Samantha Bee of “The Daily Show.” Photo from Comedy Central.
Samantha Bee, a straight-faced, hilariously fake news correspondent on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show,” will leave “TDS” to host her own show on TBS. The new series produced by TBS is “planned as a platform for Bee to apply her smart and satirical point of view to current and relevant issues. In addition to hosting, Bee will serve as executive producer on the show, along with (her husband Jason) Jones.”
This is the second TBS project involving Bee and Jones. The network recently announced an as yet untitled 10-episode comedy created and executive-produced by the couple, inspired by their own experiences with family getaways. Jones will star as the head of a family taking a road trip to Florida.
Samantha Bee, photo provided by TBS.
This announcement likely signals that Bee was not considered a potential successor to Jon Stewart, who recently announced his departure from “TDS.” Expect a batch of additional announcements this spring as that show is reconfigured.
