‘The Problem With Jon Stewart’ Has a Problem — With Ratings
thewrap.comEW. But ever since, it has proved no match for its broadcast and cable TV competition and has been purging viewers.The talk show had 180,000 homes tuning in its first week, Samba TV reported, but that number dropped 78% a mere 40,000 by its fifth episode. “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver,” meanwhile, drew 844,000 U.S.
homes that same week, according to Samba TV.While Apple has not shared viewership statistics for the talk show, Molly Thompson, head of unscripted and documentaries at Apple TV+ told Bloomberg. “We are thrilled that ‘The Problem with Jon Stewart’ has resonated with viewers all over the world.
The series has sparked complex conversations about critical issues, and we’re proud to team with Jon for season two and beyond.”According to Parrot Analytics, Stewart’s program is the eighth most in-demand talk show in the U.S., ahead of “The Late Late Show with James Corden” and Ellen DeGeneres’ soon-to-end talk show, but lags behind Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colbert and Trevor Noah.Other streaming talk shows, including offerings from Chelsea Handler, Michelle Wolf, the late Norm Macdonald, Joel McHale and Sarah Silverman, have also struggled to find viewers, Bloomberg reports.
The sporadic schedule for “The Problem With Jon Stewart” hasn’t helped. Episodes originally dropped two weeks apart, then Stewart took four months off.
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