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2020 has been an incredibly tough year but the world of late-night has been both a constant source of entertainment for viewers and a shining case study for how to make television during a global pandemic. The genre has proved tenacious, resilient and funny in the face of a devastating health crisis, adapting to…

TBS has renewed Full Frontal with Samantha Bee for a sixth season and renewed its first-look deal with host Bee. The weekly show will return at 10:30 p.m. January 13 at 10:30pm on the WarnerMedia network. Separately, TBS has renewed its first-look deal with Bee's production company, Swimsuit Competition. The series is…

Lorne Michaels, who is the most nominated individual in Emmy history, may find his chances of winning an award in 2021 a little tougher after the Television Academy introduced a swathe of changes to the rules. The Saturday Night Live creator will now see his weekly NBC sketch series go head-to-head for nominations…

Late-night hosts Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers, Conan O’Brien, Trevor Noah, Samantha Bee and James Corden on Wednesday all urged patience as the ballot-counting process continues. While they were all recorded earlier in the day, ranging between 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., the message remains as…

Jeff Ross, executive producer of TBS' Conan, is no stranger to the late-night business, having worked with Conan O'Brien since 1993. He has seen more than most in the late-night trenches, having been showrunner of NBC’s The Tonight Show during the Jay Leno fiasco in 2010. Conan has been on the WarnerMedia-owned…

Many of the late-night shows have started to return to the studio following the COVID-19 production shutdown. However, Samantha Bee outlined her show's own challenges with returning to its New York studio. TBS' Full Frontal With Samantha Bee shoots in the CBS Broadcast Center on West 57th Street in New York – the same…

Samantha Bee has become the latest late-night host to help save the United States Postal Service. The star of TBS' Full Frontal with Samantha Bee has organized a social media campaign, #MailedIt, to encourage people to tweet at President Trump and Treasury Secretary Mnuchin to save the mail service. For every tweet…

Jimmy Fallon has been kicking off each recent episode of The Tonight Show with a shout-out to the Red Cross charity initiative backed by State Farm. On Friday, he was interrupted by his daughter Franny bursting through the door of his garage, kicking off her boots after discovering her dad talking to the…

UPDATED, 3:30 PM: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon will be expanding its At Home Edition this week amid the continuing coronavirus crisis. The show will feature hybrid episodes hosted by Fallon from his home, with new guests combined with best-of moments from encore episodes. Guests this week are Trevor Noah and…

Full Frontal With Samantha Bee will go dark next week over concerns about the spreading coronavirus, TBS said Friday. "Following the news that the CBS production offices and studios where Full Frontal with Samantha Bee tapes had been compromised, the show has gone on hiatus and will be dark the week of March 16,” the…

UPDATED: HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher will not have a live in-studio audience as of Friday, March 13. Additionally New York-based shows CBS’ The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Late Night with Seth Meyers, and syndicated The Wendy Williams Show have opted to…

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee has promoted Mike Drucker and Kristen Bartlett to co-head writers for the late-night talker’s fifth season, which kicked off last week. They replace former head writer Melina Taub. The show’s writing team is coming off winning the 2020 Comedy/Variety Special WGA Award for last year’s Not…