David Bruggeman: > > All the quibbling aside over whether a once-a-week show airing before 11 > during the week qualifies as 'late night' I enjoyed the first episode last > night. While the format is probably closest to Last Week Tonight, I think > any content similarities can be chalked up to the TDS influence common to > both hosts. > > The promotional clips already indicate that field pieces will be a regular > part of the show, and Bee has, at least in the first episode, a lower bar > for tolerating bullshit than she did at TDS. She may stand a better chance > of filling anyone's Stewart-shaped hole in their television interests of > anyone so far. > > Turner splashed the preem across multiple nets -- I don't believe any of us caught that -- and actually drew more viewers on Adult Swim (close to 1mil) than TBS itself (north of 600k)... full figgers on Variety <http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/full-frontal-with-samantha-bee-premiere-ratings-1201701173/> (link)
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