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'F*** The Norms' Vs. 'Crimes': Comedians Struggle With Hunter Pardon

December 3rd, 2024 10:15 AM

The men of late night comedy struggled on their Monday shows to reconcile their support for President Joe Biden and his decision to pardon his son, Hunter. Some hosts decided to make the story about Republicans, while others made more “Biden is old” quips, while others welcomed the news, but hoped Democrats would apply the logic behind it to ordinary people too.

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Colbert, Jeffries: GOP Opposes 'Access to Health Care For Everybody'

November 22nd, 2024 9:50 AM

CBS's Stephen Colbert welcomed House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to the Thursday taping of The Late Show to promote his new children's book and to help explain the difference between Republicans and Democrats. This being The Late DNC Show, Colbert would conclude that the answer is that Republicans don't believe everyone should have health care.

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Colbert, Clinton Mourn Loss of 'Rule of Law' After Immunity Ruling

November 20th, 2024 10:00 AM

Two themes the late night comedians have tried to hammer away at recently are that President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Attorney General, Matt Gaetz, is a sex pest and that Trump himself is a threat to the rule of law who has been emboldened by the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling. Therefore, the worst possible guest they could interview would be former President Bill Clinton, but that is…

Democrats Self-Examine, But Not the Media

November 14th, 2024 10:26 AM

It’s been a week since Donald Trump’s landslide re-election and some Democrats are using words like “realignment,” “self-reflection” and “regret.” It seems most on the losing side are rethinking their far-left policies on immigration and the entire social agenda. Let’s wait and see, because for the left these are matters held as near-religious doctrines.

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'What The Actual F***, America?' Comedy Shows Struggle With Trump Win

November 7th, 2024 12:00 PM

The six late night comedy shows vacillated between liberal pep talks, sadness, and anger on Wednesday as most of them reacted to Donald Trump’s presidential election victory. From asking “What the actual [bleep], America?” to mourning the demise of democracy, here is a Notable Quotables-style compliation of Wednesday’s tapings of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel…

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SNL, Colbert Welcome Harris And Walz For Last Pre-Election 'Pep Talk'

November 5th, 2024 10:17 AM

To close out their campaign, the Democratic ticket of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz decided that late night comedy shows would be the best forum for their final pleas to voters ahead of Election Day. As Harris traveled to NBC and Saturday Night Live, Walz was joined in Pennsylvania by CBS’s Stephen Colbert for Monday’s edition of The Late Show for one last “pep talk” and…

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Coates Defends Omitting Terrorism From Anti-Israel Book In CBS Return

October 31st, 2024 10:17 AM

While CBS’s Stephen Colbert’s colleague Tony Dokoupil was never explicitly mentioned, he loomed over Colbert’s Wednesday interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates as the duo discussed reaction to his anti-Israel book on The Late Show. Coates, for his part, was unrepentant as he defended the decision to leave out any mention of terrorism when discussing the current situation in the West Bank.…

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No Laughing Matter: 98% of ‘Comedy’ Show Campaign Jokes Target Trump

October 30th, 2024 9:20 AM

During the fall presidential campaign, a Media Research Center study found that hosts of the late-night "comedy" shows told a total of 1,463 jokes about Donald Trump and Kamala Harris -- but 1,428 of them were about Trump, and only 35 were about Harris. That's a whopping 40:1 ratio or almost 98 percent to 2 percent.

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Colbert Denounces 'Extra Sinister' WashPost For Not Endorsing Harris

October 29th, 2024 10:00 AM

CBS’s Stephen Colbert did not appreciate the Washington Post’s “extra sinister" decision to refrain from endorsing Kamala Harris. On Monday’s edition of The Late Show, Colbert railed against the paper and declared it is failing to uphold its stated commitment to democracy and warn “about a looming fascist regime.”

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Colbert Suggests Trump-MSG Rally Proves He's a Fascist

October 25th, 2024 10:00 AM

Perhaps one reason The Atlantic story alleging Trump is a secret Hitler fan has flopped is because Trump’s critics, such as CBS’s Stephen Colbert, see fascism in the littlest of things. On Thursday’s taping of The Late Show, Colbert tried to suggest that Trump’s desire to hold a rally at Madison Square Garden is some sort of attempt to recall the pro-Nazi rally that took…

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'No ****': Comedy Shows Go All In On Kelly Calling Trump a Fascist

October 24th, 2024 10:36 AM

Former Trump chief of staff John Kelly has a habit of being the go-to source for those seeking tantalizing anti-Trump stories, even as other former Trump administration officials who have soured on him cast doubt on them. However, for the men of late night comedy on Wednesday, if an anti-Trump story confirms their pre-existing biases, it must be true.

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Colbert, Fetterman Beg Reluctant Voters To Choose Harris

October 23rd, 2024 10:00 AM

CBS’s Stephen Colbert once again turned The Late Show into The Late DNC Show on Tuesday as he invited Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman to the program to beg reluctant voters to pick Kamala Harris in two weeks.

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Woodward Claims Saying Trump Is Unfit For Office Is 'Journalism'

October 18th, 2024 10:00 AM

Bob Woodward took his book tour to CBS and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Thursday, where he declared that it is “journalism” and not opinion to declare that Donald Trump is unfit to be president.

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Comedy Shows Play T-Ball With Democratic Politicians

October 16th, 2024 10:19 AM

It was a night of Democratic guests on the late night comedy shows as ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel, CBS’s Stephen Colbert, and Comedy Central’s The Daily Show’s host of the week, Desi Lydic, all welcomed Democratic politicians to their programs to instill in their audiences the importance of voting for the blue team in less than three weeks.