The Best Satrirical News Programs
It's important to stay current on all the latest news developments. There is a lot of significant stuff going on right now in American politics, and every citizen would do well to stay in the loop. However, that doesn't mean people shouldn't have a little fun with their news. It does not have to be all doom and gloom all the time. Sometimes, the perfect way to talk about serious issues is to deliver them to the audience in a funny way. Plenty of shows over the years have discovered this secret formula, and it has resulted in some of the best comedy news shows of all time.Â
The Daily Show is truly responsible for the rise of satirical news series. Craig Kilborn hosted the show for the first couple of years it was on the air, but Jon Stewart truly made it his own. Four nights a week, he went on to deliver hilarious jokes and intriguing insight into the nuances of American politics. If it wasn't for The Daily Show, then Americans never would have gotten The Colbert Report, The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, and The Opposition with Jordan Klepper.Â
The best satirical news TV shows of all time are on this list. Partake in democracy and vote for your favorites.
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- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO, 2014) is an American late-night talk and news satire television program hosted by comedian John Oliver. The half-hour-long show takes a satirical look at ...more
- Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj (Netflix, 2018) is an American television variety show hosted by Hasan Minhaj. The show aims to explore the modern cultural and political landscape with depth and ...more
- A humorous slant on top news stories.
- A satire of the alternative-media landscape on both the right and left.
- All the news that's not fit for print -- or for that matter, the airwaves -- is reported on the "Onion News Network," an offshoot of the news satire organization The Onion. The network claims to have ...more
- Australian comic Jim Jefferies brings his inquisitive, international and at-times controversial point of view to America full time in a weekly late-night series. In addition to his takes on cultural ...more
- Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas (HBO, 2018) is an American documentary television series. Host Wyatt Cenac takes a satirical look at social and cultural issues.
- Who Is America? (Showtime, 2018) is an American political satire mockumentary television series created by Sacha Baron Cohen. The show explores the diverse individuals, from the infamous to the ...more
- Political satirist Stephen Colbert takes on cable-news pundits in this show, which centers around his essential rightness about the issues of the day. Colbert portrays a caricature of conservative ...more
- The Awful Truth is a satirical television show that was directed, written, and hosted by filmmaker Michael Moore, and funded by the British broadcaster Channel 4.
- Not Necessarily the News is a satirical sketch comedy series that first aired on HBO in September 1982 as a comedy special, and then ran as a series from 1983 to 1990. It featured sketches, parody ...more
- Seth Meyers breaks down the day's biggest stories and takes the current political circus head-on.
- Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TBS, 2016) is an American news comedy program that airs on Mondays on TBS. Hosted by Samantha Bee, she breaks up late-night's all-male sausage fest with her nuanced ...more
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS, 2015) is an American late-night talk show hosted by Stephen Colbert.
- Onion SportsDome was a parody sports television show from the makers of The Onion. The show premiered on Tuesday, January 11, 2011, at 10:30 p.m. EST on Comedy Central in the United States. It was ...more
- D. L. Hughley Breaks the News was a comedy news show that aired on CNN from October 25, 2008 to March 2009, hosted and head written by comedian D. L. Hughley. On March 9, 2009, CNN announced that ...more
- Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO, 2003) is an American talk show series created by Bill Maher. Bill Maher hosts a panel of guests who discuss current events in politics and the media.
- Chocolate News was a US satirical news show hosted and head written by David Alan Grier in 2008 with an emphasis on African American culture. The show was broadcast on Wednesday nights at 10:30 pm on ...more
- Red Eye is an American late-night/early-morning satirical talk show on the Fox News Channel, airing at 3:00 am ET Tuesday through Saturday, 11:00 pm Saturday, and 2:00 am Sunday. The show featured ...more
- Tooning Out the News (CBS All Access, 2020) is an animated comedy news television series executive produced by Stephen Colbert. Short daily segments leading up to a weekly full episode that includes ...more
- Truth & Iliza is an American late-night talk and news satire program that airs on Freeform. It premiered on May 2 2017 and is hosted by comedian Iliza Shlesinger. The title is derived from her ...more
- InfoMania is an American half-hour weekly satirical news-show that aired on the Current TV television network from 2007 to 2011. The program was initially hosted by Conor Knighton and later Brett ...more
- Let's Be Real (Fox, 2021) is an American political comedy puppet television series that originally aired as a special in 2020. This satirical puppet series covers politics and pop culture through ...more
- Louis La Fonda is no Wolf Blitzer. He's the host of "Newsreaders," a newsmagazine show that goes in-depth on stories that no other news organizations think are stories -- probably because they're ...more
- SuperNews! is a half-hour, satirical animated television series which aired on Current TV. It was created by Josh Faure-Brac who also wrote for the show and performed the majority of male voices. The ...more
