The 2016 Presidential election is over but Samantha Bee isn’t going away. The Full Frontal with Samantha Bee TV show has been renewed for a second season by TBS. The comedy program currently airs on Monday nights and will move to Wednesdays starting January 11th.
Here’s the press release:
TBS’s Full Frontal with Samantha Bee Renewed for 2017
One of the Strongest Voices of 2016 and Her Band of Nasty Women (and Men) Aren’t Going Anywhere…Except to Wednesday Nights, Starting Jan. 11TBS’s Emmy®-nominated, award-winning late-night show Full Frontal with Samantha Bee has been renewed for a second season starting in 2017. Hailed by The New Yorker as “America’s new Comedian-in-Chief,” Samantha Bee will continue her weekly series for another year following her bare-knuckled coverage of the 2016 Presidential election. The show, which is executive-produced by Bee, Jason Jones, Jo Miller, Miles Kahn and Tony Hernandez, currently airs Mondays at 10:30 p.m. (ET/PT). In 2017, it will move to a new timeslot, Wednesdays at 10:30 p.m. (ET/PT), starting Jan. 11.
“I am only sorry that this renewal leaves me unavailable for a cabinet position in the new administration,” Bee said. “I will, however, be available to host the White House Correspondents Dinner, seeing as I already bought the dress.”
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee took late night by storm when it premiered in February, scoring strong ratings and tremendous praise from critics. The show currently reaches an average of 3.3 million viewers per episode across multiple platforms and ranks as one of television’s Top 3 late-night series with adults 18-49 for the quarter-to-date. Full Frontal With Samantha Bee is also the fastest growing show in late night, with this quarter’s delivery of adults 18-49 outpacing Q3 by +37%.
Throughout its first season, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee has covered the Presidential election extensively, including a sit-down interview with the current President and several female leaders from around the world. It has also shined a light on specific issues, such as untested rape kits in Georgia, abortion laws in Texas and local state legislators across the country as well as national tragedies such as the mass shooting in Orlando. Bee also traveled around the globe to cover stories from an international perspective, with segments from Jordan, Germany and, most recently, Russia.
“Of course we’re picking up the show,” said Thom Hinkle, senior vice president of original programming for TBS. “In less than a year, Sam has become one of the most talked-about personalities in all of television and Full Frontal’s audience continues to grow. We’re so lucky to have Sam and her Emmy-nominated team, led by the brilliant Jo Miller, as part of the TBS family. Xoxoxoxo.”
About TBS
TBS, a division of Turner, is basic cable’s #1 network with young adults and home to five of the year’s most popular new comedies on cable: Angie Tribeca, The Detour, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, People of Earth and Wrecked. Upcoming comedies include Search Party, The Guest Book and Tarantula. The network also presents exciting competition series, such as the upcoming Drop the Mic, and late-night comedy in the form of CONAN, starring Conan O’Brien, and Full Frontal with Samantha Bee. In addition, the TBS lineup includes popular comedy hits like Family Guy, The Big Bang Theory and 2 Broke Girls; blockbuster movies; and live coverage of Major League Baseball’s regular and post-season play, the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship and ELEAGUE, Turner’s brand new eSports gaming league.Turner, a Time Warner company, creates and programs branded news, entertainment, sports, animation and young adult multi-platform content for consumers around the world. Turner brands and businesses include CNN/U.S., HLN, CNN International and CNN.com, TBS, TNT, TCM, truTV, Cartoon Network, Boomerang, Adult Swim, Turner Sports, Bleacher Report, Super Deluxe, iStreamPlanet and ELEAGUE.
What do you think? Do you like the Full Frontal with Samantha Bee TV show on TBS? Will you be watching season two?
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37 Comments on "Full Frontal with Samantha Bee: Season Two Renewal for TBS Series"
I will never watch this tripe. The commercials are bad enough. I change the channel when one airs. She is nothing but a puppet to the hard left.
Please take this show off the air. I have only seen commercials and it’s horrible how she disgraces our country and our president . We need support for our country not hate. I am sure this show would not be missed!
no, as a veteran from a family of veterans that have been in this country for over 100 years i do not find a Canadian, that has been an american for such a short time funny or credible. I will never watch the show.
This show is horrible. You can turn on CNN or MSNBC for the same hatred.
Why is this show being renewed?! The commercials we have to sit through is like nails on a chalkboard. There is nothing humorous about her act.
The worst show ever! She’s not even a little bit funny but she’s plenty smug and stupid…
She tries too hard and comes off as just crabby. So, as usual, I won’t be watching TBS at all, to avoid her as much as possible.
full frontal is the stupidest show I have ever seen please cancel this show is she even an American probably not. How on earth do you people think this is a good show this show sucks and shame on you people for giving this idiot a platform to force her hate speech views on the American people I will never watch this show #CANCEL
Emmy nominated!? That is some BS! Please cancel Full Frontal with Samantha Bee!
All thus show represents hate. She like her counter part is not funny at all and to think this is the direction TBS wants to go just says they don’t care for quality programming
So sad to see that this show of late night hate is being continued. She is not funny and a waste of air time. I’d rather watch a sixth episode of Big Bang Theory.
I think she is a waste of air, food and human life. her so called comedy sucks.
It’s all basically been said, but until TBS pulls the plug on her insanity, we are stuck with her.
This woman needs to go. Since when is ok to bully people like this? A cancer patient! How low!. If the show is not canceled it means thag TBS shares her views.
And what’s about the double standar here? Its ok for liberals call us names, bully and ridicule brain cancer sufferer?????
I expect her gone.