Why Moving Full Frontal to Wednesdays Allows Samantha Bee to Better Cover Trump

Mondays caused 'kidney failure'

Something was different about Full Frontal with Samantha Bee's return to TBS last week, after its holiday hiatus. The program aired on Wednesday, its new weekly time slot, instead of Monday.

What prompted to move to Wednesdays this year? "Kidney failure," executive producer Jo Miller said at the Television Critics Assocation's winter press tour in Pasadena, Calif. Producing a show to air every Monday was overwhelming, but shifting the show to Wednesday helped alleviate that problem.

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