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I loved the Daily Show, but I was sort of lukewarm in the new format (only watched a few of the early episodes). The panel discussions didn’t really seem to land, and I feel like they rarely do. The interviews were really good though.

When I saw The Problem was announced I had a feeling from the beginning this was not a match that was going to last. Apple TV produced shows have this common thread between them, a very Apple-y je ne sais quoi. Inoffensive, progressive, usually more optimistic than gritty. You can feel the top down production, and there is certainly nothing auteur on offer.

Jon has enough clout and self respect he doesn’t need to kowtow. Which is great for him. But either way, Apple gets what it wants because whatever he wanted to say about China will never be said (and I agree about some other comments that this isn’t about AI - I don’t see Apple taking such a hard editorial line there).

I do wonder what comes next for Jon. He has emerged back on the scene and I’m not sure I see him retreating back into retirement after such a short and anticlimactic stint.