Tooning Out The News Announces Special Guests For Week Of 8/3-8/6 On Paramount+
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.
Tuesday, August 3rd
Co-hosts Richard Ballard and Sarah Sabo discuss the latest political headlines with Washington’s elite.
Philip Rucker, Senior Washington Correspondent at The Washington Post, appearing on Inside The Hill
Carol Leonnig, National Investigative Reporter, appearing on Inside The Hill
Wednesday, August 4th
Lawrence Wright, staff writer at The New Yorker, appearing on The Establishment
Thursday, August 5th
James Smartwood hosts this satire of ego-centric cable news anchors who only offer the most conventional takes.
Friday, August 6th
A politically diverse and wildly ill-informed panel weighs in on the news of the day.
Dr. Cornel West, Co-host of The Tight Rope podcast, 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