John Stewart’s Apple Issue Is Canceled Amid Creative Differences – The Hollywood Reporter

The problem with Jon Stewart

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Jon Stewart makes early exit from Apple.

the previous Daily show The host’s return to the talk show space ended prematurely as Apple abandoned plans for an eight-episode third season of the Stewart-hosted series. the problem, Sources confirm to Hollywood Reporter.

According to the New York Times, which first mentioned News, the cancellation came after creative disagreements between the iPhone maker and Stewart over potential themes and guests the problem. the The New York Times It was reported that Stewart informed his employees on Thursday that Apple had backed down on topics related to China and artificial intelligence. Production on the third season was scheduled to begin soon.

Apple declined to comment.

Renewal decision the problem It came after the transformation of Apple and Stewart the problem Season 2 will be released weekly after launching new episodes every two weeks in fall 2021.

Stewart signed a multi-year deal with Apple in 2020 that included the current affairs show that became the problem and other development projects via his Busboy Productions banner.

Stewart exec produced the problem With showrunner Brinda Adhikari, James Dixon and former HBO CEO Richard Plepler through the latter’s Eden Productions. Chris McShane was co-EP, Lori Baranek was supervising producer and Chelsea Devantis was lead writer.

During his career, which lasted two seasons the problem It received five Emmy Award nominations, including for talk series and writing.