Delayed ‘Savant’ Gets More Bad News

“The Savant” can’t catch a break. The Apple TV+ original was slated to debut Sept. 26, but the assassination of Charlie Kirk appeared to give the streamer pause. The show is loosely based on a real hate-crime investigator, played by Oscar-winner Jessica Chastain. Her character goes digitally undercover to smoke out White Nationalists, all the while trying to lead a normal life on the home front. Team Apple wasn’t clear about the reasons for the show’s delay, but the timing suggested some kind of Kirk connection. The conservative leader was killed Sept. 10, with all signs pointing to alleged killer Tyler Robinson. (Unless you’re a certain unhinged podcaster) Perhaps “The Savant” demonized a Kirk-like figure, and that wouldn’t be a good look following the pundit’s murder? Or was there somet