With Our Cartoon President, co-creator R.J. Fried tried to do something that had never been done before, producing topical animation that could keep up with the relentless chaos and daily headlines surrounding the Trump administration. Based on a popular recurring segment from The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Showti…

“Why did I even want this job?” Toon POTUS 45 asks himself in the first trailer for Season 2 of Showtime’s Our Cartoon President. “Oh yeah, Obama made fun of me once.” (Insert “mirth certificate” gag here.) Watch the clip above. The premium cable net also set a May 12 premiere date for the show from EP Stephen Colbert…

Showtime has ordered a second season of its half-hour animated series Our Cartoon President, Deadline has confirmed. Executive produced by Stephen Colbert, showrunner R.J. Fried and Late Show executive producer Chris Licht, Our Cartoon President follows what Showtime calls "the tru-ish misadventures of the 45th…

Oscar Wilde once quipped that "there is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." Having generated a lot of chatter recently, Sacha Baron Cohen and Showtime may take The Importance of Being Earnest author's words as some cold comfort today. They may have to…

As if Donald Trump’s rally in Nashville on Tuesday weren’t cartoonish enough, Showtime has set a July 15 premiere date for the remaining seven episodes of Our Cartoon President‘s first season. The premium cabler also released a new trailer, which you can check out above. Quick gag: “Why did I even want this job?” toon…

For the second year in a row, Donald Trump decided to decline the invitation to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner and opt to have his own little MAGApalooza in Michigan. But if you’re wondering what it would be like if Trump attended the WHCD, Our Cartoon President has got you covered. The Showtime animated…

Showtime has extended the order of its half-hour animated series Our Cartoon President, picking up seven new episodes to air in the summer. The series airs the last of its initial 10-episode run on April 8, a week before the April 15 season premiere of political docuseries The Circus. Our Cartoon President will then…

If you are a big supporter of Donald Trump or happy that Hillary Clinton never made it to the White House, then Showtime has a Sunday lineup for you staring February 11 with the debut of Our Cartoon President and the Season 7 start of Homeland. The thing is, though, that while the Claire Danes-led Homeland again…

Life imitated art Wednesday morning when a Fox & Friends segment bore a striking resemblance to a running gag in Showtime’s new Our Cartoon President, from Stephen Colbert and Chris Licht. (You can watch that episode of Our Cartoon President and see for yourself below). President Donald Trump’s favorite morning TV…

Michael Wolff stole all his “Fire and Fury” material from Showtime’s new animated series Our Cartoon President, exec producer Stephen Colbert joked Saturday of Wolff’s blockbuster book claiming President Donald Trump’s closest advisers question his fitness for office. "There is nothing in the book that's not in our…

Showtime released the trailer for its new animated series Our Cartoon President executive produced by Stephen Colbert, his Late Show EP Chris Licht and OCP‘s showrunner R.J. Fried. “In a time of civil and political unrest, one man works tirelessly to defend the American Dream,” the trailer begins as Cartoon Trump is…

Showtime will premiere its animated half-hour series Our Cartoon President, from Stephen Colbert and Chris Licht, on Feburary 11. The series’ launch airs at 8 PM ahead of the premium cabler’s Season 7 premiere of Homeland at 9 PM. Not coincidentally, President Donald Trump will deliver his first State of the Union…