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Swalwell Declares Gubernatorial Bid As Kimmel Calls Trump 'Horrifying'

November 21st, 2025 12:42 PM

The lack of distinction between the late night comedy shows and the Democratic Party revealed itself again on Thursday as California Rep. Eric Swalwell received a standing ovation from ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!’s studio audience after he announced he is running for governor. Swalwell’s announcement came after Kimmel referred to President Trump as “horrifying” and a history of…

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Kimmel, Chieng See Ulterior Motives In Trump's MBS Meeting

November 19th, 2025 9:45 AM

Neither ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel nor Comedy Central’s The Daily Show host-of-the-week Ronny Chieng are foreign policy experts, but on Tuesday, they did try to play one on TV. As President Trump welcomed Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the White House, Kimmel suggested it was all part of a get-rich-quick scheme involving Eric and Don Jr. while Chieng suggested it was part of Trump’…

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Late Night Hosts Rage At Democrats For Caving On Shutdown

November 11th, 2025 10:30 AM

Despite being a group of people eager to portray the government shutdown as Republicans’ fault, the late night comedians used their Monday shows to attack Senate Democrats for finally realizing they had no leverage and ending the shutdown.

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Kimmel Claims He Told His Kids Trump Got Him Suspended

November 8th, 2025 12:00 PM

ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel and his wife, executive producer, and co-head writer Molly McNearney, stopped by the Thursday episode of the We Can Do Hard Things podcast to look back on Kimmel’s recent suspension. While the words “Charlie Kirk” were never mentioned once during the nearly 70-minute episode, Kimmel and McNearney claimed they told their children that President Trump was the one…

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'I'm Not Crying, You're Crying': Comedy Shows Rejoice In Mamdani Win

November 6th, 2025 10:12 AM

While all the late night hosts rejoiced on their Wednesday shows over Democrats’ Tuesday election victories, the eponymous hosts of ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live, CBS’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and NBC’s Late Night with Seth Meyers were especially eager to promote socialist Zohran Mamdani’s New York City mayoral victory.

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Kimmel Skit Claims Nazi Shows To Blame For Low Kennedy Center Sales

November 5th, 2025 1:46 PM

On his Tuesday show, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel sought to explain why ticket sales for the Kennedy Center have fallen since President Trump named himself chairman. Through a satirical ad from Trump, Kimmel claimed the answer lies in anti-woke programming that is also pro-Nazi.

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Colbert Claims Trump Wants Kids To Go Hungry To Pressure Democrats

November 4th, 2025 9:44 AM

For liberals such as CBS’s host of The Late Show, Stephen Colbert, who are worried about the fate of food stamps amid the government shutdown there is a simple solution: reopen the government. However, Colbert used his Monday show to suggest that it was the Trump administration that was starving children to pressure Democrats. Meanwhile, over at ABC, Jimmy Kimmel continued to advance…

Comedy Shows Go All In For Mamdani, Attack Rivals 95% Of The Time

October 30th, 2025 2:15 PM

In the Trump Era, the late night comedy shows have been looking for any glimmer of light they can find, and they think they have found it in New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani. As the industry puts itself squarely in the middle of Mamdani Mania, it has done its part for the campaign by telling 95 percent of its mayoral election jokes about his rivals.

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Kimmel Gets Triggered At The Idea Of Schumer Is Behind Shutdown

October 17th, 2025 9:38 AM

ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel was not a fan of Speaker Mike Johnson using a Thursday press conference to angrily remind everyone that the only reason why the government is shut down is because Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is terrified of his base and needs “to cover his tail.” According to Kimmel, Johnson’s true motivation is to cover up the Epstein Files.

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Kimmel Insists 'Antifa Is Just Short For Anti-Fascist'

October 16th, 2025 9:49 AM

ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel was deliberately obtuse on his Wednesday show when he claimed that the Trump administration’s focus on Antifa is non-sensical because Antifa “is just short of anti-fascist.” Kimmel also pretended that the administration thinks Antifa is a terrorist group simply because they have matching signs.

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Colbert, Kimmel Hail Gaza Deal, Mock Idea Of Trump Winning Peace Prize

October 14th, 2025 10:00 AM

CBS’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! are the only two late night comedy shows with original episodes this week. As such, both men were the only ones able to give their thoughts on the recent ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. While both hosts acknowledged their eternal nemesis, President Donald Trump, should get credit for the deal, they…

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Kimmel: Kirk Assassin Remarks Were 'Maliciously Mischaracterized'

October 10th, 2025 12:50 PM

ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel joined Bloomberg managing editor for media and entertainment Lucas Shaw on Wednesday for a discussion at Bloomberg Screentime. Twice during their conversation, Kimmel accused his critics of “distortion” and “intentionally and I think maliciously” mischaracterizing the comments that got him suspended. However, sandwiched in-between those remarks, Kimmel also unwittingly…

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WashPost Tries To Say Trump Has Made Political Comedy Important Again

October 9th, 2025 12:08 PM

The opinion section at The Washington Post may be moving in a positive direction towards an embrace of free markets, but the style section still has a ways to go. A Saturday article that was published in the Tuesday print edition by Elahe Izadi sought to answer the question, “Has Trump’s government made political comedy feel important again?” According to Izadi and her sources, the…

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Kimmel: GOP Is Lying About Health Care Because 'Klan Mom' Says So

October 8th, 2025 12:45 PM

ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel found a strange, new respect for Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a woman he has frequently dubbed “Klan Mom,” on his Tuesday show as he claimed a recent tweet from Greene proved his point that Republicans are lying about health care amid the government shutdown.