Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

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Not to be confused with Full Frontal (TV series).
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
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Genre Comedy, news satire, talk show
Directed by Paul Pennolino
Presented by Samantha Bee
Opening theme "Boys Wanna Be Her" by Peaches
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 13 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Samantha Bee
Jo Miller
Jason Jones
Tony Hernandez
Miles Kahn
Producer(s) Kristen Everman
Production location(s) CBS Broadcast Center, New York City, New York
Editor(s) Jesse Coane
Anthony Mascorro
Running time 21 minutes
Production company(s) Jax Media
TBS Productions
Release
Original network TBS
Picture format 16:9 HDTV
Original release February 8, 2016 (2016-02-08) –
present
Chronology
Related shows The Daily Show
External links
Website

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee is an American late-night talk show that airs on Mondays on TBS in the United States and on The Comedy Network in Canada. The show premiered on February 8, 2016, and is hosted by comedian Samantha Bee, previously a correspondent on The Daily Show.[1][2] The show "applies her smart and satirical point of view to current and relevant issues."[3][4]

In Australia, the series is broadcast on SBS 2.[5]

Production

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Bee in 2011

Samantha Bee served as a correspondent on The Daily Show for 12 years, becoming its longest tenured correspondent.[6][7] She was not approached about succeeding Jon Stewart as the show's host when Stewart announced he would leave the show.[7] 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. TBS then decided to extend their relationship with Bee to develop a late-night talk show to pair with Conan.[8]

Bee hired Jo Miller and Miles Kahn, formerly producers of The Daily Show, as executive producers for her new show. They set up a blinded process for hiring writers that hid the gender and experience level of the applicants, resulting in a writing staff that is approximately half female and 30% non-white.[8][9] The show is written by Jo Miller, Miles Kahn, Samantha Bee, Pat Cassels, Ashley Black, Melinda Taub, Joe Grossman, Jason Reich, and Mathan Erhardt.[10] The show hired Winter Miller to help develop a mentorship program to help diversify the writing room.[9]

Before the show's format was finalized, Bee indicated that she would have segments that focus on news headlines, field pieces, and "grab bag" segments. She filmed a segment about how the Veterans Health Administration was not prepared to treat female soldiers,[8] and filmed a segment in Jordan. Miller indicated that the show will be more interested in injustice than in hypocrisy.[7] There were to be no guests on the series;[6] however a number of guests have appeared. Notably, the May 9 episode features both the singer Michelle Branch and comedian Patton Oswalt.[11][12]

Full Frontal shares a studio with Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, and 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. Full Frontal is the only currently airing late-night talk show in the United States which is hosted by a woman.[8][9]

In the United States, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee airs weekly on Mondays at 10:30 p.m. EST on TBS. In Canada, the show airs on The Comedy Network.

After an initial order of 13 episodes, TBS has picked up an additional 26 episodes and will carry it through the end of 2016.[13] According to TBS, by April 2016, the show averaged 3.7 million viewers "across TBS' linear, digital and mobile platforms" and clips on the show's official YouTube channel had reached a combined total of 29 million views.[14]

Episodes

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Main article: List of Full Frontal with Samantha Bee episodes

Reception

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee has garnered widespread acclaim from critics, holding first-season a score of 84 on Metacritic. [15] The Wrap's Diane Gordon praised the show, saying "With Full Frontal, TBS truly has a comedy show that’s sure to become part of the cultural conversation and possibly fill the void felt by Jon Stewart‘s departure. There’s so much scathing, insightful, intelligent funny packed into Full Frontal and Bee’s ability to land a joke is beyond impressive."[16]

References

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  10. ↑ Here’s the Writing Staff of ‘Full Frontal with Samantha Bee’ splitsider.com accessed March 10, 2016
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  14. ↑ TBS Orders Full Year of 'Full Frontal With Samantha Bee', Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 2016-04-04, accessed May 20, 2016
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External links

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