Full Frontal with Samantha Bee has been canceled after seven seasons, TBS has introduced.
The community revealed the present wouldn’t be returning within the fall in a press release on Monday, July 25.
Why TBS Canceled ‘Full Frontal With Samantha Bee’
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The determination to cancel Full Frontal with Samantha Bee was stated to be a “difficult business-based” one made by TBS, the newest cancelation following the Warner Bros. Discovery merger.
In a press release, shared by Variety, the community stated: “As we continue to shape our new programming strategy, we’ve made some difficult, business-based decisions.
“We are proud to have been the house to Full Frontal With Samantha Bee and thank Sam, and the remainder of the Emmy-nominated crew for his or her groundbreaking work.
“We celebrate this extraordinarily talented cast and crew and look forward to exploring new opportunities to work with them in the future.”
Sharing its personal assertion concerning the cancelation with followers on Twitter, the present stated: “After 7 seasons, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee will not be returning to TBS this fall.
“We’re so grateful for our loyal viewers, our superb crew, and that we acquired to harass the suitable folks each week—that there wasn’t wrestling or baseball or a really particular episode of Big Bang.”
The show added: “To our loyal followers – we love you, you are very particular. Go dwelling, and go dwelling in peace.”
In a third, joking tweet the show said: “Full Frontal is leaving TBS to go spend extra time along with her household.”
After 7 seasons, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee will not be returning to TBS this fall. We’re so thankful for our loyal audience, our amazing team, and that we got to annoy the right people every week—that there wasn’t wrestling or baseball or a very special episode of Big Bang.
— Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (@FullFrontalSamB) July 25, 2022
The Warner Bros. Discovery merger was accomplished in April 2022, and it noticed Discovery buy Warner Media from AT&T in a $43 billion deal.
Since then various cancelations have been made at networks, and for TBS and TNT this included axing the second season of Chad the day the brand new season was meant to premiere and in addition canceling The Big D earlier than its premiere.
TBS and TNT additionally halted manufacturing on new scripted exhibits shortly after the Warner Bros. Discovery merger, with Variety reporting that “Warner Bros. Discovery leadership is currently evaluating the strategy” of the networks and different “TNets” like truTV.
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee started in February 2016, when the titular host went to entrance her personal present after she’d turn into a rising star on The Daily Show throughout Jon Stewart’s tenure on the Comedy Central program.
Bee shortly grew to become one of the vital outstanding voices in late night time tv, and the present had aired greater than 200 episodes previous to its cancelation.
It was nominated on the Emmys 4 years in a row, from 2017 to 2020, for Outstanding Variety Talk Series, and in 2021, the present was additionally nominated within the Outstanding Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series class. It obtained a nomination on this class once more in 2022.