Season 1

Full Frontal with Samantha BeeSeason 1

2016
39 Episodes

Episodes

A Jeb In Winter
S01E01
8.0

A Jeb In Winter

Samantha tracks the Jeb Bush campaign.

08 Feb 201621m
Syrian Refugees Part 1
S01E02
8.0

Syrian Refugees Part 1

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.

15 Feb 201621m
Samantha Bee's Job Fair
S01E03
7.0

Samantha Bee's Job Fair

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

22 Feb 201621m
Abortion, Texas-Style
S01E04
7.5

Abortion, Texas-Style

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.

29 Feb 201621m
2010 Was the Most Important Election Part 2
S01E05
8.5

2010 Was the Most Important Election Part 2

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.

07 Mar 201621m
Trump Voters
S01E06
8.5

Trump Voters

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

14 Mar 201621m
American Atheists at CPAC
S01E07
8.5

American Atheists at CPAC

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.

21 Mar 201621m
Eddie Eagle
S01E08
8.5

Eddie Eagle

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.

11 Apr 201621m
Bernie Voters
S01E09
8.5

Bernie Voters

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.

18 Apr 201621m
Guantanamo Bay
S01E10
8.5

Guantanamo Bay

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.

25 Apr 201621m
Crisis Pregnancy Centers
S01E11
9.0

Crisis Pregnancy Centers

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.

09 May 201621m
Super PACs
S01E12
7.0

Super PACs

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!

16 May 201621m
Vaping
S01E13
8.0

Vaping

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!

23 May 201621m
Gary Johnson Part 1
S01E14
9.0

Gary Johnson Part 1

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.

06 Jun 201621m
Libertarian Convention
S01E15
9.0

Libertarian Convention

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.

13 Jun 201621m
Tribal Courts
S01E16
7.0

Tribal Courts

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.

20 Jun 201621m
Muslim-American Reporting
S01E17
8.5

Muslim-American Reporting

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.

27 Jun 201621m
Cleveland
S01E18
8.5

Cleveland

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

18 Jul 201621m
Election Documentary
S01E19
10.0

Election Documentary

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

20 Jul 201621m
Republican National Convention
S01E20
8.0

Republican National Convention

Sam visits the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio.

25 Jul 201621m
Democratic National Convention
S01E21
7.0

Democratic National Convention

Sam visits the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

01 Aug 201621m
Latinos for Trump
S01E22
7.0

Latinos for Trump

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

12 Sept 201621m
Super Lobbyist
S01E23
8.5

Super Lobbyist

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.

19 Sept 201621m
Presidential Debate Special
S01E24
8.0

Presidential Debate Special

A special installment explores the first presidential debate of 2016.

28 Sept 201621m
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S01E25

Rigged!

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.

05 Oct 201621m
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S01E26

Second Presidential Debate Special

Full Frontal breaks down the second presidential debate.

10 Oct 201621m
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S01E27

United Nations

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

24 Oct 201621m
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S01E28

President Obama

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

31 Oct 201621m
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S01E29

Meet The (Russian) Press

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

11 Oct 201621m
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S01E30
10.0

Post-Election

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

08 Oct 201621m
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S01E31

November 14, 2016

Sam addresses America's empathy failure.

14 Nov 201621m
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S01E32

December 5, 2016

Issues and politics in North Carolina are explored.

05 Dec 201621m
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December 12, 2016

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

12 Dec 201621m
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S01E34

December 19, 2016

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

19 Dec 201621m
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S01E35

January 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.

11 Jan 201721m
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S01E36

January 18, 2017

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

18 Jan 201721m
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S01E37

January 25, 2017

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

25 Jan 201721m
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S01E38

February 1, 2017

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

01 Feb 201721m
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S01E39

February 8, 2017

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

08 Feb 201721m