Leftist ‘Fever Dream’ Series Plows Ahead Despite Massive Conservative Backlash

The Apple TV series “The Savant,” which was postponed in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, is now apparently going to have its debut.

The series was scheduled to premiere in September 2025, but that all changed after Kirk was shot during a speaking event at Utah Valley University. “The Savant” follows an undercover investigator, Jodi Goodwin (Jessica Chastain), who infiltrates online hate groups in an attempt to curtail mass terror attacks.

Because this is Hollywood, the main character, who is based on a real person, mostly hunts for woman-hating white supremacists. Daily Wire contributor Christian Toto previewed the series and said it was “ripped from a progressive’s fever dream, a tale completely disconnected from today’s headlines.”

“Before it was like, ‘I don’t know if we’re going to see it,’ but now I can say, ‘We’re going to see it,” Chastain told Variety at an event on Saturday night. The outlet did not confirm an exact date, but they reported that inside sources said it would happen in July.

Apple TV announced the postponement on September 23. Chastain, who is an executive producer, posted on Instagram the following day that she did not agree with Apple TV’s decision to pull the show due to Kirk’s assassination. 

“In the last five years since we’ve been making the show, we’ve seen an unfortunate amount of violence in the United States,” she wrote on social media at the time before going on to list various events, including January 6 and the assassination attempts on President Donald Trump. 

“These incidents, though far from encompassing the full range of violence witnessed in the United States, illustrate a broader mindset that crosses the political spectrum and must be confronted. I’ve never shied away from difficult subjects, and while I wish this show wasn’t so relevant, unfortunately it is. ‘The Savant’ is about the heroes who work every day to stop violence before it happens, and honoring their courage feels more urgent than ever.”