Stewart’s return to TV

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Look out. Jon Stewart is coming back to TV (Image credit: Comedy Central)

Apple TV Plus announced that the name of Jon Stewart’s show on the streaming service will be The Problem with Jon Stewart and it will have its debut in the fall.

It will be the first project resulting in a multi-year partnership between Stewart and Apple.

The new current affairs series would mark a return to TV for Stewart, who left the anchor desk at Comedy Central’s Daily Show in 2015.

The Problem with Jon Stewart will have one-hour episodes and deal with a single issue. The show will have a companion podcast to further discuss the issues.

The show will be hosted and executive produced by Jon Stewart through his Busboy Productions. The series is executive produced by showrunner Brinda Adhikari, Stewart’s longtime manager James Dixon, and Richard Plepler through his Eden Productions, which has an exclusive overall production deal with Apple. Chelsea Devantez is head writer and Lorrie Baranek is the executive in charge of production. 

Jon Lafayette
Jon Lafayette

Jon has been business editor of Broadcasting+Cable since 2010. He focuses on revenue-generating activities, including advertising and distribution, as well as executive intrigue and merger and acquisition activity. Just about any story is fair game, if a dollar sign can make its way into the article. Before B+C, Jon covered the industry for TVWeek, Cable World, Electronic Media, Advertising Age and The New York Post. A native New Yorker, Jon is hiding in plain sight in the suburbs of Chicago.