Comedy is probably not the first thing that comes to mind when you think of CNN, but when the cable news network decided to do something different on Memorial Day, it was comedian Colin Quinn they turned to. In the hour-long special that aired at the end of Memorial Day Weekend, Quinn performed a version of his recent off-Broadway show,
Red State Blue State. To produce the special, CNN turned to Jax Media, the production company behind
Broad City,
Inside Amy Schumer, and
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee.