Comedy Central has set the premiere date for the animated news satire show “Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out the News”. TheWrap may release it exclusively on the small screen on Wednesday, October 5.
The half-hour show, featuring animated characters teasing top news stories and interviewing real-world guests, will air after the “Daily Show with Trevor Noah”. It was announced in May that it was moving from its original home of CBS All Access (before being Paramount+) to Comedy Central.
TheWrap also has a first look at the new promos for the show, which features several primetime cable news hosts.
‘Tooning Out the News’ will have 13 episodes. Each episode will have multiple segments including big news, virtue signs, hot take and Inside the Hill. As Colbert does on his Late Night Show, “Tooning Out the News” will feature special election coverage, including programming related to the 2022 midterm elections, as well as “A Very Special Pre-recorded 2022 Year in Review”.
Key art was also revealed, and you can check it out below:
Colbert said in a statement, “I am very excited that Comedy Central is the new home of ‘Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out the News’ and is trying to fire my anchors before CNN airs on an entirely different network.” Is.” (It’s worth noting that new CNN boss Chris Licht is Colbert’s former “Late Show” executive producer, and he helped create the animated series).
Colbert executive produced the series with RJ Fried, Tim Luke from Showtime’s “Our Cartoon President,” Zach Smilowitz, Mike Leach and Nicole Savini. The series is produced by CBS Studios.
After leaving CNN in solidarity with Jeffrey Tobin, being terminated from MSNBC for a flawless total no-fly zone over Europe, and from Fox News for inciting a minor gin-fueled airport dispute The frog is coming out, I’m thrilled to bring my talents to Comedy Central, the world’s premiere journalism network, until I get a call from Saudi Comedy Channel, animated news anchor James Smartwood added in a statement provided by the network. meet.