“Tooning Out The News” Announces Special Guests For Week Of 8/11 – 8/14 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, August 11th
James Smartwood hosts this satire of ego-centric cable news anchors who only offer the most conventional takes.
Keisha Lance Bottoms, Mayor of Atlanta, appearing on Big News
Wednesday, August 12th
Co-hosts Richard Ballard and Sarah Sabo discuss the latest political headlines with Washington’s elite.
Jamaal Bowman, Democrat Candidate for U.S. Congress NY-16, appearing on Inside the Hill
Thursday, August 13th
Kylie Weaver hosts this satire of liberal cable news anchors who pat themselves on the back for taking up every social and political cause.
Sen. Chris Coons, U.S. Senator representing Delaware, appearing on Virtue Signal
Friday, August 14th
A politically diverse and wildly ill-informed panel weighs in on the news of the day.
Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, co-founders of ice cream brand “Ben and Jerry’s,” appearing on Hot Take
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