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February 8 - 14, 2016 Page 3 ACROSS 1. Actor on "Chicago P.D." (2) 9. __ Aviv 10. Actor Jack __ 11. Will Ferrell's alma mater, familiarly 13. Actor Ryan 15. "As I was going to St. Ives, __ __ __ ..." 17. Justin of "Grey's Anatomy" 18. "That's __ Raven" (2003-07) 20. "Pan __" (2011-12) 21. Harris and O'Neill 23. "The __"; series for Efrem Zimbalist Jr. 24. Enkindled 25. Amy Robach's employer 26. "__ Mans"; 1971 Steve McQueen movie 29. Syllable from the hard of hearing 30. Series for Patricia Arquette (2) 34. "Saved by the Bell: The New __" (1993-2000) 36. "__ in the Dark"; 2005 film for Christian Slater 38. "__-Tiki"; 2012 movie about Thor Heyerdahl 39. "How __ __ Your Mother" 42. Diamond __; role for Mae West 43. Host of "Dateline NBC" (2) DOWN 1. Bill's wife on "The Little Couple" 2. Sir Guinness 3. Southwestern stewpot 4. "__ Ordinary Family" (2010-11) 5. Singer Raitt's initials 6. Actress Falco 7. Colors 8. Suffix for dark or dull 9. Actor on "Blue Bloods" (2) 12. "The __ Show"; series for David Alan Grier 14. Sighs of relief 16. "Scarecrow and __. King" (1983-87) 19. Cartoon pooch 20. Actress __ Lane 22. "__. Elsewhere" 23. Musical note 27. Beast of burden 28. Role on "Alice" 30. Charlie Chaplin's prop 31. "Whose Line __ __ Anyway?" 32. Tub activity 33. Rock's partner, in phrase 35. Internet laugh 37. Word with pick or wit 40. "Just Shoot __!" 41. Series for Noah Wyle, once Solution on page 2. By George Dickie © Zap2it Fans of "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" know Samantha Bee as the show's "most senior correspondent," whose deadpan sarcasm and ability to ask the tough question and still get a laugh helped make her a mainstay for 12 years and the show required viewing for many. Now she brings her ruthless wit and uncanny ability to mine comedy gold from the most awk- ward of situations to her own late-night show, "Full Frontal With Samantha Bee," airing Mondays be- ginning Feb. 8 on TBS. Few details were avail- able at this writing, as the show was still in develop- ment. But it is known that the 46-year-old Toronto native's unique interview- ing style and reporting from the field will be front and center. Topics for early segments include the rise of Islamophobia during election cycles, the inconsistency of women's services at the VA and an American orientation pro- gram for Syrian refugees in Jordan. And of course, in all of this one can expect humor. Anyone who has watched Bee's interviews knows they could border on the absurd and be up- roariously funny, but Bee admits there is discomfort on her part. "I still get really nervous when I go into an inter- view. I get tense," she says. "I still do because some of the questions are pretty challenging and you never know how people are going to take them. I do try to create as much context as I can for the person that I'm interview- ing, which really helps me, actually, feel relaxed and I think helps them to feel open." Still, a few have taken exception to her line of questioning. "But not as often as you would think," she says. "I can really count those episodes on one hand, when people walked away feeling terrible about the experience, which is sur- prising. But people mostly felt like, 'Well, at least I got my point across. At least I said what I wanted to say.' Which is good." Even before she left "The Daily Show" last spring, Bee had a few irons in the fire. In addition to "Full Frontal," she is also co-executive pro- ducer with husband (and fellow "Daily Show" alum) Jason Jones of TBS' upcoming comedy series "The Detour," in which Jones is also the star. And she's also working on a young adult novel she refers to as her "labor of love," which is due out this fall. Bee is thankful to have come through the incred- ible comedic incubator of "The Daily Show," one that has produced such other talents as Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, John Oliver, Larry Wilm- ore, Ed Helms, Wyatt Cenac and Jones. She credits Stewart with giving her considerable creative leeway. "The one thing that he did always say was, 'explore your passions,' " Bee says. "Like, if you want to explore some- thing, he gave us a lot of space to do the kinds of stories that we wanted to do. And especially me to- ward the end." "Full Frontal With Samantha Bee" premieres Monday on TBS. CoverStory Bee goes 'Full Frontal' and full funny on TBS

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