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TBS’ Full Frontal with Samantha Bee Returns March 25th with New Episodes from the Woods of New York

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

Samantha Bee and Her Team Will Produce the Award-Winning Series from Their Homes to Bring a Sense of Normalcy Back to Late-Night Starting this Wednesday at 10:30 p.m. (ET/PT) on TBS

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

LOS ANGELES  March 23, 2020 – Full Frontal with Samantha Bee is going into the woods and coming back onto your TV this Wednesday, March 25thSamantha Bee, who like the rest of the country is adjusting to working from home, will return to her normal10:30 p.m. timeslot and broadcast her 30-minute late-night series from home. Executive Producer Jason Jones, Bee's husband and quarantine roommate, will film the episode from a socially distant six feet away--and even further away if it's a better angle for Bee.

"Doctors, nurses, and grocery store clerks are fighting on the front lines, and the least the rest of us can do is stay home," said Samantha Bee. "Even if that means my husband just became both my cameraman and makeup artist."

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee has been on hiatus since March 12th due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Bee has continued to entertain via her mini digital series Beeing at Home with Samantha Bee filmed at her home.

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee shines a spotlight on stories inside the Beltway and beyond, from sexual harassment in the media to the “boyfriend loophole,” and from global warming to child marriage in the United States. Full Frontal also travels the world to cover international stories, with segments from China, Jordan, Germany, Russia, Scotland, Mexico and Iraq. In its first four seasons, Full Frontal has garnered an Outstanding Writing Emmy and a WGA Award for its two Not the White House Correspondents’ Dinner specials honoring a free press, as well as seventeen Emmy nominations, an additional WGA Award nomination, a Television Critics Association Award for Outstanding Achievement in News and Information, two additional TCA Award nominations, two PGA nominations and four DGA nominations. The series is executive produced by Samantha BeeJason JonesTony HernandezMiles KahnAlison Camillo, and Pat King.

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee airs Wednesdays on TBS at 10:30 p.m. (ET/PT).

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TBS, a WarnerMedia Entertainment brand, is a top rated destination for television among young adults and known for escapist, lean-back entertainment, featuring smart, imaginative stories with heart and comedic edge. From scripted comedy series to late-night shows, game shows, animated programming and, starting in 2020, drama series, TBS’s Originals slate comprises some of the most popular shows on cable — Miracle Workers, CONANFull Frontal with Samantha BeeThe Last O.G. and American Dad!. TBS’s upcoming scripted series include the action dramedy Obliterated and the comedy Chad. The network’s slate of premium unscripted series includes the popular game show The Misery Index. TBS’s lineup also includes comedy hits like Family Guy and The Big Bang Theory, classic sitcom favorites Friends and Seinfeldblockbuster movies, and live event coverage of Major League Baseball, the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship and ELEAGUE, WarnerMedia's eSports gaming competition. Viewers can watch shows on the TBS app, available for iOS, Android, Xbox One and other platforms and devices.
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