Samantha Bee is KILLING IT

She is finding her own voice outsideThe Daily Show and it is indeed starting to work. It took Conan almost a year after getting Letterman's Show to find his voice. It does take time and she is doing very well. She will be a force to contend with if given the chance to continue.

Yes he did, Jorge. 1993. Letterman left Late Night on NBC to host the Late Show on CBS and Conan took over Late Night. Newsflash: things happened before you were born.

Updated On: 3/17/16 at 11:09 PM

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To be fair I though you were referring to the most recent takeover from letterman. I knew about Conan taking late night.

She really is kicking ass. I read an article about the first show that described her comedy as being mean (and that was a compliment) and that's what's so great about it. She's more daring than Stewart ever really was, and it's a huge plus, especially since this year is such an insane year politically. Love her and hope the show runs for a long time.

It's interesting that both Bee and fellow Daily Show-er John Oliver have found greater success on other networks than the offerings on Comedy Central.

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Kad said: "It's interesting that both Bee and fellow Daily Show-er John Oliver have found greater success on other networks than the offerings on Comedy Central.

Part of the reason for this is that both Oliver and Bee took along some of the biggest talents from Jon Stewart's old show. John Oliver's show is produced by Jon's former head writer, Tim Carvell. And Bee may not have taken over The Daily Show, but she brought in its former producers/writers Jo Miller and Miles Kahn, as well as Jason Reich, who won four Emmys during his time writing for Jon Stewart.

Trevor Noah's show suffers from a few problems. A weakened writing team is one, but my biggest issue is that Noah just doesn't seem as invested in the fate of the U.S. as Stewart was. What made Stewart so compelling is that you could sense he genuinely cared about this country and shared our worries about its possible fate. Watching him go into one of him impassioned monologues was cathartic and comforting because he gave voice to a lot of the things many of us in the audience were thinking. Noah seems aloof to the plight of the U.S. His light and breezy demeanor are an especially jarring mismatch to the sense of urgent fear and bewilderment many of us are experiencing, watching this year's Presidential campaign and the rise of Trump.

Ironically, neither Bee nor Oliver are U.S. citizens by birth, but have both managed to convey a sense of commitment and investment in the U.S. Oliver, though a Brit, is married to a medic in the U.S. army and has adopted this country as home, both physically and intellectually. He is able to harness the appropriate levels of outrage and indignation needed to make the social commentary stick. Bee is a Canadian, but she likewise is able to actually get emotionally invested in the country. Noah just doesn't seem to care. Obviously, he grew up in apartheid South Africa and is probably jaded to the decadence of U.S. politics, but this makes him a poor choice to succeed Stewart, especially at this time.

Updated On: 3/18/16 at 09:10 PM