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Jon Stewart’s new show on AppleTV+ is reportedly a flop
NY Post ^ | 18 Apr 2022 | Alexandra Steigrad

Posted on 04/19/2022 2:33:30 PM PDT by Rummyfan

Jon Stewart is struggling to gain traction on his new talk show, according to a report.

“The Problem with Jon Stewart,” which launched on AppleTV+ in September, appears to be a flop, as it trails far behind its competitors on broadcast and cable TV, according to Bloomberg.

The show’s first episode was seen by just 180,000 US homes in the first week it debuted last fall, measurement firm Samba TV said. That number dropped to 78% to 40,000 by its fifth episode, which aired in early March.

Stewart’s comic rival John Oliver, meanwhile, pulled in viewership of 844,000 US homes for a March episode of his HBO show, “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver,” Samba TV reported.

Stewart declined to comment, but on the air, he has made his thoughts about the numbers clear.

“Thank you for watching but my guess is you didn’t,” he said at the end of the premiere episode of his show. “You’re probably just going to look at aggregated clips of it somewhere, on YouTube, where you pirate ‘Ted Lasso.’ You don’t even know how to get Apple TV, do you?”

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New York
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To: Rummyfan

There are so many free streaming services now that there’s no point in any new ones.


21 posted on 04/19/2022 3:12:33 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: qwerty1234

I watch movies there


22 posted on 04/19/2022 3:12:57 PM PDT by Sonshinegirl
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To: Rummyfan

I hate that guy.


23 posted on 04/19/2022 3:14:32 PM PDT by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.p)
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To: AFreeBird
Mounts=mouth ….l geeez

Reece is one on my Hall Pass list. Something about her is dead sexy.

24 posted on 04/19/2022 3:23:12 PM PDT by pburgh01
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To: pburgh01

Yea, hall pass - I like that.


25 posted on 04/19/2022 3:24:59 PM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: monkeyshine

I signed up for the free trial because they have baseball on Friday nights in 4K. The game was unwatchable due to the three chattering buffoons “announcing” the game. Further, the app does not allow you to pause or rewind the game. I don’t think I’ve watched tv I couldn’t pause in over a decade. I cancelled the trial without partaking in any of the other “content.”


26 posted on 04/19/2022 3:29:27 PM PDT by RightOnTheBorder
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To: Rummyfan

Every time one of these media types crashes and burns an angel gets its wings.


27 posted on 04/19/2022 3:35:59 PM PDT by xp38
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To: AFreeBird

I gave it a chance to see if he’d seen the light. Not only hadn’t he done anything of the sort, the show was unwatchable dreck. I can’t believe Apple paid for it.


28 posted on 04/19/2022 4:04:04 PM PDT by Inkie ( )
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To: xp38

Lol


29 posted on 04/19/2022 4:04:41 PM PDT by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: Inkie

While Apple had no involvement in the production, only online distribution, I did thoroughly enjoy CODA.

And the lead female (CODA) did an exemplary job. Beautiful voice. Dad (THE ACTOR) deserved his Oscar.

If you haven’t seen it, I recommend it.


30 posted on 04/19/2022 4:13:27 PM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: Rummyfan

Is that the Leibowitz guy that is ashamed of his parentage?


31 posted on 04/19/2022 4:13:37 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (Let's go Brandon)
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To: Rummyfan; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; ...

He defended Joe Rogan — so, he got cancelled by the left. Simple as that.

Earlier topic:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4056073/posts


32 posted on 04/19/2022 4:21:27 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

“ Chris Wallace needs to interview Stewart on CNN+.”

Every TV in every airport will shut themselves down.


33 posted on 04/19/2022 4:44:11 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz ("Todays conspiracy theory is tomorrows spoiler alert." )
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To: RightOnTheBorder

I think you can get baseball on Amazon Prime for an additional fee - but no idea if you can pause it. I don’t subscribe to the live TV stuff though I am about ready to cut the cord myself. I can get everything I want to watch by subscription. I don’t bootleg movies but I suppose I could do that too and watch them on a USB disk.


34 posted on 04/19/2022 5:06:06 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: Rummyfan
“Thank you for watching but my guess is you didn’t,” he said at the end of the premiere episode of his show. “You’re probably just going to look at aggregated clips of it somewhere, on YouTube, where you pirate ‘Ted Lasso.’ You don’t even know how to get Apple TV, do you?”

The above is passive-aggressive.

Although he likely said the above in a humorous way, he could just as well have screamed the same words in rage which is how he would have liked to rant at his Apple TV audience (who aren't worthy of his greatness).

35 posted on 04/19/2022 5:59:05 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: Seruzawa

Like what?
Asking honestly.


36 posted on 04/19/2022 6:02:22 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: Rummyfan

This brings up my current grammar crusade:

“The Problem, with Jon Stewart” would sound like Jon Stewart telling us the Problem. “The Problem with Jon Stewart” reads like Jon Stewart is the Problem.

No, there is no grammatical rule saying a comma is required there. That’s the thing about commas: they represent a break in the speaker’s rhythm, and are used to aid comprehension. The whole Oxford comma debate utterly misses the point of commas: A comma is OFTEN useful before the “and,” but is not ALWAYS required. Stick a comma wherever it aids comprehension. See that sentence above? I used an Oxford comma because the two list items create two different thoughts. But it would be odd to write, “I like to eat peanut butter, and jelly sandwiches, since that suggests that “peanut butter” and “jelly sandwiches” are two different things I like to eat.*

In fact, you know how people use elipses to represent someone talking real slow? Like this: “NEVER ... TRUST ... A ... SINGLE ... DEMOCRAT”? Strangely, the grammatically correct thing would be to insert commas, except you should always minimize confusion, and such a use would be so unusual as to create confusion. Like this: “Never, trust, a, single, democrat.”

* In fact, “peanut butter and jelly” COULD be hyphenated. As in: “peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches” since you could conceive of them as forming a single adjective, but I wouldn’t because a “peanut-butter sandwich” is also a similar thing. However, notice that I hyphenated “peanut butter” when I used it as an adjective, since “peanut” is not a modifier of “butter,” but rather “peanut butter” is its own thing. This is a lost battle, however, because computerized grammar checks will always see “peanut butter” a noun, never an adjective, and you use the hyphen to form a single adjective out of two nouns. And yes, “peanut-butter” is an adjective, which modified “sandwich.” Almost all nouns can be used as an adjective.


37 posted on 04/20/2022 4:18:52 AM PDT by dangus (I had some sympathies for some of Russia's positions... until they started a G-d-damned war.)
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To: EEGator

There are a few on roku. You can also get full movies on youtube. Free ones have ads.


38 posted on 04/20/2022 6:09:18 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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