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Full Frontal – the first late night satirical news show to be hosted by a woman – has been cancelled after seven seasons.<\/p>\n
The show’s creator and host, Samantha Bee, confirmed the news on Twitter on Monday, writing: “After 7 seasons, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee will not be returning to TBS this fall.<\/p>\n
“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.”<\/p>\n
In a statement, TBS said it has had to make some difficult but business-based decisions as part of its new programming strategy.<\/p>\n
The channel was part of WarnerMedia, which merged with Discovery Inc. last April to become the new Warner Bros Discovery company.<\/p>\n
The general manager of TBS, TNT and TruTV Brett Weitz – who was known to be a strong supporter of Full Frontal – left the company in May following the consolidation.<\/p>\n
TBS praised the show’s “ground-breaking work” and said it will explore ways to work with the cast and crew in the future.<\/p>\n
The weekly half-hour show premiered in February 2016, with over 200 episodes aired.<\/p>\n
In its first year, Bee interviewed then-president Barak Obama, and the show won an Emmy in 2017.<\/p>\n
Toronto-born Bee rose to fame as the longest-serving correspondent on The Daily Show, hosted by Jon Stewart.<\/p>\n
In her monologues, she wasn’t afraid to tackle polarising political issues – often served up with plenty of profanity.<\/p>\n
When Stewart announced his departure from the show in 2015, Bee was reportedly not approached about the role, which subsequently went to Trevor Noah.<\/p>\n
In 2017, Time named Bee as one of the 100 most influential people in the world on their annual Time 100 list.<\/p>\n
In 2017 Wired’s cultural critic Virginia Heffernan called Full Frontal “the most mercilessly feminist show (ever) (in history)”.<\/p>\n
Some will question TBS’s decision to cancel a rare female voice from the late-night TV schedule.<\/p>\n
Subscribe to the Backstage podcast on <\/strong>Apple Podcasts<\/strong><\/a>, <\/strong>Google Podcasts<\/strong><\/a>, <\/strong>Spotify<\/strong><\/a>, <\/strong>Spreaker<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n It’s not the first show to fall as part of late-night TV cutbacks. In June last year, the long-running talk-show Conan with Conan O’Brien was axed.<\/p>\n With James Corden leaving The Late Late Show early next year, CBS is said to be looking at cheaper alternatives to replace the British star.<\/p>\n