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  • Al Franken on Playing a Senator in ‘The Residence’ 7 Years After Real-World Political Scandal: ‘I Haven’t Done This in Awhile’

    “You’re thinking of a different kind of performance art when you’re in the Senate than when you’re actually acting,” the “SNL” alum adds

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    Jacob Bryant
    March 20, 2025 @ 5:37 PM
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    Al Franken on Playing a Senator in ‘The Residence’ 7 Years After Real-World Political Scandal: ‘I Haven’t Done This in Awhile’
  • ‘The Daily Show’ Ratings: How the Rotating Celebrity Hosts Stacked Up

    Al Franken, John Leguizamo, Sarah Silverman and the other hosts finished their tenure in late March, giving the show a 13% boost in viewership

    By

    Loree Seitz and Lucas Manfredi
    April 18, 2023 @ 11:00 AM

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    ‘The Daily Show’ Ratings: How the Rotating Celebrity Hosts Stacked Up

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  • Al Franken Says He Supports Banning TikTok: ‘Stealing Our Data and Spying On Us’ Is Only ‘A Job for American Companies’ (Video)

    The “Daily Show” guest host then led a “USA!” chant for the audience

    By

    Andi Ortiz
    March 24, 2023 @ 7:52 AM
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    7:52 AM
    Al Franken Says He Supports Banning TikTok: ‘Stealing Our Data and Spying On Us’ Is Only ‘A Job for American Companies’ (Video)
  • Al Franken Pities Trump’s Lawyers for Getting Tricked: Makes You Wonder if It’s ‘Even Worth Buying a Degree From Barbados’ (Video)

    “Trump’s original crimes are now having their own little baby crimes,” Franken mocked

    By

    Andi Ortiz
    March 23, 2023 @ 7:43 AM
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    7:43 AM
    Al Franken Pities Trump’s Lawyers for Getting Tricked: Makes You Wonder if It’s ‘Even Worth Buying a Degree From Barbados’ (Video)
  • Lindsey Graham Urges ‘Daily Show’ Audience to Boo Him: ‘This Would Actually Help Me at Home’ (Video)

    The South Carolina Republican made the comment after admitting that he didn’t vote in either impeachment of former president Donald Trump

    By

    Lucas Manfredi
    March 21, 2023 @ 9:07 AM
    TV
    9:07 AM
    Lindsey Graham Urges ‘Daily Show’ Audience to Boo Him: ‘This Would Actually Help Me at Home’ (Video)
  • ‘The Daily Show’ Host Al Franken Calls Hush Money to Stormy Daniels Just ‘Another Failed Trump Business Venture’ (Video)

    “Donald Trump paid Stormy Daniels to keep this story quiet. And here we are, still talking about it seven years later,” Franken joked

    By

    Andi Ortiz
    March 21, 2023 @ 8:03 AM
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    8:03 AM
    ‘The Daily Show’ Host Al Franken Calls Hush Money to Stormy Daniels Just ‘Another Failed Trump Business Venture’ (Video)
  • ‘The Daily Show’: Al Franken, Kal Penn, Sarah Silverman and Hasan Minhaj Among Guest Hosts After Trevor Noah Exit

    The rotating host format will begin on Jan. 17

    By

    Sharon Knolle
    December 6, 2022 @ 10:37 AM
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    10:37 AM
    ‘The Daily Show’: Al Franken, Kal Penn, Sarah Silverman and Hasan Minhaj Among Guest Hosts After Trevor Noah Exit
  • Al Franken Clashes With CNN Commentator Over Whether GOP Has ‘Stolen’ 2 Supreme Court Seats (Video)

    “The legitimacy of the court was undermined when they wouldn’t take up Merrick Garland,” comedian and former Minnesota Senator told Alice Stewart

    By

    Rosemary Rossi
    September 11, 2022 @ 12:24 PM
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    12:24 PM
    Al Franken Clashes With CNN Commentator Over Whether GOP Has ‘Stolen’ 2 Supreme Court Seats (Video)
  • Al Franken Jokes Trump Has ‘Screwed Himself so Badly’ He Should ‘Write Himself a Check for $130,000’ (Video)

    Former Senator Al Franken guest-hosts “Jimmy Kimmel Live”

    By

    Ross A. Lincoln
    August 16, 2022 @ 9:10 PM
    TV
    9:10 PM
    Al Franken Jokes Trump Has ‘Screwed Himself so Badly’ He Should ‘Write Himself a Check for $130,000’ (Video)
  • Lawrence O’Donnell Slams CNN for Pro-Trump Commentators, Says MSNBC Doesn’t ‘Bring on Liars’ 

    “You’re guaranteed in any hour of CNN, minimum one-third is the programming will be supportive of Trump,” the “Last Word” host tells Al Franken

    By

    Lindsey Ellefson
    January 14, 2020 @ 8:59 AM
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    8:59 AM
    Lawrence O’Donnell Slams CNN for Pro-Trump Commentators, Says MSNBC Doesn’t ‘Bring on Liars’ 
  • Al Franken Helped With New Chris Rock Script (Exclusive)

    Franken helped punch up a script Rock wrote, along with other writers

    By

    Tim Molloy
    July 29, 2019 @ 11:15 AM
    Movies
    11:15 AM
    Al Franken Helped With New Chris Rock Script (Exclusive)
  • ‘The View’ Host Joy Behar Questions Al Franken Accuser’s Account: ‘It Has Some Holes’ (Video)

    Hosts of the daytime talkshow debated Franken’s Senate resignation, but agreed everyone should have due process

    By

    Lindsey Ellefson
    July 23, 2019 @ 10:02 AM
    News
    10:02 AM
    ‘The View’ Host Joy Behar Questions Al Franken Accuser’s Account: ‘It Has Some Holes’ (Video)
  • Al Franken Says He ‘Absolutely’ Regrets Resignation From Senate

    In New Yorker story, seven current and former senators also expressed regret for calling for his resignation

    By

    Lindsey Ellefson
    July 22, 2019 @ 8:26 AM
    News
    8:26 AM
    Al Franken Says He ‘Absolutely’ Regrets Resignation From Senate
  • Almost Half of All Men Toppled by #MeToo Have Been Replaced by Women

    One-third of the women work in news media, one-fourth in government, and one-fifth in the arts, New York Times analysis shows

    By

    Itay Hod
    October 23, 2018 @ 5:05 PM
    Media
    5:05 PM
    Almost Half of All Men Toppled by #MeToo Have Been Replaced by Women
  • NY Times Columnist Michelle Goldberg Blasts #MeToo Critics and That ‘Awkward’ Bill Maher Appearance

    Goldberg is “not interested in seeing these #MeToo castoffs engage in Maoist struggle sessions to purge their patriarchal impulses”

    By

    Jennifer Maas
    September 14, 2018 @ 8:12 AM
    Media
    8:12 AM
    NY Times Columnist Michelle Goldberg Blasts #MeToo Critics and That ‘Awkward’ Bill Maher Appearance
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