Colbert’s Demise: When Politics Supersedes Comedy In Late Night
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Colbert’s Demise: When Politics Supersedes Comedy In Late Night

Who needs to tune in to a DNC stump speech after a long day at work?

Brad Schaeffer

Many of us fondly remember the days when late-night talk show hosts like Johnny Carson and Jay Leno came into our living rooms every night with one goal in mind: to entertain as many people as possible through laughter.

But with the rise of Donald Trump, late-night comedy shows morphed into nightly attacks on the man over 77 million Americans sent to the White House. Every evening for years now, Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel subjected their audiences to non-stop Trump bashing.

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