“Tooning Out The News” Announces Special Guests For Week Of 10/6 – 10/9 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, October 5th
James Smartwood hosts this satire of ego-centric cable news anchors who only offer the most conventional takes.
Rep. Lauren Underwood, Democratic Congresswoman serving Illisnois’ 14th district, appearing on Big News
Wednesday, October 7th
Co-hosts Richard Ballard and Sarah Sabo discuss the latest political headlines with Washington’s elite.
Sen. Harry Reid, former Senate Majority leader, Nevada, appearing on Inside the Hill
Thursday, Oct 8th
Rep. David Cicilline, Democratic Congressman serving Rhode Island’s first district, joins Tooning Out the News’ Super Panel for coverage of the first Vice Presidential Debate
Friday, October 9th
A politically diverse and wildly ill-informed panel weighs in on the news of the day.
Muriel Bowser, Mayor of Washington, DC, 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