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Tooning Out the News is an animated political satire television series executive produced by comedian and Late Show host Stephen Colbert. The series airs on CBS All Access.

History
The show was set to launch on March 16, 2020 but production was delayed to the COVID-19 pandemic. The series debuted on April 7, 2020 instead, after production continued remotely, with animators and showrunner RJ Fried, who has also produced The Late Show and the animated show Our Cartoon President, working via Zoom and Slack.

Production
The show originally used motion capture to "record" the actors' performances on the show, after converting David Letterman's old personal screening room at the Ed Sullivan Theater as a control room. After the pandemic forced animators to work from home, they switched to remote production, shipping equipment to animator's houses and using Adobe's Character Animator to animate the virtual hosts of the show.

Guest Stars
The show features interviews with politicians and activists, including:


 * Alan Dershowitz
 * Donny Deutsch
 * Eric Swalwell
 * Barbara Lee
 * Walter Isaacson