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Why Leaving ‘The Daily Show’ Was Absolutely Necessary For Jon Stewart · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. John Stewart has returned
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Speaker 1: to hosting TV with his new Apple TV Plus show
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Speaker 1: The Problem with John Stewart after departing The Daily Show
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Speaker 1: six years ago. He just admitted that after leaving the gig,
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Speaker 1: it was quite an eye opening moment for him, realizing
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Speaker 1: how much he enjoyed the extra time with family and
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Speaker 1: the broader perspective it gave him telling today in typical
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Speaker 1: comical fashion, the Daily Show started feeling like staring through
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Speaker 1: the roller that you pull out of a paper towel roll.
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Speaker 1: It kind of becomes your world. You're so hyper focused
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Speaker 1: on this one thing that it gives you this really
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Speaker 1: narrow field of view. That informed how I went back
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Speaker 1: to doing another television show. I think they referred to
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Speaker 1: it as balance. The Problem With John Stewart is streaming
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Speaker 1: now on Apple TV Plus that's Direct from Hollywood