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.
1. 3/4/21 Fareed Zakaria/Gov. Jared Polis/Ed O'Keefe/Yamiche Alcindor
Aired: Mar 4, 2021The season premiere of Tooning Out The News features Gov. Andrew Cuomo's sexu...
2. 3/9/21 INSIDE THE HILL (Jeh Johnson)
Aired: Mar 9, 2021Former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson helps Inside The Hill make ...
3. 3/10/21 VIRTUE SIGNAL (Charles Blow)
Aired: Mar 10, 2021Virtue Signal breaks down the bombshell royal interview, Pepe Le Pew's cancel...
4. 3/11/21 HOT TAKE (Rep. Madeleine Dean)
Aired: Mar 11, 2021Hot Take plays culture war speed round and announces its new COVID restrictio...
5. 3/11/21 WEEK IN REVIEW (Jeh Johnson/Charles Blow/Rep. Madeleine Dean/Sen. Tina Smith)
Aired: Mar 12, 2021This week's top stories on Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out The News incl...
6. 3/16/21 HOT TAKE (Nina Turner)
Aired: Mar 12, 2021Hot Take breaks down the latest in Gov. Cuomo's response to sexual harassment...
7. 3/17/21 INSIDE THE HILL (Rep. Jimmy Gomez)
Aired: Mar 16, 2021Inside The Hill panics over the COVID relief bill, Republican vaccine hesitan...
8. 3/19/21 THE ESTABLISHMENT (Ross Douthat)
Aired: Mar 17, 2021The Establishment breaks down the latest developments in Atlanta mass shootin...
9. 3/19/21 WEEK IN REVIEW (Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse/Nina Turner/Ross Douthat/Rep. Jimmy Gomez)
Aired: Mar 18, 2021This week's top stories on Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out The News incl...
10. 3/23/21 HOT TAKE (Rep. Jason Crow)
Aired: Mar 19, 2021Hot Take breaks down the border crisis with Rep. Jason Crow. Plus, a deep div...
11. 3/24/21 VIRTUE SIGNAL (Marc Lamont Hill)
Aired: Mar 19, 2021Virtue Signal looks into renewed efforts for gun reform, Biden's new $3T infr...
12. 3/25/21 INSIDE THE HILL (Gov. Phil Murphy)
Aired: Mar 23, 2021Inside The Hill covers the Biden's push for gun reform and infrastructure spe...
13. 3/26/21 WEEK IN REVIEW (Weijia Jiang/Gov. Phil Murphy/Rep. Jason Crow/Marc Lamont Hill)
Aired: Mar 24, 2021This week's top stories on Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out The News incl...
14. 3/30/21 BIG NEWS (Margaret Hoover)
Aired: Mar 25, 2021Big News breaks down the latest on Biden's Build Back Better proposal, Georgi...
15. 3/31/21 HOT TAKE (Rep. Mondaire Jones)
Aired: Mar 26, 2021Rep. Mondaire Jones joins Hot Take to discuss Trump's latest Fauci insult, Li...
16. 4/1/21 THE ESTABLISHMENT (Rob Reiner)
Aired: Mar 26, 2021The Establishment dives into Biden's new infrastructure bill, the underage se...
17. 4/2/21 VIRTUE SIGNAL (Kara Swisher)
Aired: Mar 30, 2021Virtue Signal discusses the Matt Gaetz scandal, marijuana legislation, and mo...
18. 4/2/21 WEEK IN REVIEW (Rob Reiner/Rep. Mondaire Jones/Kara Swisher/Margaret Hoover)
Aired: Mar 31, 2021This week's top stories on Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out The News incl...
19. 4/13/21 THE ESTABLISHMENT (Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes)
Aired: Apr 1, 2021The Establishment breaks down the latest in Matt Gaetz's allegations, Trump's...
20. 4/14/21 BIG NEWS (Judy Woodruff)
Aired: Apr 2, 2021Big News breaks down the police killing of Daunte Wright with PBS NewsHour's ...
21. 4/15/21 INSIDE THE HILL (Willie Geist)
Aired: Apr 2, 2021Inside The Hill debates Biden's Afghanistan troop withdrawal, the FDA pause o...
22. 4/16/21 VIRTUE SIGNAL (Rep. Ritchie Torres)
Aired: Apr 13, 2021Virtue Signal spills the tea on Biden's Afghanistan break up, Bernie Madoff's...
Aired: Apr 14, 2021 This week's top stories on Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out The News incl...
24. 4/20/21 HOT TAKE (Shannon Watts)
Aired: Apr 15, 2021Hot Take breaks down the wave of mass shootings in the U.S., the Derek Chauvi...
25. 4/21/21 VIRTUE SIGNAL (Tara Palmeri)
Aired: Apr 16, 2021Virtue Signal discusses the Derek Chauvin guilty verdict, Trump's vaccine pet...
26. 4/22/21 Inside the Hill (Sen. Jeff Merkley)
Aired: Apr 16, 2021Inside The Hill breaks down the response to Derek Chauvin's guilty verdict, t...
27. 4/23/21 THE ESTABLISHMENT (Rep. Raul Ruiz)
Aired: Apr 20, 2021The Establishment breaks down the latest on Biden's Climate Summit, police re...
28. 4/23/21 WEEK IN REVIEW (Sen. Jeff Merkley, Rep. Raul Ruiz, Tara Palmeri, Shannon Watts)
Aired: Apr 21, 2021This week's top stories on Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out The News incl...
29. 4/27/21 HOT TAKE (Michael Cohen)
Aired: Apr 22, 2021Hot Take talks exclusively with former Trump attorney Michael Cohen about his...
30. 4/28/21 BIG NEWS (Gov. Ned Lamont)
Aired: Apr 23, 2021Big News breaks down Tucker Carlson's anti-mask madness, the results of the 2...
31. 4/29/21 SPECIAL COVERAGE (Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz)
Aired: Apr 23, 2021The Tooning Out The News Special Coverage super-panel breaks down President B...
32. 4/30/21 Inside The Hill (Sen. Alex Padilla)
Aired: Apr 27, 2021Inside The Hill breaks down Biden's first joint address to Congress including...
Aired: Apr 28, 2021 This week's top stories on Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out The News incl...
34. 5/4/21 VIRTUE SIGNAL (Rep. Ruben Gallego)
Aired: Apr 29, 2021Virtue Signal tackles the global COVID case explosion, Stephanie Ruhle's clap...
35. 5/5/21 THE ESTABLISHMENT (Rev. William J. Barber II)
Aired: Apr 30, 2021The Establishment breaks down the GOP's revolt against Liz Cheney, the Bill a...
36. 5/6/21 BIG NEWS (Michael Lewis)
Aired: Apr 30, 2021Big News breaks down Facebook's decision to uphold Donald Trump's ban, the GO...
37. 5/7/21 HOT TAKE (Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton)
Aired: May 4, 2021Hot Take breaks down Facebook's Trump ban, Caitlyn Jenner's run for governor ...
Aired: May 5, 2021 This week's top stories on Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out The News incl...
39. 5/18/21 INSIDE THE HILL (Gov. Ed Rendell)
Aired: May 6, 2021Inside The Hill reacts to the escalating Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Bill G...
40. 5/19/21 VIRTUE SIGNAL (Rep. Marie Newman)
Aired: May 7, 2021Virtue Signal digs into Biden's response to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,...
41. 5/20/21 BIG NEWS (Dr. Ibram X. Kendi)
Aired: May 7, 2021Big News breaks down the calls for an Israel-Palestine cease-fire, the crimin...
42. 5/21/21 THE ESTABLISHMENT (Eugene Daniels)
Aired: May 18, 2021The Establishment debates the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection commission, Israel-...
43. 5/21/21 WEEK IN REVIEW (Eugene Daniels/Rep. Marie Newman/Dr. Ibram X. Kendi/Gov. Ed Rendell)
Aired: May 19, 2021This week's top stories on Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out The News incl...
44. 5/25/21 THE ESTABLISHMENT (Eleanor Clift)
Aired: May 20, 2021The Establishment dives into the bombshell COVID reports, pushback against Ja...
45. 5/26/21 VIRTUE SIGNAL (Preet Bharara)
Aired: May 21, 2021Virtue Signal reacts to COVID blame game, the 1-yr anniversary of George Floy...
46. 5/27/21 INSIDE THE HILL (Patrick Radden Keefe)
Aired: May 21, 2021Inside The Hill debates Biden's progressive agenda, the January 6th commissio...
47. 5/28/21 HOT TAKE (Sebastian Junger)
Aired: May 25, 2021Hot Take sounds off on the rumors of a Trump 2024 campaign, the Wuhan lab lea...
48. 5/28/21 WEEK IN REVIEW (Preet Bharara/Sebastian Junger/Patrick Radden Keefe/Eleanor Clift)
Aired: May 26, 2021This week's top stories on Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out The News incl...
49. 6/8/21 INSIDE THE HILL (Ben Rhodes)
Aired: May 27, 2021Inside The Hill reacts to Joe Manchin's op-ed defending the filibuster, Donal...
50. 6/9/21 HOT TAKE (Rep. Judy Chu)
Aired: May 28, 2021Hot Take discusses Donald Trump's 2024 running mate, 'Fauci-gate', revelation...
51. 6/10/21 BIG NEWS (Michael Beschloss)
Aired: May 28, 2021Big News covers the Biden administration's push for infrastructure legislatio...
52. 6/11/21 SMART TALK TONIGHT (Salman Rushdie)
Aired: Jun 8, 2021In the anticipated premiere of Smart Talk Tonight, newsman Kenneth Parsons si...
53. 6/11/21 WEEK IN REVIEW (Rep. Judy Chu/Salman Rushdie/Michael Beschloss/Ben Rhodes)
Aired: Jun 9, 2021This week's top stories on Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out The News incl...
54. 6/10/21 BIG NEWS (Michael Beschloss)
Aired: Jun 10, 2021Big News covers the Biden administration's push for infrastructure legislatio...
55. 6/11/21 SMART TALK TONIGHT (Salman Rushdie)
Aired: Jun 11, 2021In the highly anticipated premiere of Smart Talk Tonight, veteran newsman Ken...
56. 6/11/21 WEEK IN REVIEW (Rep. Judy Chu/Salman Rushdie/Michael Beschloss/Ben Rhodes)
Aired: Jun 11, 2021This week's top stories on Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out The News incl...
57. 6/15/21 VIRTUE SIGNAL (Anthony Mason)
Aired: Jun 15, 2021Virtue Signal spills the tea on Trump's subpoena, Jeffrey Toobin's return to ...
58. 6/16/21 THE ESTABLISHMENT (Rep. Sara Jacobs)
Aired: Jun 16, 2021The Establishment breaks down President Biden's highly anticipated meeting wi...
59. 6/17/21 BIG NEWS (Andy Slavitt)
Aired: Jun 17, 2021Big News breaks down big moments from President Biden's meeting w/ Vladimir P...
60. 6/18/21 HOT TAKE (Rep. Veronica Escobar)
Aired: Jun 18, 2021Hot Take breaks down President Biden getting walloped by Vladimir Putin, the ...
61. 6/18/21 WEEK IN REVIEW (Rep. Veronica Escobar/Anthony Mason/Rep. Sara Jacobs/Andy Slavitt)
Aired: Jun 18, 2021This week's stories on Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out The News include ...
62. 6/22/21 BIG NEWS (Rep. André Carson)
Aired: Jun 22, 2021Big News breaks down the battle over voting rights, the latest in the infrast...
63. 6/23/21 THE ESTABLISHMENT (Sen. John Hickenlooper)
Aired: Jun 23, 2021The Establishment breaks down the final vote on the "For the People Act," the...
64. 6/24/21 INSIDE THE HILL (Ziwe)
Aired: Jun 24, 2021Inside The Hill breaks down the "For the People Act," Andrew Yang's loss in t...
65. 6/25/21 VIRTUE SIGNAL (Rep. Eric Swalwell)
Aired: Jun 25, 2021Virtue Signal on President Biden's bipartisan infrastructure, Vice-President ...
66. 6/25/21 WEEK IN REVIEW (Sen. John Hickenlooper/Rep. Eric Swalwell/Ziwe/Rep. André Carson)
Aired: Jun 25, 2021This week's stories on Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out The News includes...
67. 6/29/21 THE ESTABLISHMENT (Sen. Mazie Hirono)
Aired: Jun 29, 2021The Establishment declares President Biden's infrastructure bill dead after h...
68. 6/30/21 VIRTUE SIGNAL (Wes Moore)
Aired: Jun 30, 2021Virtue Signal is gagging for Pres. Biden's infrastructure tour, Nancy Pelosi'...
69. 7/1/21 INSIDE THE HILL (Steve Rattner)
Aired: Jul 1, 2021Inside the Hill demands invocation of the 25th amendment for Pres. Biden's pr...
70. 7/2/21 HOT TAKE (Jonathan Capehart & Craig Fugate)
Aired: Jul 2, 2021Hot Take bribes Allen Weisselberg not to flip in the Trump Org's investigatio...
Aired: Jul 2, 2021 This week's top stories on Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out The News: Pre...
72. 7/13/21 INSIDE THE HILL (Rainn Wilson & Reza Aslan)
Aired: Jul 13, 2021Inside The Hill breaks down paranoid soundbites of the 2021 CPAC, billionaire...
73. 7/14/21 BIG NEWS (Rep. Sharice Davids)
Aired: Jul 14, 2021Big News covers President Biden's case for voting rights, effects of the John...
74. 7/15/21 HOT TAKE (P.J. O'Rourke)
Aired: Jul 15, 2021Hot Take slams the Democrats' $3.5T budget plan, Trump and Kavanaugh to make ...
75. 7/16/21 VIRTUE SIGNAL (Ed Asner)
Aired: Jul 16, 2021Virtue Signal stans the Democrats' $3.5T spending bill, efforts to decriminal...
76. 7/16/21 WEEK IN REVIEW (Rep. Sharice Davids/Ed Asner/Rainn Wilson & Reza Aslan/P.J. O'Rourke)
Aired: Jul 16, 2021This week's top stories on Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out The News incl...
77. 7/20/21 INSIDE THE HILL (Sheera Frenkel & Cecilia Kang)
Aired: Jul 20, 2021Inside The Hill covers President Biden's comments on Facebook's vax disinform...
78. 7/21/21 THE ESTABLISHMENT (Rep. Jahana Hayes)
Aired: Jul 21, 2021The Establishment reacts to Chuck Schumer's call for an early vote on the inf...
79. 7/22/21 HOT TAKE (Howard Fineman)
Aired: Jul 22, 2021Hot Take on Sean Hannity's vax betrayal, the Dem's spending bill, Bezos' plan...
80. 7/23/21 BIG NEWS (Sen. Michael Bennet)
Aired: Jul 23, 2021Big News welcomes former presidential candidate Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) to...
Aired: Jul 23, 2021 This week's top stories on Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out The News incl...
82. 7/27/21 HOT TAKE (James Carville)
Aired: Jul 27, 2021Hot Take on highlights from Trump's "Protect Our Elections Rally", the start ...
83. 7/28/21 THE ESTABLISHMENT (Dr. Vivek Murthy and Rep. Jake Auchincloss)
Aired: Jul 28, 2021The Establishment on CDC's mask guidelines with Surgeon General Vivek Murthy....
84. 7/29/21 VIRTUE SIGNAL (Rep. Marc Veasey)
Aired: Jul 29, 2021Virtue Signal spills the tea on Simone Biles' withdrawal from the Tokyo Olymp...
85. 7/30/21 SMART TALK TONIGHT (Deepak Chopra)
Aired: Jul 30, 2021Dr. Ike Bloom sits down with author Deepak Chopra for a wide-ranging conversa...
Aired: Jul 30, 2021 This week's top stories on Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out The News incl...
87. 8/10/21 THE ESTABLISHMENT (Robert Draper)
Aired: Aug 3, 2021The Establishment on Donald Trump's take on vax mandates, passing the $3.5 tr...
88. 8/11/21 HOT TAKE (Cullen Hoback)
Aired: Aug 4, 2021Hot Take loses it over Gov. Andrew Cuomo's resignation, the U.N. climate chan...
89. 8/12/21 VIRTUE SIGNAL (Rep. Darren Soto)
Aired: Aug 5, 2021Virtue Signal is here for the passage of the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastru...
90. 8/13/21 BIG NEWS (Katty Kay)
Aired: Aug 6, 2021Big News breaks down the anti-mask mandate furor, the fight for the $3.5 Tril...
91. 8/13/21 WEEK IN REVIEW (Robert Draper/Cullen Hoback/Katty Kay/Rep. Darren Soto)
Aired: Aug 6, 2021This week's top stories on Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out The News incl...
92. 8/24/21 VIRTUE SIGNAL (Gen. Wesley Clark)
Aired: Aug 10, 2021Virtue Signal is shook by the Biden's evacuation from Afghanistan, the vaccin...
93. 8/25/21 BIG NEWS (Rep. Mark Takano)
Aired: Aug 11, 2021Big News covers the infrastructure plan and the latest on Biden's Afghanistan...
94. 8/26/21 INSIDE THE HILL (Touré)
Aired: Aug 12, 2021Inside The Hill condemns the withdrawal from Afghanistan, applauds Goldman Sa...
95. 8/27/21 WEEK IN REVIEW (Gen. Wesley Clark/Rep. Mark Takano/Touré)
Aired: Aug 13, 2021This week's top stories on Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out The News incl...
96. 8/31/21 THE ESTABLISHMENT (Rep. Raul Grijalva)
Aired: Aug 13, 2021The Establishment reacts to the last U.S. troop evacuation from Afghanistan, ...
97. 9/1/2021 INSIDE THE HILL (Rep. Mike Levin)
Aired: Aug 24, 2021Inside The Hill breaks down Biden's ending of America's longest war in Afghan...
98. 9/2/21 VIRTUE SIGNAL (Ian Bremmer)
Aired: Aug 25, 2021Virtue Signal breaks down the Supreme Court's non-decision on Texas's abortio...
99. 9/3/21 HOT TAKE (Tiffany Cross)
Aired: Aug 26, 2021Hot Take covers the shocking, pro-life victory in Texas, Joe Rogan's COVID co...
100. 9/3/21 WEEK IN REVIEW (Tiffany Cross/Rep. Raul Grijalva/Rep. Mike Levin/Ian Bremmer)
Aired: Aug 27, 2021This week's top stories on Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out The News incl...
101. 9/8/21 BIG NEWS (Clarissa Ward)
Aired: Aug 27, 2021Big News reports the latest on the Taliban power in Afghanistan, the women in...
102. 9/9/21 INSIDE THE HILL (Cecile Richards)
Aired: Aug 31, 2021Inside The Hill on the fallout from Texas's anti-abortion bill, COVID deaths ...
103. 9/10/21 THE ESTABLISHMENT (Randi Weingarten)
Aired: Sep 1, 2021This week's top stories on Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out The News incl...
104. 9/10/21 WEEK IN REVIEW (Cecile Richards/Clarissa Ward/Randi Weingarten)
Aired: Sep 2, 2021Virtue Signal breaks down the Supreme Court's non-decision on Texas's abortio...
105. 9/14/2021 BIG NEWS (Barry Sonnenfeld)
Aired: Sep 3, 2021Big News on Republican outrage over COVID mandates, Donald Trump and Rudy Giu...
106. 9/15/2021 VIRTUE SIGNAL (Rep. Ted Deutch)
Aired: Sep 3, 2021Virtue Signal is gagged over Nicki Minaj's anti-vax tweets, AOC's Met Gala lo...
107. 9/16/21 HOT TAKE Ijeoma Oluo
Aired: Sep 8, 2021Hot Take takes on the revelations of Gen. Mark Milley's anti-nuke Trump betra...
108. 9/17/21 THE ESTABLISHMENT (Jeff Daniels)
Aired: Sep 9, 2021The Establishment on Biden's meeting with business leaders on vax mandates, J...
109. 9/17/21 WEEK IN REVIEW (Jeff Daniels/Barry Sonnenfeld/Ijeoma Oluo/Rep. Ted Deutch)
Aired: Sep 10, 2021The Establishment covers President Biden's new federal offensive to slow COVI...
110. 9/10/21 WEEK IN REVIEW (Cecile Richards/ Clarissa Ward/Randi Weingarten)
Aired: Sep 10, 2021This week's top stories on Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out The News incl...
111. 9/14/21 BIG NEWS (Barry Sonnenfeld)
Aired: Sep 14, 2021Big News reacts to Republican outrage over national COVID mandates, Donald Tr...
112. 9/15/21 VIRTUE SIGNAL (Rep. Ted Deutch)
Aired: Sep 15, 2021Virtue Signal is gagged over Nicki Minaj's anti-vax tweets, AOC's Met Gala lo...
113. 9/16/21 HOT TAKE (Ijeoma Oluo)
Aired: Sep 16, 2021Hot Take takes on the bombshell revelations of Gen. Mark Milley's anti-nuke T...
114. 9/17/21 THE ESTABLISHMENT (Jeff Daniels)
Aired: Sep 17, 2021The Establishment breaks down Biden's meeting with business leaders on vaccin...
115. 9/17/21 WEEK IN REVIEW (Jeff Daniels/Barry Sonnenfeld/Ijeoma Oluo/Rep. Ted Deutch)
Aired: Sep 17, 2021This week's top stories on Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out The News incl...
116. 10/8/21 (Jennifer Rubin/Rev. Al Sharpton/Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney/Malcolm Gladwell)
Aired: Oct 8, 2021This week on Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out The News: Kyrsten Sinema an...
117. 10/15/21 (George Will/Charlotte Alter/H.R. McMaster)
Aired: Oct 15, 2021This week on Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out The News: This week's stori...
118. 10/22/21 (Mark Hamill/Gen. Stanley McChrystal/Ken Burns)
Aired: Oct 22, 2021This week, Mark Hamill and Gen. Stanley McChrystal join Stephen Colbert Prese...
119. 10/29/21 (Rep. Tony Cardenas/Rep. Adam Schiff/Chris Hadfield)
Aired: Oct 29, 2021This week on Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out The News: Rep. Adam Schiff ...
120. 11/5/21 (Padma Lakshmi/Jonathan Lemire/Norman Lear)
Aired: Nov 5, 2021This week on Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out The News, the Virginia gov ...
121. 11/12/21 (Adm. William McRaven/Rep. Nikema Williams/Rep. Cori Bush)
Aired: Nov 12, 2021This week on the season finale of Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out The Ne...
Main Cast
Appearances
