Showtime's Our Cartoon President is a spin-off from CBS' The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. I think the reason it's on Showtime, a premium service, instead of, say, Comedy Central, which might eventually get broadcast rights, is due to the option of using coarse language. Colbert serves as executive producer and occasional performer.
The whole idea is to tweak President Trump and his administration. The satirical bite recalls Colbert's Comedy Central series, The Colbert Report, and while Colbert still uses animation on Late Show, this show needs a wider audience.
As opposed to the skits on Late Show, Brian Stack is not the voice of President Trump here. Instead, the role is credited to cartoon veteran Jeff Bergman, although he might be unintentionally mimicking Dan Castellaneta's Homer Simpson (The Simpsons) as Trump addresses the current issues...
Get thee to Comedy Central, if it isn't already there.
No rating. This cold open is too small a sample size.
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