Bee herself has said "it was awful" when Comedy Central made it plain she was never in the running to follow Stewart.
Starting with her 2003 debut on The Daily Show – where she joined the program as its only female correspondent and became its longest-serving correspondent by the time she left in 2014 – Bee has broken a lot of ground in the news satire game.Īt the time, I thought she seemed a promising candidate to take over the show when then-host Jon Stewart left in 2015 (much as I love Trevor Noah, who has done an amazing job as Stewart's successor and the current host, recasting it for a different generation of news parody consumer).
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(Full disclosure: I was interviewed for a Full Frontal segment a while ago, poking fun at the idea that Trump and Republicans might devise some sort of fraudulent "October surprise" news story to hobble Joe Biden and Democrats going into the 2020 elections.) Full Frontal With Samantha Bee was canceled by TBS and that might signal a tougher road ahead for women and people of color in late-night comedy.Īmid news that TBS has canceled its incisive news satire series Full Frontal with Samantha Bee after seven seasons, it's worth pointing out one thing: I have never felt Bee has gotten the respect or opportunities she should have in TV.
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