Samantha Bee’s ‘Full Frontal’ Canceled in Latest Late-Night Cutback

variety.com:

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorSamantha Bee’s “Full Frontal” is getting a kick in the rear from Warner Bros. Discovery.The show, which became a signature program for the large cable network TBS, “will not return to the network in the fall,” according to a statement from Bee’s representatives.“As we continue to shape our new programming strategy, we’ve made some difficult, business-based decisions,” TBS said in a statement. “We are proud to have been the home to “Full Frontal With Samantha Bee” and thank Sam, and the rest of the Emmy-nominated team for their groundbreaking work.

We celebrate this extraordinarily talented cast and crew and look forward to exploring new opportunities to work with them in the future.” Over the course of seven seasons, Bee’s “Full Frontal” brought an aggressive and saucy voice to TV’s late-night arena, and one of the few programs with a female point of view.

Bee captured attention with outrageous humor and monologues that pushed the usually genial cable network to embrace hefty amounts of profanity and tackle political issues that are often polarizing.

In 2018, the show became part of the news cycle when Bee used a charged epithet that refers to a part of the female anatomy to insult President Donald Trump’s daughter, Ivanka.