Samantha Bee at Republican National Convention

Tonight SBS 2 screens a Full Frontal with Samantha Bee special, as Samantha heads to Cleveland where Donald Trump has officially been elected as the Republican’s US Presidential candidate.

The episode will also be available from 4.00pm today on SBS On Demand.

While the world awaits Michelle’s…ahem, Melania’s congratulatory speech on her husband officially being nominated as the Republican candidate for the 2016 U.S. Presidential Race, Samantha Bee is in Cleveland at the Republican National Convention, which is playing host to 2,472 delegates, 15,000 journalists and thousands of other lawmakers and supporters.

In this special episode, Samantha Bee rewards her Emmy®-nominated writing staff by stuffing them in a hot bus and careening towards ground zero of Presidential Armageddon. The journey is akin to Sam and Frodo heading toward Mount Doom. In this case, Mount Doom is Cleveland. Along the way, they accidentally discover America and the concerned, excited and largely baffled people who live in it. Their trip culminates at the Republican National Convention on the eve of Donald Trump accepting the party’s nomination for President of the United States. “We went out to listen to the American people.”

Samantha Bee brings her signature sassy, smart and satirical point of view to this special episode as she helps to navigate the circus that is the 2016 US Presidential race, cutting through the bull with her succinct and on point political commentary.

Thursday, 21 July at 8.00pm on SBS 2. Fast-tracked episode available from 4.00pm today on SBS On Demand.