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Full Frontal with Samantha Bee to air Wednesday to cover debates

By Hector Cruz

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 18: Comedian Samantha Bee appears on stage appears on stage during Turner Upfront 2016 show at The Theater at Madison Square Garden on May 18, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images for Turner)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 18: Comedian Samantha Bee appears on stage appears on stage during Turner Upfront 2016 show at The Theater at Madison Square Garden on May 18, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images for Turner) /
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Samantha Bee’s Full Frontal is moving from its regular Monday time slot to Wednesday night due to the upcoming debates.

Several of the late-night shows are hoping for a ratings bump thanks to tonight’s first presidential debate. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah and Late Night with Seth Meyers will all go live to cover what will likely by one of the most-watched TV events of the year. Samantha Bee’s Full Frontal is also changing things up for this week’s episode, which would normally be recorded early Monday to air opposite the debate. Instead, the TBS show will be broadcast this week on Wednesday, September 28.

The move will allow Bee to provide coverage of the first face-off between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. The late-night series will also air on Wednesday the following week on October 5 to cover the vice presidential debate between Mike Pence and Tim Kaine. The former Daily Show correspondent made the announcement at the end of last week’s episode, explaining that it allows her and her staff to “watch Monday’s debate, have a day to stop throwing up, then provide you with full coverage.” She closed by saying “see you next Wednesday” to viewers by using the hashtag #CUNW, joking that acronym is the reason why the installments weren’t moved to Tuesday. Watch the short clip below:

During last week’s episode of Full Frontal, Bee took Jimmy Fallon and NBC to task for Donald Trump’s softball interview on The Tonight Show, and his hosting of SNL late last year, despite the fact that they formerly condemned the Republican nominee over his controversial comments. Her outrage caused conservative columnist Ross Douthat of The New York Times to opine that Bee and other late-night hosts may contribute to costing Clinton the election. She also covered Trump’s birtherism announcement, as well as his ties to former FOX News CEO Roger Ailes, who resigned amid a sexual allegation scandal, and grilled a DNC super delegate/lobbyist.

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Besides Meyers, Noah and Colbert, the only other female host in late-night, Chelsea Handler, has revealed that she will also be covering the debate by live-tweeting her thoughts throughout the night on Twitter (@chelseahandler) and Snapchat (chelseahandler). She’ll be joined by her best friend Mary McCormack, who recently stumped for Clinton with several of her former West Wing co-stars. Following the debate, Handler will have a short Q&A session with fans, using the hashtag #ChelseaHelpMe.

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee will air Wednesday, September 28 at 10:30 p.m. on TBS.

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