The Incredible Shrinking Late-Night Lineup

September 14th, 2024 1:30 PM

Johnny Carson wouldn’t recognize today’s “Tonight Show.”

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'Holy ****, She Crushed That': Comedians Hail Harris After Debate

September 11th, 2024 10:46 AM

Three of the five regular late night comedy programs were able to react to Tuesday’s debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris and all agreed that Harris was the big winner as they attacked Trump for spreading falsehoods while covering for the falsehoods told by Harris and the ABC moderators.

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Late Night DNC: Colbert Plots Strategy With Sen. Kelly

September 6th, 2024 12:47 PM

CBS’s Stephen Colbert turned The Late Show into The Democratic Strategy Show on Thursday as he welcomed Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly to the program to promote his new children’s book and Kamala Harris 2024.

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'That's a Layup': Colbert Tries to Get KBJ to Trash SCOTUS Colleagues

September 4th, 2024 10:00 AM

CBS’s host of The Late Show, Stephen Colbert, repeatedly tried to bait Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson into trashing her conservative colleagues on Tuesday, only for her to stymie him with multiple “no comment” responses. At one point, Colbert lamented “that’s a layup” in response to one of her non-responses.

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Comic Propagandists Crush All Pretense of Objectivity

August 24th, 2024 1:30 PM

The Democratic National Convention featured the expected crush of progressive stars.

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NewsBusters Podcast: Maddow, Tapper, & Colbert Reach Convention Climax

August 23rd, 2024 10:39 PM

The end of a Democrat convention really draws out proclamations of Historic Possibilities, and Rachel Maddow, Jake Tapper, and Stephen Colbert stood out in the gushfest. It's quite a contrast with how all the anchors summarized Donald Trump's acceptance speech. 

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Hyping Harris: Late Night Comedy's DNC Coverage Goes Soft

August 23rd, 2024 12:08 PM

For the late night comedy shows, the week of the Democratic National Convention provides the hosts with an opportunity to prove that they can make fun of Democrats in the same way they attack Republicans. However, a new MRC study shows they failed to do so this past week. In terms of quantity, the comedians hold 113 fewer jokes than they did during the RNC and 60 fewer jokes about Kamala…

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'Everything We've Been Waiting For': Colbert Hails Harris Speech

August 23rd, 2024 9:54 AM

CBS’s Stephen Colbert wrapped up his week of live shows from Chicago on the final night of the Democratic National Convention by hyping Kamala Harris’s acceptance speech as “everything we've been waiting for.” To cap it all off, he welcomed Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for some additional party promotional material.

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'Another Powerful Evening': Colbert Gets Emotional At Walz Speech

August 22nd, 2024 1:35 PM

After Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz accepted the Democratic nomination for vice president on Wednesday, CBS’s Stephen Colbert reacted on a live edition of The Late Show by claiming that day three of the DNC was “another powerful evening” that “was about remembering that America is good and that we shouldn't give in to hopelessness.”

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Colbert Laments Pelosi's 'Unsatisfying' Answer To Anti-Israel Hecklers

August 21st, 2024 10:11 AM

CBS’s Stephen Colbert’s interview with former Speaker Nancy Pelosi was derailed late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning on night two of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago by anti-Israel hecklers. The Late Show host struggled as he sought to control the unruly behavior, but also tried to appease them by noting Pelosi’s answers were “unsatisfying to some people” as he…

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Colbert, Clinton Hail Biden's 'Patriotic' Decision To Step Down

August 20th, 2024 9:43 AM

CBS’s Stephen Colbert welcomed former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to a live edition of The Late Show early Tuesday morning in Chicago to recap night one of the Democratic National Convention. Together, the duo would hail President Joe Biden’s “patriotic” decision to step aside after the party brass forced him out.

The Legacy Media’s Last Gasp?

August 19th, 2024 9:48 AM

[Last] week, alleged comedian Stephen Colbert had on CNN's Kaitlan Collins to discuss the 2024 presidential election. In the middle of the interview, Colbert began to ask Collins a question, in all sincerity: "I know you guys are objective over (at CNN), you just report the news as it is." Colbert, presumably, expected his audience — all Kamala Harris fans, since Colbert is the most left-…

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Why Media Can’t Stop Attacking Joe Rogan

August 17th, 2024 1:30 PM

Joe Rogan made The Hollywood Reporter’s list of the most powerful podcasters. Of course.

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Wagner: Biden Dropping Out Helped Country Heal After Trump Was Shot

August 15th, 2024 10:00 AM

MSNBC’s Alex Wagner joined CBS’s Stephen Colbert for Wednesday’s taping of The Late Show and somehow managed to claim that President Joe Biden dropping out of the presidential race was the high the country needed after the low of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. Wagner also managed to heap copious amounts of praise on the “joyful” personalities of Kamala Harris and Tim…