

EST on TBS, followed by an encore uncensored broadcast at 11:00 p.m. The event, titled " Not the White House Correspondents’ Dinner", was held at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., on April 29, 2017, and aired the same evening at 10:00 p.m. In January 2017, Bee announced that the show would be hosting a gala to counter the White House Correspondents' Dinner.
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On October 31, 2016, Full Frontal aired an interview Bee conducted with President Barack Obama. At the time of its debut, Full Frontal was the only late-night talk show airing in the United States which was hosted by a woman. Bee's offices previously housed Stephen Colbert and his staff while renovations were taking place at the Ed Sullivan Theater for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. įull Frontal shared a studio with Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. For example, the May 9, 2016, episode featured both the singer Michelle Branch and comedian Patton Oswalt. There are no interview guests on the series, but a number of guest actors have appeared in various segments.

Showrunner Jo Miller indicated that the show would be more interested in injustice than in hypocrisy. She filmed a segment about how the Veterans Health Administration was not prepared to treat female soldiers, and filmed a segment in Jordan. īefore the show's format was finalized, Bee indicated that she would have segments that focus on news headlines, field pieces, and "grab bag" segments. The show hired Winter Miller to help develop a mentorship program to help diversify the writing room. They set up a blind process for hiring writers that hid the gender and experience level of the applicants, resulting in a writing staff that was approximately half female and 30% non-white. Bee in 2011īee hired Jo Miller and Miles Kahn, formerly producers on The Daily Show, as executive producers for her new show. TBS then decided to extend their relationship with Bee to develop a late-night talk show to pair with Conan. Bee and her husband, Jason Jones, pitched television shows to networks, and their scripted series, called The Detour, was picked up by TBS in February 2015. She was not approached about succeeding Jon Stewart as the show's host when Stewart announced he would leave the show. Samantha Bee served as a correspondent on The Daily Show for 12 years, becoming its longest tenured correspondent. In July 2022, the show was cancelled following the Warner Bros. The show was hosted by comedian Samantha Bee, a former correspondent on The Daily Show.
Samantha bee series#
American TV series or program Full Frontal with Samantha Beeįull Frontal with Samantha Bee is an American late-night talk and news satire television program that aired on TBS from 2016 to 2022.
