Comedian Jon Lovitz said the overt biases of late-night show hosts are becoming tedious.
The former “SNL” cast member discussed his feelings about hosts like Stephen Colbert and Seth Meyers constantly pushing a leftist political agenda on their shows. While Lovitz agreed that they were free to talk about anything they wanted, he also said these shows have become more political and less entertaining over the years.
“I don’t like it. I don’t like it,” Lovitz told Fox News Digital during a recent interview. “They were comedy shows. And now, except for Jimmy Fallon, they’ve all become very political. And for me, it’s just- it’s too much.”
He continued, “I mean, Johnny Carson would, you know, he would do two or three jokes about whoever was president then or what was going on then and that was it. But they were entertainment shows.”
“I know all those guys. And they’re very nice guys. Very talented. I know Seth. I know Stephen Colbert. I know Jimmy Kimmel. I think they’re funny, you know,” Lovitz said. “But when they started doing the political stuff, like, so one-sided, it’s like- and that’s all it is, the whole thing, it’s just like, that’s not the shows that I used to go on. You know, it was ‘The Tonight Show’ and David Letterman.”
Lovitz discussed how much the format of late-night shows has changed over the years, and in his opinion, it’s not for the better.
“It’s their show. They can do whatever they want. But you’re asking me, do I like it, and I’m like, no,” the 66-year-old comedian said. “If I want the news, I’ll watch the news. I’m not watching those shows. They’re late night entertainment, but it’s all political, except for Jimmy Fallon. And they keep getting mad at Jimmy. ‘Why don’t you go into politics?’ Because he’s doing a silly, like, escapism entertainment show.”
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Lovitz said most late-night hosts have sacrificed the humor and fun for partisanship.
“They just hammer it to death… they’ve become, ‘Here’s my political agenda.’ They’re very open about it,” he went on. “And I’m like, well, all right. I have no say in that. It’s their show, you know. But I don’t particularly- I don’t like that they’ve become that because where’s the comedians and the stand-up and the bits, you know, like Letterman. It was comedy.”