Posted on 05/28/2026 3:42:08 PM PDT by nickcarraway
‘The Ambassador’ for the CBC will follow the former ‘Full Frontal’ host as an actor-turned-scrappy diplomat in Canada’s embassy in Bulgaria.
Samantha Bee, the former host of Full Frontal with Samantha Bee and one-time Daily Show correspondent, is getting her own sitcom, The Ambassador, for the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.
The workplace comedy will see Canadian-born Bee play Olivia Winters, an actor-turned-scrappy diplomat in Canada’s embassy in Bulgaria, alongside co-star Allana Harkin. The half-hour series from showrunner Terry McAuliffe and Amaze Film & Television will be part of the CBC’s winter 2026-27 schedule, the public broadcaster announced Tuesday.
And Kathleen Robertson, who got her start on the Canadian comedy Maniac Mansion when she was still a teenager before a stateside breakout on Beverly Hills, 90210, is also heading north to star in the medical drama Blessed Sacrament. Robertson created and will showrun the 10-part series from Sphere Media and Debut Content, while executive producing with husband Chris Cowles for the CBC.
The latest series from the pubcaster continues a trend where Canadian TV brings homegrown stars back from Hollywood to topline local series produced for global export. Also for the CBC, Canadian NHL star and ESPN analyst P.K. Subban will provide inspiration for Junior, a coming-of-age drama about a 16-year-old black hockey player making his way in Canada’s ruthless junior hockey league, with an eye on reaching the NHL.
Kyle Hart created Junior, with Subban, Damon D’Oliveira and Clement Virgo executive producing. The upcoming 2026-27 CBC schedule also includes Cold Country, a limited series from creators and showrunners Shane Belcourt and Tasha Hubbard, starring Sarah Podemski, Chaske Spencer and Michael Greyeyes.
The CBC and APTN co-production is a true crime series that centers on two indigenous men found frozen to death in a single week in the same remote location. The pubcaster has also tapped Rolling Stone and the Toronto Star for Snow King, director Chelsea McMullan’s documentary series about Olympic snowboarder turned-alleged drug kingpin Ryan Wedding.
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Who?
Gross.
Her comedy delivery is awful.
I’ll rush home to not watch that. Maybe I’ll not record it so I can not watch episodes over and over.
Remembered as neither funny nor successful.
They already made Ugly Betty.
Isn’t she just another “my vagina” comedian?
I don’t know and I don’t care, but the good thing is she is apparently Candian, and she has retured to Canda for the show. Good riddance is in order, and do not allow her reentry into the U.S..
I watched her once for 45 seconds- it was some of the most awful <1 minute TV i have ever witnessed...
Darn it. I quit watching TV 15 years ago.
You've got to be kidding. THE Terry McAuliffe?
This will suck hard.
Hopefully, she will stay in the coldest place in Canada and never return to the U.S.
If I want Canadian flavored TV, I’ll watch Due South.
I’ll watch Kids In The Hall, or SCTV.
And if I want a Bee making me laugh, I'll stick with the Babylon Bee.
No idea who this wench is.
“Who?”
exactly ...
Somebody at the CBC really thought, "This sounds like a great idea, I think we will buy-in"
And now she's being rewarded with her own show.
Pretty much every fefail “comedian. It’s just more woke welfare being handed out. How else could losers like this, Jimmy The Kimmel, Colberts and other like them have TV shows? Can’t be the ratings.
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