ADD: here is a link to a pretty good story on this from back in April in Vice (have we already talked about this here? I looked but could not find), with a quote from Wyatt Cenac that kind of captures part of my anxiety about the show, but misses my residual hopes:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/93y9n3/the-problem-with-the-problem-with-jon-stewart “If you think this sounds like the premise of a number of shows from former *Daily Show *contributors—think:* Last Week Tonight with John Oliver*, *Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj*, and *Problem Areas with Wyatt Cenac*—you're not wrong. In fact, Cenac, who hosted *Problem Areas *between 2018 to 2019, when HBO canceled it, tweeted his displeasure with the undeniable similarities between the two programs. He posted a clip of a monologue he'd delivered on *Problem Areas*: "But if there's one thing I've learned: If you want somebody to take a Black guy saying something meaningful on TV seriously, you really need to have a white guy saying basically the same thing right after," he'd said <https://twitter.com/wyattcenac/status/1379860908600668169?s=20>. “ On Mon, 30 Aug 2021 at 8:11 AM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > Debuts 9/30 on Apple. > > It sounds a little like “I want to do the John Oliver show, with a twist”, > but certainly willing to give it a try. Afraid it will really be more of: > “Finally, I can fully fly my inner Bill Maher flag!” > > > https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/jon-stewart-apple-show-premiere-date-1235004953/ > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYKLz%3DcMM-FfpMnLFiR1VbPZnUiYs%2BuR1J2p7xemVGja%3Dg%40mail.gmail.com.
