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Samantha Bee breaks up late-night's all-male sausage fest with her nuanced view of political and cultural issues, her sharp interview skills, her repartee with world...
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  • A Jeb In Winter
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    A Jeb In Winter

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2/8/2016

    Samantha tracks the Jeb Bush campaign.

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  • Syrian Refugees Part 1
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    Syrian Refugees Part 1

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/15/2016

    Scalia Dies, Republicans Debate; The Democratic Debate; Samantha visits a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan to get to the bottom of whatever it is these people are up to - Part 1.

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  • Samantha Bee's Job Fair
    7.0/101 votes

    Samantha Bee's Job Fair

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/22/2016

    Sam visits Syrian refugees in Jordan and teaches them lessons about America that they aren't receiving in their cultural classes.

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  • Abortion, Texas-Style
    7.5/102 votes

    Abortion, Texas-Style

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/29/2016

    Sam sends a correspondent to an abortion clinic in Texas to see how new restrictions are making life even more difficult for women seeking an abortion.

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  • 2010 Was the Most Important Election Part 2
    8.5/102 votes

    2010 Was the Most Important Election Part 2

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/7/2016

    A look back at the 2010 midterm elections and how life has changed for people in states with legislatures that flipped from blue to red.

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  • Trump Voters
    8.5/102 votes

    Trump Voters

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/14/2016

    Samantha visits supporters of Donald Trump. Patiently watching and listening is the Full Frontal Fact Checker.

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  • American Atheists at CPAC
    8.5/102 votes

    American Atheists at CPAC

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/21/2016

    Sam discusses how Republicans give the Supreme Court a taste of congressional paralysis; the rape kit backlog; then Full Frontal follows a delegation from the American Atheists on what seems like a doomed mission: to spread their message to the right-wing attendees of CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference.

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  • Eddie Eagle
    8.5/102 votes

    Eddie Eagle

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 4/11/2016

    Sam explains the superdelegates and why poor babies don't deserve diapers; does everything in her power to hunt down the NRA'’s mascot, Eddie Eagle; and discusses Gun TV - it's like QVC for devices specifically manufactured to kill people.

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  • Bernie Voters
    8.5/102 votes

    Bernie Voters

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 4/18/2016

    Samantha discusses the New York promaries as John Kasich leaves no sandwich undevoured or Jewish person uncondescended to. Also, a panel of the most diverse humans imaginable tells Samantha why Bernie Sanders can—and will—become the next president.

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  • Guantanamo Bay
    8.5/102 votes

    Guantanamo Bay

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 4/25/2016

    Kasich and Cruz pool their desperation to force Donald Trump into a contested convention. Replacing genocide practitioner Andrew Jackson with slave liberator Harriet Tubman shouldn't be controversial. Years of lawyerless interrogation at Guantanamo Bay failed to connect Murat Kurnaz with terrorism—but Samantha grills him just in case. Superdelegates don't look so bad when they alone can stop you from face-planting in front of the entire electorate.

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  • Crisis Pregnancy Centers
    9.0/102 votes

    Crisis Pregnancy Centers

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 5/9/2016

    Samantha and Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Michelle Branch bid farewell to Brylcreemed folklore monster Ted Cruz. State midterms are even more boring than general midterms—and maybe more important. Case in point, North Carolina. Blink and you'll miss the sneaky trick anti-choice crisis pregnancy centers use to fool women into thinking they're abortion clinics. Michelle Branch closes tonight's show with more of her musical farewell to Ted Cruz, who will be missed in a perverse kind of way.

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  • Super PACs
    7.0/101 votes

    Super PACs

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 5/16/2016

    The untold story of how Christian conservatives went from politically inactive to never shutting the hell up. Five councilwomen in Seattle have been receiving a lot of hate for the insidious crime of doing their jobs. Sam learns that the only thing sadder than Jeb Bush's super PAC is the guy who raised millions of dollars toward it: Mel Immergut. More thrilling sports talk from our favorite Seawards!

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  • Vaping
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    Vaping

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 5/23/2016

    Bernie Sanders supporters take their screamy, incoherent message to the Nevada Democratic Convention. Full Frontal goes deep inside the weirdest anti-abortion art film you've never seen. New government regulations crack down on vaping. Find out why the future of "Monkey Spunk" hangs in the balance. Check out our new title sequence, inspired by Frank Schaeffer. It's nightmare fuel for the whole family!

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  • Gary Johnson Part 1
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    Gary Johnson Part 1

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 6/6/2016

    As primary season draws to a close, we take a walk down memory lane, climb memory bridge, and throw ourselves into the memory ocean. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is reaching across the aisle to prevent military officers from reaching into their subordinates' pants. #passMJIA. Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson has scaled Mt. Everest, but can he overcome Clinton Peak and Dirtpile Trump? Support the Military Justice Improvement Act, and help protect our privates' privates. #PassMJIA. Sam welcomes an old friend and a new friend to the office. Find out which one of them poops in it.

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  • Libertarian Convention
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    Libertarian Convention

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 6/13/2016

    What can we learn from the mass shooting in Orlando? Whatever it is, you can count on our elected officials to ignore it. We didn't believe it at first either, but a state that seems to be doing a great job with improving mental health is... Florida? Full Frontal visited the Libertarian National Convention in Orlando, FL, where libertarians acted like total libertarians. Breaking News: New York 1's Pat Kiernan is sick of reporting mass shootings. So are we.

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  • Tribal Courts
    7.0/101 votes

    Tribal Courts

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 6/20/2016

    Hey, NRA! Are those most of our elected GOP members of Congress in your pocket? Or am I just too depressed to finish this joke? Up next: a look at how Donald Trump is making crackpot paranoid fascist slogans great again. The U.S. is taking away the right of Native Americans to hear cases in their own tribal courts, and we're not even giving them any smallpox. We conclude with an act of kindness and compassion more powerful than any high-capacity assault rifle.

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  • Muslim-American Reporting
    8.5/102 votes

    Muslim-American Reporting

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 6/27/2016

    It used to be Brits only drove on the wrong side of things. Then they voted on Brexit. Sam traveled to Dearborn, MI to speak with Muslims who had the audacity to do nothing wrong. They may not be getting everything right, but at least the Supreme Court is getting stuff done.

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  • Cleveland
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    Cleveland

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 7/18/2016

    Full Frontal visits Cleveland to see how the city is preparing for the Republican National Convention.

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  • Election Documentary
    10.0/101 votes

    Election Documentary

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 7/20/2016

    In this new documentary film from the makers of Full Frontal, Samantha Bee accidentally discovers America on her way to the conventions.

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  • Republican National Convention
    8.0/101 votes

    Republican National Convention

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 7/25/2016

    Sam visits the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio.

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  • Democratic National Convention
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    Democratic National Convention

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 8/1/2016

    Sam visits the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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  • Latinos for Trump
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    Latinos for Trump

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 9/12/2016

    Full Frontal speaks with the Mexican immigrant behind Latinos for Trump.

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  • Super Lobbyist
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    Super Lobbyist

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 9/19/2016

    In order to get a better understanding of the Democratic Party’s optics problem, Sam sits down with a superdelegate who is also a lobbyist.

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  • Presidential Debate Special
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    Presidential Debate Special

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 9/28/2016

    A special installment explores the first presidential debate of 2016.

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  • Rigged!
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    Rigged!

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 10/5/2016

    Full Frontal correspondents Allana Harkin and Amy Hoggart visit a Trump rally to find out if his supporters think the upcoming election is rigged against him.

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  • Second Presidential Debate Special
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    Second Presidential Debate Special

    Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 10/10/2016

    Full Frontal breaks down the second presidential debate.

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  • United Nations
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    United Nations

    Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 10/24/2016

    Sam visits the UN to speak with female leaders from around the world.

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  • President Obama
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    President Obama

    Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 10/31/2016

    Sam interviews President Obama. She also takes on trolls, conspiracy theories, and the alt-right movement.

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  • Meet The (Russian) Press
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    Meet The (Russian) Press

    Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 10/11/2016

    Sam travels to Moscow, decides not to move her show there.

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  • Post-Election
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    Post-Election

    Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 10/8/2016

    Samantha reacts to the news of Donald Trump's election to the Presidency.

    Director: Paul Pennolino

    Writer: Samantha Bee

  • November 14, 2016
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    November 14, 2016

    Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 11/14/2016

    Sam addresses America's empathy failure.

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  • December 5, 2016
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    December 5, 2016

    Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 12/5/2016

    Issues and politics in North Carolina are explored.

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  • December 12, 2016
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    December 12, 2016

    Season 1 Episode 33 - Aired 12/12/2016

    A visit to some unexpected allies -- a group of Syrian refugees and American veterans.

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  • December 19, 2016
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    December 19, 2016

    Season 1 Episode 34 - Aired 12/19/2016

    Sam interviews Glenn Beck. It's a Christmas miracle!

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  • January 11, 2017
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    January 11, 2017

    Season 1 Episode 35 - Aired 1/11/2017

    Sam takes a break from sobbing and clinging to Obama's pant leg to discuss his f***ed-up legacy of deportation and detainment.

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  • January 18, 2017
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    January 18, 2017

    Season 1 Episode 36 - Aired 1/18/2017

    Jam interviews Masha Gessen to learn how to survive an autocracy--or at least how to drink our way though one.

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  • January 25, 2017
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    January 25, 2017

    Season 1 Episode 37 - Aired 1/25/2017

    Full Frontal visits the nation's capital to see a live taping of America's finale.

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  • February 1, 2017
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    February 1, 2017

    Season 1 Episode 38 - Aired 2/1/2017

    Full Frontal discusses the real "bad dudes" who are rushing in to ruin America. Spoiler alert: they live in the White House.

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  • February 8, 2017
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    February 8, 2017

    Season 1 Episode 39 - Aired 2/8/2017

    Full Frontal takes a trip across the pond before Trump decides to drain that too.

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