“Tooning Out The News” Announces Special Guests For Week Of 12/1 – 12/4 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, December 1st
Co-hosts Richard Ballard and Sarah Sabo discuss the latest political headlines with Washington’s elite.
Rep. Linda Sánchez, Congresswoman serving California’s 38th district, appearing on Inside the Hill
Wednesday, December 2nd
A politically diverse and wildly ill-informed panel weighs in on the news of the day.
Ronan Farrow, author and investigative journalist, appearing on Hot Take
Thursday, December 3rd
Kylie Weaver hosts this satire of liberal cable news anchors who pat themselves on the back for taking up every social and political cause.
Aasif Mandvi, Host, “Lost at the Smithsonian” podcast, appearing on Virtue Signal
Friday, December 4th
James Smartwood hosts this satire of ego-centric cable news anchors who only offer the most conventional takes.
Mehdi Hasan, political analyst and host, “The Mehdi Hasan Show,” appearing on Big News
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