Many fans of Jon Stewart’s long run on satirical news programme The Daily Show had been looking forward to his new venture, an animated comedy series for US cable network HBO.
But it has been today announced that development on the new show has been cancelled.
"We all thought the project had great potential but there were technical issues in terms of production and distribution that proved too difficult given the quick turnaround and topical nature of the material," Stewart and HBO said in a joint statement,
The show, which was announced back in November 2015, was intended as a vehicle for Stewart’s current affairs comedy schtick, using state-of-the-art animation technology to generate moving cartoons on the fly to illustrate his monologues.
