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The late night comedy shows ended 2022 with a unanimously liberal guest count and that trend continued into the first month of 2023, a NewsBusters study has revealed.

NBC Late Night host Seth Meyers proved on his Thursday show that he has no idea what cancel culture actually is as he accused Republicans of engaging in it as they pass various education laws and kick Rep. Ilhan Omar off the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

MSNBC’s Alex Wagner joined NBC Late Night host Seth Meyers on Thursday to decry Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s “Orwellian” and “white Christian nationalist” education policies while over on Comedy Central, Wanda Sykes wrapped up her time as The Daily Show’s temporary host by bringing on correspondent Roy Wood Jr. to provide a caricatured explanation of Missouri’s new anti-…

Viewers of Tuesday’s Late Night with Seth Meyers could be forgiven for getting dizzy as Politico White House bureau chief and MSNBC Way Too Early host Jonathan Lemire labeled President Biden’s classified document scandal “political” and “partisan,” but that there were real national security concerns, but also that Republicans have been showing “hypocrisy.”

ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel reacted on Thursday to day three of President Biden’s document scandal, in part, by declaring that the appointment of a special counsel by Attorney General Merrick Garland shows how great Garland is and by making gay sex jokes about former Attorney General Bill Barr. Also on Thursday, NBC Late Night host Seth Meyers continued to insist comparisons with the former…

All of the late night comedy hosts discussed day one of the Biden document scandal on their Tuesday shows to differing degrees of hackery. When Wednesday brought revelations of a second batch of documents, only three could manage to discuss with NBC’s Seth Meyers and ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel main takeaway being how terrible Republicans are.

NBC Late Night host Seth Meyers reacted on Tuesday to the revelations that classified materials were found at The Penn Biden Center from President Biden’s tenure as vice president with a random shot at Fox News host Tucker Carlson photoshopped The Joker. Beyond Meyers, the men of late night varied greatly in their response to the news, but all managed to cover it.

Between calls for gun control, the demise of Roe v. Wade, and the regular news cycle, it was a year where the hosts of late night traded in their jokes for liberal rants, lectures, and other wandering pontifications. So, without further ado, here are the top -- or maybe bottom 10 -- moments of late night 2022.

MSNBC’s Chris Hayes is the last person who should be accusing Elon Musk of purchasing Twitter as a vehicle to advance his ideological agenda, but he did just that on Tuesday’s edition of Late Night with Seth Meyers on NBC.

The men of late night "comedy" finally got the opportunity on Monday to address the Twitter Files and the revelations of how Twitter suppressed the New York Post’s story about Hunter Biden’s laptop. However, they missed the point about how the Post was censored and insisted the real story was the censorship of nude Hunter Biden photos.

NBC Late Night with Seth Meyers writer Jenny Hagel and CBS The Late Show host Stephen Colbert reacted to the shooting at a Colorado Springs gay nightclub that left five dead by making sure they mentioned every possible left-wing cliché by blaming everything from gun culture, the Supreme Court, unhealthy concepts of masculinity, homophobia, transphobia, to conservatives.

Wednesday marked the eighth say since Election Day 2022, but NBC Late Night host Seth Meyers used it to get an early start on his 2024 commentary. Regarding a possible Donald Trump versus Ron DeSantis primary, Meyers admitted he did not know which “ass[bleep]” would win, but he was looking forward to the entertainment of it all.

On Monday’s edition of The Late Show, NBC’s Seth Meyers admitted that he sees his show as an avenue to advance progressive priorities. On Tuesday, he backed that claim up by turning to writer Amber Ruffin to celebrate Democratic election wins while mourning victories for the GOP.

NBC Late Night host Seth Meyers and guest Chelsea Handler admitted on Monday that they view their comedy routines as less of a chance to make people laugh, but to use their “platform” to push left-wing policy, particularly when it comes to abortion.