I would add that Stewart is known to be almost deferential to higher-level interview subjects, which would not play as well with viewers.
Now had they pitched it to John Oliver, who asked the question of the year to Kristin Gillebrand during his TDS guest stint, I think you'd have had something. On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 12:03 PM, David Lynch <[email protected]> wrote: > If NBC is going to completely blow up the "talking heads reciting talking > points to a credulous host" format that all of the Sunday shows currently > hew to, Stewart is completely the wrong guy to do it. Outrage at the very > world he'd have to start working within is too much of a part of his > persona. > > I can kind of get where the idea is coming from, given that NBC News > president Debra Turness' home country of the UK has a few > comedian-cum-political commentators who I think could probably pull some > variation of the MTP format off. > > -- > David J. Lynch > [email protected] > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
