‘The Problem with Jon Stewart’ Enters Late-Night Emmy Race
deadline.comJon Stewart is back in the late-night Emmy race. The Problem with Jon Stewart secured a nomination for Outstanding Talk Series alongside Late Night with Seth Meyers, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel Live!
and The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. This comes as Last Week Tonight with John Oliver was moved to the Outstanding Scripted Variety Series category this year following seven consecutive wins for Outstanding Variety Talk Series.
Oliver will compete against Saturday Night Live (and A Black Lady Sketch Show) in that category. Last year, The Problem with Jon Stewart was nominated in the Hosted Nonfiction (Series or Special) category.
However, it lost out to Searching For Italy with Stanley Tucci in that category. Stewart won the late-night Emmy ten years in a row between 2003 and 2012 and again in 2015 for his final season of The Daily Show in 2015.
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