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Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out The News

Original title: Tooning Out the News
  • TV Series
  • 2020–
  • TV-14
  • 7m
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Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out The News (2020)
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From executive producer Stephen Colbert, Tooning Out the News, the critically acclaimed animated news series, animated characters lampooning topical news and interviewing real-world guests. ... Read allFrom executive producer Stephen Colbert, Tooning Out the News, the critically acclaimed animated news series, animated characters lampooning topical news and interviewing real-world guests. Airs Wed after The Daily Show on Comedy Central.From executive producer Stephen Colbert, Tooning Out the News, the critically acclaimed animated news series, animated characters lampooning topical news and interviewing real-world guests. Airs Wed after The Daily Show on Comedy Central.

  • Creators
    • Mike Leech
    • Zach Smilovitz
    • Stephen Colbert
  • Stars
    • Mitch Lewis
    • Addison Anderson
    • R.J. Fried
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    • Creators
      • Mike Leech
      • Zach Smilovitz
      • Stephen Colbert
    • Stars
      • Mitch Lewis
      • Addison Anderson
      • R.J. Fried
    • 14User reviews
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  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
      • 5 nominations total

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    2francistlopaz

    Boring! Animation and News does not Mix!

    I know I'm gonna get a bit of backlash, but this is boring! In fact, it's so boring, this makes Fairview look like a party. And I hate Fairview. Go see my review on that when I was AngryGamer34. Anyways, I just don't care for Steven Colbert and his brand of comedy. My question is, "How in the hell are animated characters interviewing an actual Live action politician. The only time I saw a cartoon character interview a real-life celebrity was Space Ghost Coast to Coast. And that one was WAY better than this! Weekend Update on SNL is WAY better than this! SNL TV Fun House featuring The Ambiguously Gay Duo was WAY funnier than this. Unless you want to bore yourself to sleep, I'd avoid this boring show.
    9kimberley504-838-852873

    Much funnier than I thought it would be

    Okay, I saw clips of this show on Colbert and although it seemed cute it didn't seem that promising. My husband and I decided to give it a shot and I'm glad we did. It's actually very funny. Excellent parodies of the various news programs. Even short, fake ads that are more hilarious than anything in SNL lately. We binged them in one sitting, but you can just watch a couple of episodes easily, as they only last a few minutes. Of course, Colbert is a producer of this show, so it's geared towards those who have more of an intellectual curiosity. Read: those in the MAGA cult should probably find their comedy elsewhere. All others should watch one or two to see what you think.
    9hnryraschke

    Witty, creative, snide, nihilistic, and a brilliant undertaking

    I'm still blown away that they can produce these every day. It used to be such an enormous undertaking to write, voice, and animate for such a show. I think the technology and innovation alone makes projects like these a worthwhile endeavor.

    Tooning Out the News is a fascinating vision for what the cartoon medium can achieve. It pushes the envelope in many dimensions as a show.

    The show seems to capture the frantic, shattered, hypocritical, divisive, demographically segmented, and self-important nature of the current political moment perfectly. It mocks with cutting wit and eerie semblance.

    The writing and voice acting are great as well. This whole endeavor could easily have been a flop if the delivery was flat and unconvicted. Instead it is banterful and wonderfully animated in timbre. As a viewer, I'm constantly pulled in by the velocity of multi-layered jokes, many of them unabashedly dry and surreal.

    This show is definitely not for everyone. One definitely benefits from an interest in the type of content they are satirizing, especially if also experiencing the resultant cynicism from said affection.
    1mrnerdymcgee

    Not funny. Not smart. Not satirical. Just insipid drivel.

    I had to attend two funerals recently. Both were incredibly sad events, full an almost palpable sense of mourning. Both were far funnier than this garbage.
    1aasteinke

    depressing, not funny, no real satire, no humor, just stupid

    I wish Colbert would just stop with this nonsense. Stick with the safer Late night show, that's where he seems to do better.

    I still blame the Colbert Report for normalizing Drumpf and Magat behavior. My concern is that Magas will once again use this whow to fuel their fire, leave them feeling insulted.

    Yeah, this is cartoon news, yet the cartooney voices are shrieky, loud, high pitched, hard to listen to.

    The whole opackage is so disagreeable, I just can't with this.

    It is as unfunny as it could possibly be. My late husbands funeral had more humor, satire, backbiting, and enjoyable nonsense than this stupid show.

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      • April 7, 2020 (United States)
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