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By Jacqueline Spendlove
TV Media
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n a late-night talk show
world that's dominated by
male hosts, Samantha Bee is
a welcome female infusion to
the lineup. The former "Daily
Show" correspondent is whip-
smart, sharply funny, and a shin-
ing beacon of feminism with her
authoritative (and foul-mouthed)
take on important issues. Her se-
ries, "Full Frontal With Samantha
Bee," has gained heaps of praise
since its 2016 debut, and it's no
wonder — the woman is a veri-
table force. A new episode of the
news satire airs Wednesday, Aug.
2, on TBS.
When Jon Stewart stepped
away from his gig hosting "The
Daily Show" in 2015, there was an
understandable assumption float-
ing about that Bee would, at the
very least, be approached to take
the reins. Her 12 years with the
late-night satirical news show
made her its longest tenured corre-
spondent, and the only female one
for five years, until Kristen Schaal
joined the fold. To many, Bee was
an obvious candidate to take over
the spot behind the desk.
She wasn't, though, and as it
turns out, it was for the best. For
one thing, she and her husband,
fellow Canadian and "Daily Show"
alumnus Jason Jones, had their
scripted comedy, "The Detour,"
picked up by TBS around the same
time that Stewart announced his
decision to step down. For another,
the network went on to solidify its
ties to Bee with her very own late-
night talk show.
While "The Daily Show" un-
doubtedly would have been a
plum gig, it wouldn't have been
all together "hers." "Full Fron-
tal" gives Bee free rein to be her
fast-talking, curse-dropping, un-
apologetic (and of course, fun-
ny) self, calling politicians and
lawmakers to task as she sees
fit. She speaks with her own
voice, runs things on her own
terms, and, by golly, she does it
well.
She also brought some of her
old cronies with her, both from
"The Daily Show" and else-
where, and Bee doesn't hesitate
to credit her writers and re-
search team with helping to
make "Full Frontal" the influen-
tial and well-oiled machine that
it's become. Senior field produc-
er Mike Rubens worked on both
"The Daily Show" and "Last
Week Tonight With John Oliver,"
while co-producer Allana Harkin
was a member of the Atomic
Fireballs, an all-female, Toronto-
based comedy troupe founded
by Bee. Jo Miller and Miles
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