“STEPHEN COLBERT PRESENTS TOONING OUT THE NEWS” To Debut New “Smart Talk Tonight” Segment With Salman Rushdie
Paramount+’ 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 Paramount+, you can fix that here.
Monday, June 7th
Co-hosts Richard Ballard and Sarah Sabo discuss the latest political headlines with Washington’s elite.
Ben Rhodes, author and former Deputy National Security Advisor, appearing on Inside the Hill
Tuesday, June 8th
A politically diverse and wildly ill-informed panel weighs in on the news of the day.
Rep. Judy Chu, Democratic Congresswoman serving California, appearing on Hot Take
Wednesday, June 9th
James Smartwood hosts this satire of ego-centric cable news anchors who only offer the most conventional takes.
Michael Beschloss, presidential historian, appearing on Big News
Thursday, June 10th *SEGMENT DEBUT*
Salman Rushdie, author of “Languages of Truth,” appearing on Smart Talk Tonight
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