• Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Oliver also has a lot of Emmy wins. He might also have a larger viewing audience.

    My guess is that Oliver, like Viacom era Jon Stewart, is popular enough that he can shit on his employer.

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      11 months ago

      “That’s right, Business Daddy! Bend over and get ready to take it”

      Oliver shits on Business Daddy regularly.

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        11 months ago

        And business daddy appreciates that it’s good business. As soon as you threaten business daddy’s business interest it’s game over. Luckily HBO’s motives are more aligned with journalism than Apple’s. Apple is literally the Orwellian nightmare they mocked in ads 40 years ago.

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      11 months ago

      Stuart has 22 Emmys from the Daily Show and Colbert Report combined. John Oliver has 17; 3 from the Daily Show and 14 from Last Week Tonight.

      I agree with others who said this is Apple’s problem, not Stewart’s. He can get a platform/desk anywhere he wants one.

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      11 months ago

      He’s been shitting on his employer pretty much since the beginning. It just seems like he went for the fuck around and find out method and I am willing to bet that him and his staff are quite surprised he hasn’t found out after all these years.

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        11 months ago

        He likely more power back in the day. He drove a LOT of viewership at Comedy Central. They needed him more than he needed them. That probably not the case for his Apple show. That’s Ted Lasso, Severance, or Foundation.