“Tooning Out The News” Announces Special Guests For Week Of 6/2 – 6/5 On CBS All-Access
CBS All-Access’ Tooning Out The News has revealed it’s upcoming list of special guests for this week that you can see more details about below. If you don’t have a subscription to CBS All Access, you can fix that here.
Tuesday, June 2nd
James Smartwood hosts this satire of ego-centric cable news anchors who only offer the most conventional takes.
Eugene Robinson, The Washington Post columnist and associate editor, appearing on Big News
Wednesday, June 3rd
Co-hosts Richard Ballard and Sarah Sabo discuss the latest political headlines with Washington’s elite.
Rep. Barbara Lee, U.S. Congresswoman serving California’s 13th district, appearing on Inside the Hill
Thursday, June 4th
A politically diverse and wildly ill-informed panel weighs in on the news of the day.
Frank Luntz, political and communications consultant, pollster, and pundit, appearing on Hot Take
Friday, June 5th
Kylie Weaver hosts this satire of liberal cable news anchors who pat themselves on the back for taking up every social and political cause.
Cornell Belcher, political analyst and pollster, appearing on Virtue Signal
Synopsis:
TOONING OUT THE NEWS features a cast of animated characters, led by anchor James Smartwood, lampooning top news stories and interviewing real-world guests, newsmakers and analysts. New five- to seven-minute segments will be available Tuesday through Friday, culminating in a weekly full episode. The series is executive produced by Stephen Colbert and Chris Licht of CBS’ THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT and RJ Fried and Tim Luecke from SHOWTIME’s OUR CARTOON PRESIDENT.
"There are also other characters that come and go (also owned by the Warner Bros. Discovery conglomerate media company)."
Huh. Is that just referring to other characters from the show itself, or is this implying that the new season is going to have cameos from other WBD IPs