Caroline Framke Chief TV Critic“The Problem with Jon Stewart” opens by both hearkening back to “The Daily Show” and distancing itself from the Comedy Central show that once made Stewart an exasperated voice of reason for frustrated liberals across the country.
Six years after he ceded that desk to Trevor Noah, Stewart is now coming back to television as a sort of exhausted elder statesman of late night.
Answers to the broader questions surrounding his return — why now, and what for? — need some time to crystallize. So in the meantime, “The Problem” begins by showing the audience a behind the scenes slice of Stewart and his new writing team brainstorming what, exactly, “The Problem” should look like.
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