newsmagazine

Couric says she got a “chilly reception” from the cast of her new network’s flagship newsmagazine show “60 Minutes,” for which she also worked as a correspondent.

If “Last Week Tonight” is a newsmagazine, with a main “cover story” and a variety of smaller segments dedicated to shorter “columns” and “articles,” “The Problem With Jon Stewart” is closer to a book.

Anchored by Alisyn Camerota and Chloe Melas, Toxic runs under 45 minutes after commercials and, despite sympathetic framing, adheres largely to the same flashy newsmagazine format that did Spears such a disservice in the aughts.

In that sense, they are streaming’s answer to popular, long-running newsmagazine series like 60 Minutes and Dateline.