Jon Stewart`s upcoming Apple TV+ show will be headed by a CBS news veteran
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What you need to know Brinda Adhikari will be the showrunner of an upcoming Apple TV+ show featuring Jon Steward. The show will be run by Brinda Adhikari. An upcoming Apple TV+ show featuring Jon Steward has a showrunner, with Brinda Adhikari, formerly of CBS News, set to be in charge. As pointed out by The Hollywood Reporter, it`s notable that the show will be run by a news person rather than someone who has experience in comedy. The former Daily Show host has tapped a longtime newswoman, rather than a comedy vet, to serve as his executive producer and showrunner. Brinda Adhikari has spent close to two decades immersed in investigative reporting, most recently at CBS Evening News, where she won a 2020 Edward R. Murrow award for her contributions to a piece on the treatment of migrant children in detention facilities at the US-Mexico border. However, anyone worried that Jon Stewart`s new show won`t have a comic element need not worry. The same report also notes that there...