Tooning Out The News Announces Special Guests For Week Of 8/23-8/27 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 24th
Kylie Weaver hosts this satire of liberal cable news anchors who pat themselves on the back for taking up every social and political cause.
Gen. Wesley Clark, Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, appearing on Virtue Signal
Wednesday, August 25th
James Smartwood hosts this satire of ego-centric cable news anchors who only offer the most conventional takes.
Rep. Mark Takano, Congressman serving as the Chairman of the Veterans Affairs Committee, appearing on Big News
Thursday, August 26th
Co-hosts Richard Ballard and Sarah Sabo discuss the latest political headlines with Washington’s elite.
Touré, Author of “Nothing Compares 2 U,” appearing on Inside The Hill
Friday, August 27th
A special episode counting down to Trump’s rumored August reinstatement as president. Featuring interviews with real-world experts and celebrity guests, the animated hosts will take a deep dive into why 51% of Republicans believe state-level presidential election ballot reviews will uncover information that will change the election’s outcome.
The special will include:
Interviews with experts like Cullen Hoback (Director, “Q: Into the Storm”), Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig (Co-authors, “I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump’s Catastrophic Final Year”), Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang (Co-author, “An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook’s Battle for Domination”)
An Interview with the QAnon Shaman’s attorney Albert Watkins
Political analyst Austin Sparks’ focus group with Trump supporters who believe his reinstatement is imminent
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