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Samantha Bee is ready to say goodbye to Donald Trump.

Like many festivals, South by Southwest (SXSW) is going online this year, which is a seamless transition considering the Austin-based festival has always included a large digital component. SXSW Online, which takes place March 16-20, has unveiled its initial wave of Featured Speakers and over 230 conference sessions and this includes music legend Willie Nelson as Keynote.

TBS has renewed Full Frontal with Samantha Bee for a sixth season and renewed its first-look deal with host Bee.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorMusician and actor Ludacris will visit “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” this week as part of the talk-and-satire show’s focus on Georgia.Ludacris, who spent time growing up in Atlanta and attended Georgia State University, will appear in a segment to talk about his new charity, Kid Nation, which aims to educate with videos of children rapping positive pieces of advice.

“Full Frontal” host Samantha Bee has praised Justice Democrats, a far-left group aligned with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., who she said “really freak the f—k out of Republicans." Bee spoke Thursday with Jamaal Bowman, a former middle school principal who was elected to the House of Representatives from New York’s 16th Congressional District last week.

We’re not worthy.

Samantha Bee channeled Mike Myers’ “Saturday Night Live” character in a “Wayne’s World” sketch that imagined alternate endings to Election 2020’s presidential race. She had Juliana Hatfield serve as the basement band in the scene, which aired on  Wednesday’s “Full Frontal With Samantha Bee.” In the first scenario, Bee’s Wayne Campbell is shaken by the news that Donald Trump won re-election in a landslide and the GOP took control of both the Senate and the House.

Peter White Television EditorLate-night hosts including Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers, Conan O’Brien, Trevor Noah and Samantha Bee all urged patience as the ballot-counting process continues.While they were all talking earlier today, ranging between 11am to 5pm, the message remains as voters wait for ballots to be counted in key states including Arizona, Nevada, Georgia and Pennsylvania.The Tonight Show’s Jimmy Fallon said today felt like “waking up with a hangover and

Peter White Television EditorAs the battle between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden continues, and may well continue for days, the likes of Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers, James Corden, Trevor Noah, Conan O’Brien and Samantha Bee will return to relatively normal filming schedules to discuss the election.However, writing jokes and speaking to guests, including political folks such as Cory Booker, Shepard Smith and Steve Kornacki, this afternoon

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsFor those who didn’t walk away with Emmys on Sunday night, the Television Academy offered another treasure nominees could enjoy at home.

Peter White Television EditorLast Week Tonight with John Oliver continued its dominance in the Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series category.The HBO comedy show beat TBS’ Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, NBC’s Late Night With Seth Meyers, CBS’ Late Show with Stephen Colbert to win the award for the fifth year in a row.The British comedian accepted the award on behalf of his team using one of his son’s “creepy” toys in lieu of an actual Emmy.“I’d like to thank my writers, obviously, who work

Samantha Bee took a jab at the more than $4 trillion global wellness industry, specifically denouncing Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop brand.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: ABC has put in development Big Wishes, a half-hour single camera comedy from Full Frontal with Samantha Bee co-head writer Kristen Bartlett, director James Griffiths and his Fee-Fi-Fo Films, 2 Dope Queens co-creator Phoebe Robinson and ABC Signature, where Griffiths is under a deal.Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series ordersWritten by Bartlett and directed by Griffiths, in Big Wishes, plenty of charities make wishes come true for

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorSamantha Bee is on a Zoom call from her home on the East Coast, where she’s been shooting her hit Comedy Central political talk show “Full Frontal With Samantha Bee.”“This room is awful,” she says, looking back at a dimly lit room with not much furniture in sight. “It’s my guest room.

Also Read: Samantha Bee Says the Worst Part of Making Her Show at Home Is Staring Into Her Husband's EyesBee said the show’s studio space, which is housed in a large building in New York, would be “a little more difficult” to return to “because we can’t really control the comings and goings.”Bee has been shooting her show outdoors with the assistance of her husband Jason Jones since the start of the pandemic, a decision she attributed to the natural light.

Peter White Television EditorMany of the late-night shows have started to return to the studio following the COVID-19 production shutdown.However, Samantha Bee outlined her show’s own challenges with returning to its New York studio.TBS’ Full Frontal With Samantha Bee shoots in the CBS Broadcast Center on West 57th Street in New York – the same studio that HBO’s Last Week Tonight and Showtime’s Desus & Mero shoot in.Since March, the show has been filming from Bee’s house in the woods in upstate

appeared as a guest via Zoom and welcomed Fallon back, saying: “New York is really open now that you’re doing your show again.”Fallon is the first of the late-night hosts to return to the studio.

Kate Aurthur editorSince late March, Samantha Bee has been filming TBS’ “Full Frontal With Samantha Bee” — her topical comedy show — from the woods outside of her house in upstate New York. Her last taping of the show in its Manhattan studio was on March 11, the week that productions shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Peter White Television EditorSamantha Bee has become the latest late-night host to help save the United States Postal Service.The star of TBS’ Full Frontal with Samantha Bee has organized a social media campaign, #MailedIt, to encourage people to tweet at President Trump and Treasury Secretary Mnuchin to save the mail service.For every tweet, the show will buy a stamp from the USPS up to a total of 100,000.

When the COVID-19 pandemic shut down production, talk shows were forced to adapt to filming from home. Hosts took various approaches to setting their at-home studios: John Oliver chose a monochromatic background, while Samantha Bee has been filming from her backyard.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterSamantha Bee will join Variety’s Kate Aurthur for an exclusive Q&A interview and screening of “Full Frontal With Samantha Bee” on June 30 at 5 p.m. PT / 8 p.m.

Samantha Bee is backing the movement to defund police departments.

Patton Oswalt’s wife, Meredith Salenger, wants to let her husband’s fans know what really happened during their fight, which was described during an episode of his Netflix comedy special “I Love Everything”.

The Hollywood takeover of the Internet continues as the likes of Trevor Noah, Samantha Bee and Post Malone snag nominations at the 24th Annual Webby Awards.

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“Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” returned Wednesday night with a new studio — Bee’s woodsy suburban backyard.

With production grinding to a halt in the face of the coronavirus outbreak, the entertainment industry has found itself navigating uncharted territory. To offer a better sense for how, The Hollywood Reporter is launching a regular series that focuses on the ways in which Hollywood's top writers, actors, directors, executives and more are living and working in these challenging times.