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Best News TV Shows

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1. Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

Feb 8, 2016  •  Rated TV-MA
The former Daily Show correspondent hosts her own late-night talk show on TBS.
84
Metascore

2. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Apr 27, 2014  •  Rated TV-MA
The Daily Show's John Oliver hosts his own a half-hour satirical news show for HBO.
76
Metascore

3. The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore

Jan 19, 2015  •  Rated TV-14
With Stephen Colbert moving to CBS, Larry Wilmore moves to the daily late night desk full-time.
69
Metascore

4. Vice

Apr 5, 2013  •  Rated TV-MA
Shane Smiths host HBO's news magazine series that covers stories from around the world. The series moved to Showtime in 2020.
67
Metascore

5. The Colbert Report

Oct 17, 2005  •  Rated TV-14
Tune in to The Colbert Report, as Stephen Colbert, from The Daily Show gives his own take on the issues of the day, and more importantly, to tell you why everyone else's take is just plain wrong. The series is intended to be a parody of Bill O'Reilly, Anderson Cooper, Sean Hannity, Alan Colmes, Joe Scarborough, etc. The series airs Monday through Thursday at 11:30 pm EST and re-airs several times a day.
65
Metascore

6. Countdown with Keith Olbermann

Nov 30, 2002
Countdown with Keith Olbermann follows the mild mannered, funny, and intelligent news anchor Keith Olbermann, as he takes you through the top five news stories of the day. These stories range from the important events of the day with live Countdown exclusive interviews and the thoughts of Keith Olbermann and his staff. During the countdown, Keith does special segments like "Keeping Tabs", where he informs the viewers on celebrity action only Countdown could dish out. Also Keith pokes fun at the lame, out of this world, and just flat out stupid news events on the segment "Oddball". Viewers could see a condensed one hour recap of the day's events on Countdown with Keith Olbermann as it aired Mondays through Fridays on MSNBC at 8pm eastern and a repeat showing at 11:00pm and 4:00am eastern on MSNBC. In January 2011 Keith Olbermann accepted a contract buy out by MSNBC, in the Spring of 2011 he was hired by Current TV.
52
Metascore

7. Megyn Kelly Today

Sep 25, 2017
The morning talk show hosted by former Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly features celebrity interviews with news and lifestyles segments.
39
Metascore
Titles with fewer than 7 critic reviews are excluded.