<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/comedy">Comedian</a> Jon Lovitz said the overt biases of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/television">late-night show</a> hosts are becoming tedious.
The former “SNL” cast member discussed his feelings about hosts like <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/stephen-colbert">Stephen Colbert</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/seth-meyers">Seth Meyers</a> 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.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t like it. I don&#8217;t like it,&#8221; Lovitz told Fox News Digital during a recent <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/jon-lovitz-tears-colbert-kimmel-pushing-political-agenda-late-night">interview</a>. &#8220;They were comedy shows. And now, except for Jimmy Fallon, they&#8217;ve all become very political. And for me, it&#8217;s just- it&#8217;s too much.&#8221; 
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.&#8221;
&#8220;I know all those guys. And they&#8217;re very nice guys. Very talented. I know Seth. I know Stephen Colbert. I know Jimmy Kimmel. I think they&#8217;re funny, you know,&#8221; Lovitz said. &#8220;But when they started doing the political stuff, like, so one-sided, it&#8217;s like- and that&#8217;s all it is, the whole thing, it&#8217;s just like, that&#8217;s not the shows that I used to go on. You know, it was ‘The Tonight Show’ and David Letterman.&#8221;
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.
&#8220;It&#8217;s their show. They can do whatever they want. But you&#8217;re asking me, do I like it, and I&#8217;m like, no,&#8221; the 66-year-old comedian said. &#8220;If I want the news, I&#8217;ll watch the news. I&#8217;m not watching those shows. They&#8217;re late night entertainment, but it&#8217;s all political, except for Jimmy Fallon. And they keep getting mad at Jimmy. &#8216;Why don&#8217;t you go into politics?&#8217; Because he&#8217;s doing a silly, like, escapism entertainment show.&#8221;
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Lovitz said most late-night hosts have sacrificed the humor and fun for partisanship.
&#8220;They just hammer it to death… they&#8217;ve become, &#8216;Here&#8217;s my political agenda.&#8217; They&#8217;re very open about it,&#8221; he went on. &#8220;And I&#8217;m like, well, all right. I have no say in that. It&#8217;s their show, you know. But I don&#8217;t particularly- I don&#8217;t like that they&#8217;ve become that because where&#8217;s the comedians and the stand-up and the bits, you know, like Letterman. It was comedy.&#8221;

Jon Lovitz

Jon Lovitz Trashes Late Night Hosts For Rampant Political Agendas: ‘They Hammer It To Death’

Jon Lovitz Trashes Late Night Hosts For Rampant Political Agendas: 'They Hammer It To Death'

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Jimmy Fallon

Jimmy Kimmel

Seth Meyers

Stephen Colbert

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U.S.

Not everyone is excited about late night television shows returning following the end of the writers strike.
The WGA (Writer’s Guild of America) ended the 148-day-long work stoppage last week when governing boards for the union voted to accept a new contract on September 26. This meant that some productions could get back to work, though the SAG-AFTRA actors strike is still ongoing.
Late night shows returned to television on Monday with mixed reviews. 
“Now that the ‘strike’ is over, the talentless, low rated CREEPS of Late Night Television are back. I knew there was a reason I didn’t want to see it settled &#8211; True LOSERS!!!” former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a> <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/111169342996963444">shared</a> on his social media platform, Truth Social.
“Remember when I told you that the poorly rated and not at all funny Late Night Talk Shows are nothing less than a major Campaign Contribution to the Radical Left Democrat Party. Watch what is going on &#8211; so interesting,” he said in another <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/111169519714662047">post</a>. 
“Didn’t realize you had been gone. Just stay gone!,” one X user <a href="https://twitter.com/kelleylaw/status/1709064898041500031">wrote</a> of Jimmy Kimmel’s return on ABC&#8217;s &#8220;Jimmy Kimmel Live!&#8221;
“Not even 2 mins in and the TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome) continues,” another person observed of Kimmel’s monologue, which almost immediately mentioned Trump.
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“In case you’ve forgotten my name is Jimmy,” the host said during his monologue. “I have been off the air for five months. We’ve been gone so long, ‘The Bachelor’ is now a grandfather.
“We missed so much good stuff. Donald Trump got arrested four times while we were on strike: Once for the classified documents, once for interfering with the election, once for Jan. 6, and once for shooting Tupac. Allegedly. You know what the weirdest thing about being off the air is? When I walk into a room, nobody claps. I walk into Costco. I get nothing.” He went on to thank the union crews for “supporting” the writers who were on strike.
Jimmy Fallon also took aim at Trump during his monologue on NBC&#8217;s “The Tonight Show” plus thanked the unions for going on strike on behalf of the writers. He said the former president has “resting mug shot face” and alluded that Trump lied about his weight following his indictment. 
“The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” and “Late Night with Seth Meyers” also returned to television this week.

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon – Season 10

Trump Rips ‘Low-Rated Creeps Of Late Night TV’ As Shows Return After Strike

Trump Rips 'Low-Rated Creeps Of Late Night TV' As Shows Return After Strike

Donald Trump

strike

Writer's Guild of America

&#8220;The Tonight Show&#8221; host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jimmy-fallon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jimmy Fallon</a> apologized to staffers on Thursday after current and former employees told Rolling Stone that the NBC talk show has had a toxic environment for years.
Sixteen staffers for the program — two of whom still work for the show — who served in positions ranging from writers to production crew, said they informed human resources about the problem.
They cited the “pretty glum atmosphere” while contending they were subject to belittling and intimidation by their superiors, including Fallon, whom they said had periodic “outbursts” amid erratic behavior, according to Rolling Stone.
But following the outlet’s investigative report, Fallon joined showrunner Chris Miller to address the employees in a Zoom call on Thursday evening.
Fallon allegedly <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/jimmy-fallon-apology-tonight-show-staff-rolling-stone-report-nbc-1234820399/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> he did not intend to “create that type of atmosphere for the show,” according to two employees in the meeting.
“It’s embarrassing, and I feel so bad,” the employees say Fallon said. “Sorry if I embarrassed you and your family and friends. … I feel so bad I can’t even tell you.”
Fallon, who has hosted &#8220;The Tonight Show,&#8221; the world’s longest-running talk show, since 2014, reportedly added that he wants “the show to be fun” and “inclusive to everybody.”
“It should be the best show,” he said, according to employees.
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Rolling Stone interviewed over 80 past and present employees of the show, many of whom applauded Fallon’s talent and comedy. But those who declined to go on record only spoke negatively about working on the show.
The show has had a revolving door of showrunners, with nine different people in nine years.
“Nobody told Jimmy, ‘No,’” a former staffer claimed. “Everybody walked on eggshells, especially showrunners. You never knew which Jimmy we were going to get and when he was going to throw a hissy fit. Look how many showrunners went so quickly. We know they didn’t last long.”
“It was like, if Jimmy is in a bad mood, everyone’s day is f***ed,” another former employee added. “People wouldn’t joke around in the office, and they wouldn’t stand around and talk to each other. It was very much like, focus on whatever it is that you have to do because Jimmy’s in a bad mood, and if he sees that, he might fly off.”
Seven former staffers said it was typical of the atmosphere on the show for people to joke about “wanting to kill themselves.”
After the story broke, Rolling Stone reported that Miller shared the article with the employees on Thursday morning.
“While I know the reporter reached out to many of you before the piece ran, I don’t believe what’s written is reflective of the overall culture of our extraordinary team that I’m so lucky and proud to work with every day,” the email reportedly said. “The place described in the article is not the place I know. Still, it’s disappointing to see something published that does not capture the positive and inclusive environment I believe we have created together.”
NBC officials defended the show in a statement to the outlet, saying the network is “incredibly proud of The Tonight Show, and providing a respectful working environment is a top priority,” a spokesperson said.
“As in any workplace, we have had employees raise issues; those have been investigated and action has been taken where appropriate,” the spokesperson added. “As is always the case, we encourage employees who feel they have experienced or observed behavior inconsistent with our policies to report their concerns so that we may address them accordingly.”
Hank Berrien contributed to this report.

New York City Continues To Idle During Coronavirus Shutdown

‘It’s Embarrassing And I Feel So Bad’: Jimmy Fallon Apologizes To ‘Tonight Show’ Staff After Rolling Stone Report

'It’s Embarrassing And I Feel So Bad': Jimmy Fallon Apologizes To ‘Tonight Show’ Staff After Rolling Stone Report

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The Tonight Show

Sixteen staffers for NBC’s The Tonight Show — two of whom still work for the show plus 14 former employees —  claim the Jimmy Fallon-hosted show has had a toxic environment for years, according to a new <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/jimmy-fallon-tonight-show-toxic-work-environment-crying-rooms-nbc-1234819421/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a>.
The employees — who served in positions ranging from writers to production crew members and said they fruitlessly informed human resources about the problem —  cited the “pretty glum atmosphere” while contending they were subject to belittling and intimidation by their superiors, including Fallon, whom they said had periodic “outbursts” amid erratic behavior, according to Rolling Stone.
“It’s a bummer because it was my dream job,” a former staffer told Rolling Stone.  “Writing for late night is a lot of people’s dream jobs, and they’re coming into this and it becomes a nightmare very quickly. It’s sad that it’s like that, especially knowing that it doesn’t have to be that way.&#8221;
The outlet interviewed over 80 past and present employees for the show. &#8220;While many of them praised Fallon’s immense talent and comedic gifts, not a single one agreed to speak on the record or had  positive things to say about working on &#8216;The Tonight Show,'&#8221; Rolling Stone reported.
The show has had a revolving door for showrunners, with nine different people in nine years. “Nobody told Jimmy, ‘No,’” a former staffer claimed. “Everybody walked on eggshells, especially showrunners. You never knew which Jimmy we were going to get and when he was going to throw a hissy fit. Look how many showrunners went so quickly. We know they didn’t last long.”
“It was like, if Jimmy is in a bad mood, everyone’s day is f***ed,” another former employee added. “People wouldn’t joke around in the office, and they wouldn’t stand around and talk to each other. It was very much like, focus on whatever it is that you have to do because Jimmy’s in a bad mood, and if he sees that, he might fly off.”
Seven former staffers said it was typical of the atmosphere on the show for people to joke about “wanting to kill themselves.”
“The producers felt this pressure, and that translated down to all of their employees. People that worked under them then felt this pressure that if you made one mistake, you were gone and would be easily replaced,” a former staffer recalled.
“I love &#8216;The Tonight Show,&#8217; and I love comedy,” a former staffer concluded. “I gave my heart and soul to that place. I want to see them succeed and do well, but for that to happen, there are major changes that need to take place, starting with Jimmy. They all need to dig their heads out of the sand and do something about the very obvious problems that we all know are happening.”
Fallon has hosted &#8216;The Tonight Show,&#8217; the world’s longest running talk show, since 2014. Prior to his tenure as host, the show was hosted by Steve Allen (1954–1957), Jack Paar (1957–1962), Johnny Carson (1962–1992), Jay Leno (1992–2009 and 2010–2014), and Conan O’Brien (2009–2010).

‘Everyone’s Day Is F***ed’: Former And Current Staffers Rip Jimmy Fallon, Tonight Show

Work environment

Five late-night comedy hosts announced plans for a joint podcast, and got a live roast in return.
Comedians Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colbert, John Oliver, and Seth Meyers – whose shows are on a forced sabbatical due to the ongoing writers and actors strike in Hollywood – announced plans for &#8220;Strike Force Five.&#8221; The joint effort is expected to last at least through the remainder of the strike and proceeds will go to support their staffers while they are out of work.
&#8220;MAJOR LIFE UPDATE &#8211; for the remainder of the strike @StephenAtHome, @JimmyFallon, @SethMeyers, @IamJohnOliver &amp; I are joining forces for a new podcast called @StrikeForceFive. Hear the first episode tomorrow 8/30. ALL proceeds (thanks to @Casamigos and @MintMobile) go to support our out of work staffs. Listen now — <a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" role="link" href="https://t.co/qsyo28mYSV" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://bit.ly/44tflxq</a> @SpotifyPodcasts,&#8221; Kimmel shared via X. 

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MAJOR LIFE UPDATE &#8211; for the remainder of the strike <a href="https://twitter.com/StephenAtHome?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@StephenAtHome</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/jimmyfallon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JimmyFallon</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/sethmeyers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SethMeyers</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/iamjohnoliver?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@IamJohnOliver</a> &amp; I are joining forces for a new podcast called <a href="https://twitter.com/StrikeForceFive?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@StrikeForceFive</a>. Hear the first episode tomorrow 8/30. ALL proceeds (thanks to <a href="https://twitter.com/Casamigos?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Casamigos</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/Mintmobile?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MintMobile</a>) go to support… <a href="https://t.co/Czyvlpmba2">pic.twitter.com/Czyvlpmba2</a>
&mdash; Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) <a href="https://twitter.com/jimmykimmel/status/1696612559661736081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 29, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Meyers <a href="https://twitter.com/sethmeyers/status/1696635013687558435" target="_blank" rel="noopener">responded</a> with a joke, saying, &#8220;I had NO idea this was being recorded &#8230;&#8221;
&#8220;Late night unite! Your new favorite podcast Strike Force Five premieres tomorrow with all of our proceeds going to staff and crew affected by the ongoing writers strike. Check it out on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts,&#8221; Fallon added.
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Late night unite! Your new favorite podcast Strike Force Five premieres tomorrow with all of our proceeds going to staff and crew affected by the ongoing writers strike. Check it out on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. <a href="https://t.co/PQVgLEiftN">pic.twitter.com/PQVgLEiftN</a>
&mdash; Jimmy Fallon (@jimmyfallon) <a href="https://twitter.com/jimmyfallon/status/1696637418454053235?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 29, 2023</a></blockquote>
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But critics weren&#8217;t so sure that anyone really needed them to come back.
&#8220;Five insufferable one-trick ponies doing a podcast to echo each other on Trump and DeSantis and anyone who doesn&#8217;t have a D next to their name. And if you forgot these guys haven&#8217;t been on the air for months, you&#8217;re not alone,&#8221; Joe Concha said in a post on X.
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Five insufferable one-trick ponies doing a podcast to echo each other on Trump and DeSantis and anyone who doesn&#39;t have a D next to their name. And if you forgot these guys haven&#39;t been on the air for months, you&#39;re not alone. <a href="https://t.co/RKsHu7RVEX">https://t.co/RKsHu7RVEX</a>
&mdash; Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeConchaTV/status/1696942807829627195?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 30, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Not a lawyer but pretty sure this podcast will violate the Geneva Conventions,&#8221; Grabien media founder Tom Elliott <a href="https://twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1696878030235328809" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
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&#8220;Can&#8217;t wait for the first episode about Trump&#8217;s mugshot and how bad the new strain of covid is,&#8221; @thefirstontv <a href="https://twitter.com/TheFirstonTV/status/1696903174177604080" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added</a>.
&#8220;It is super cringe that they coordinated to all sit in very &#8216;regular person&#8217; rooms, as though they don’t all have home offices that clearly illustrate their wealth and success. Just be you, you d*** phonies,&#8221; Noam Blum <a href="https://twitter.com/neontaster/status/1696867728512995349" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
&#8220;They have banished all the late night hosts to a podcast,&#8221; Ashley St. Clair posted. &#8220;Nature is healing.&#8221;
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they have banished all the late night hosts to a podcast
nature is healing <a href="https://t.co/t0uw4RUMqS">https://t.co/t0uw4RUMqS</a>
&mdash; Ashley St. Clair (@stclairashley) <a href="https://twitter.com/stclairashley/status/1696710363406872946?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 30, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Late night group therapy for libs actually becomes group therapy for libs,&#8221; Stephen L. Miller <a href="https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/1696636706961924120" target="_blank" rel="noopener">replied</a>.
&#8220;Breaking Points&#8221; cohost Saagar Enjeti took a slightly different approach, <a href="https://twitter.com/esaagar/status/1696629378992460262" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a>, &#8220;I am begging studio execs to cave so we can end this abomination.&#8221;

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon – Season 4

Late-Night Hosts Team Up To Pitch A Podcast, And All They Get Is A Live Roast

John Oliver

The late-night silence is deafening.
On May 2nd, the Writers Guild of America went on strike seeking better wages, higher residual rates, and protections against the looming threat of Artificial Intelligence, among related demands.
That meant screenwriters closed their laptops, taking the jokes out of the corporate comedians’ mouths. No more wisecracks Colbert, Kimmel, Oliver, or Maher. The late-night landscape went dark, and the lights won’t be back on anytime soon.
Will audiences greet their return like a favorite show’s new seasons? Or, will we see a faltering landscape crumble, plagued by incessant partisanship, relentless clapter, and a business model in obvious decline?
The latter may be more likely, even if the format continues in some capacity when the strike finally ends.
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We’re certainly not seeing any desperate op-eds demanding the swift return of these late-night propagandists. Even the Left-leaning <a href="https://movieweb.com/when-will-late-night-tv-shows-come-back/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MovieWeb</a> perused the late-night-free environment and wondered if the public even missed it.
Had the work stoppage lasted a few weeks or even months we’d expect the show to go on, more or less as usual. The hosts might forgo any summer vacation plans to resume their high-paying gigs and reconnect with their dwindling fan base.
Except the WGA and the studio representatives remain far apart and you’d be hard-pressed to find an industry observer who sees a resolution lurking around the corner.
The news cycle moves on without their pre-packaged monologues, leaving folks like John Oliver wishing he could weigh in on the latest Trump indictment news and, conversely, ignore stories with the name “Hunter” attached. 
No one expected a swift resolution to the writers’ strike, and that was before the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) joined them on the picket lines earlier this month. That means even if the late-night shows were open for business, they’d have no one to grace their colorful couches.
The loss of late-night comedy struck a body blow against the mainstream media. Journalists loved regurgitating whatever Stephen Colbert said on a given night, assuming it tarred and/or feathered GOP favorites like Donald Trump or former Fox News superstar Tucker Carlson.
Reporters even assembled round-up stories on the latest late-night antics, purposely leaving out the one show that’s still cranking out new episodes — that’s “Gutfeld!,” the Fox News hit that recently abandoned the late shift for an earlier, 10 p.m. EST time slot.
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Another sign of the format’s eventual doom?
Late-night TV was in trouble before the dueling strikes. The Left-leaning Axios said the format was “<a href="https://www.axios.com/2023/04/28/late-night-tv-corden-ratings-decline" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rapidly declining</a>” back in April, noting the recent loss of several key players.
Low ratings likely sunk TBS mainstay “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee.” Trevor Noah up and left the basement-rated “Daily Show” over at Comedy Central, leaving the cable channel to uncork a rotating host schedule without finding the South African comic’s successor.
That search, like the show itself, is presumably on hold.
“Late Late Show” star James Corden also called it quits, abandoning a format that was setting <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/05/01/cbs-was-reportedly-losing-millions-on-james-cordens-late-night-show/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CBS back millions</a>. The network didn’t bother to find his replacement, opting to air a game show reboot in his place.
Late-night revenues were similarly down in recent months.
Axios reported ad revenue for the top six shows shrank more than 50% since 2014, and more than 60% from its highest point in 2016 (a heated presidential campaign year).
Does that sound like a healthy TV landscape?
Audiences are fickle. They may have watched their favorite late-night comedian for years, but now they’re left to find new bedtime rituals. That could mean social media surfing or sampling the various YouTube creators cranking out provocative, timely satire.
Comedians like liberal-leaning Jimmy Dore happily tear into President Joe Biden as well as Trump. Right-leaning comics, meanwhile, eviscerate the woke mind virus, among other progressive targets.
Any random sketch by Ryan Long is as funny, if not funnier, than whatever Jimmy Fallon uncorked from his “Tonight Show” perch.
There’s no lack of creative minds filling the gaps left behind by late-night taking an extended knee. And audiences can watch them at any time of the day if they crave late-night-style yuks.
The host of HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher” is still talking, but he’s doing it via his weekly “Club Random” podcast. The show eschews partisan banter for conversations across the ideological divide. Here’s betting he’s having more fun talking to the likes of Jordan Peterson than pretending “Real Time” guests like Rob Reiner make sense.
Some Jimmy Kimmel scribes have hit the road, packaging themselves together as a late-night stand-up tour to make ends meet during the strike. 
Kimmel himself is keeping a low profile this summer, except when he’s the target <a href="https://twitter.com/jimmykimmel/status/1673832917825626112" target="_blank" rel="noopener">of Twitter’s Community Notes fact-checking squad.</a> Colbert is mostly quiet on Twitter, too. It’s almost like his comic shtick is a job and he doesn’t feel compelled to weigh in on the latest headlines if there’s no paycheck attached.
Seth Meyers’ Twitter feed is similarly subdued.
Even late-night stalwarts seemed resigned to the new reality facing them when the strike finally ends.
Christian Toto is an award-winning journalist, movie critic and editor of <a href="http://www.hollywoodintoto.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HollywoodInToto.com</a>. He previously served as associate editor with Breitbart News&#8217; Big Hollywood. Follow him at <a href="https://twitter.com/HollywoodInToto?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@HollywoodInToto</a>. 
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Former &#8220;Criminal Minds&#8221; actor Mandy Patinkin jumped into the picket line on Wednesday amid the ongoing Hollywood writers strike.
Patinkin picked up a sign and joined the protest on behalf of the Writers Guild of America, which has been on strike since May 2 over failed <a href="https://variety.com/2023/biz/news/wga-strike-amptp-hollywood-1235602326/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">negotiations</a> with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.
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Mandy Patinkin: “Without writers we have nothing!” <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WritersGuildStrike?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WritersGuildStrike</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/WGAEast?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WGAEast</a> <a href="https://t.co/5lx4sKw6JT">pic.twitter.com/5lx4sKw6JT</a>
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&#8220;Don&#8217;t be stupid!&#8221; Patinkin can be heard shouting in the video. &#8220;Make sure you take care of people! You guys get millions and millions of dollars — for God&#8217;s sake, without the writers, we&#8217;re nothing!&#8221;
The &#8220;Princess Bride&#8221; alum went on to say that writers provide the storylines, the jokes, and the dialogue that made actors and directors look good when all is said and done.
&#8220;They create the stories that make our hearts beat. Help out now!&#8221; he concluded before walking away from the camera.
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On Monday, Patinkin posted a video that he described as what he &#8220;would be doing on TV without writers.&#8221;
&#8220;Writers are asking for fairness: when the studios invest millions into producing a film or series, they can pay for the value writers create,&#8221; he added. The attached video showed him staring off into space for about 17 seconds.
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This is what I would be doing on TV without writers. 
Writers are asking for fairness: when the studios invest millions into producing a film or series, they can pay for the value writers create. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WGAStrong?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WGAStrong</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WGAStrike?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WGAStrike</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/WGAEast?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WGAEast</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/WGAWest?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WGAWest</a> <a href="https://t.co/CVQwBZocQC">pic.twitter.com/CVQwBZocQC</a>
&mdash; Mandy Patinkin (@PatinkinMandy) <a href="https://twitter.com/PatinkinMandy/status/1655586868463915010?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 8, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The strike has already begun to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/colbert-kimmel-fallon-late-night-shows-immediately-halt-due-to-screenwriter-strike" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cripple the industry</a> as work on most shows has come to an abrupt halt. Late-night shows hosted by comedians Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, and Jimmy Fallon have ceased production entirely. And while ABC&#8217;s midday talk show &#8220;The View&#8221; has continued to air live, host Whoopi Goldberg <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/too-freaked-out-whoopi-goldberg-says-the-view-wont-be-as-slicked-up-due-to-writers-strike" target="_blank" rel="noopener">issued a warning</a> to viewers that she and her co-hosts might be less entertaining without the help they got from writers.
A number of actors have joined Patinkin in acts of solidarity with the striking writers. Comedian Jay Leno delivered donuts to writers on the picket lines in the strike&#8217;s early days.
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Former late-night talk show host Jay Leno surprised a group of picketing writers in Los Angeles with donuts on Wednesday, during day two of the ongoing WGA strike <a href="https://t.co/kf7Oi71iNh">pic.twitter.com/kf7Oi71iNh</a>
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/late-night-hosts-jimmy-fallon-seth-meyers-to-help-pay-staff-during-writers-strike-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fallon</a> and fellow late-night host Seth Meyers have put up some of their own cash to help pay staffers while their shows are shut down.

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Late-night hosts <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cult-cringe-x-100-jimmy-fallon-mocked-for-song-about-new-covid-variant" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jimmy Fallon</a> and Seth Meyers have reportedly stepped up to foot the bill for staffers during the ongoing Hollywood writers strike that started earlier this week.
The hosts of &#8220;The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon&#8221; and &#8220;Late Night with Seth Meyers&#8221; will help pay their crews after both shows went dark due to a labor dispute between production studios and the Writers Guild of America (WGA), sources told <a href="https://deadline.com/2023/05/writers-strike-jimmy-fallon-seth-meyers-nbc-to-extend-staff-pay-1235354983/">Deadline</a> magazine
NBC will reportedly cover the first two weeks after the strike began, with the comedian late-night hosts taking over the financial support for the third week, the outlet noted.
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NBC late-night hosts Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers are helping to cover their staff’s pay during the Writers Guild of America strike <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/THRNews?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#THRNews</a> <a href="https://t.co/gAUE5ifWc5">pic.twitter.com/gAUE5ifWc5</a>
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The health benefits for the NBC late-night crew will also reportedly be extended through September.
On Monday, Meyers talked about the impending strike and said he stood by the writers.
&#8220;I love writing. I love writing for TV. I love writing this show,&#8221; the host said. &#8220;I love that we get to come in with an idea for what we want to do every day and we get to work on it all afternoon and then I have the pleasure of coming out here.&#8221;
&#8220;No one is entitled to a job in show business,&#8221; he added. &#8220;But for those people who have a job, they are entitled to fair compensation. They are entitled to make a living. I think it&#8217;s a very reasonable demand that&#8217;s being set out by the guild. And I support those demands.”
The move comes following <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/colbert-kimmel-fallon-late-night-shows-immediately-halt-due-to-screenwriter-strike" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a> that WGA members voted last month to authorize a strike if the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), a trade association that represents a collective of studios, did not approve a new contract with increased minimum compensation and larger contributions to benefits, the <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/hollywood-writers-slam-execs-wga-strike-1235476552/">Hollywood Reporte</a>r noted.
On Tuesday, union members were told to inform their agents, lawyers, and managers that they are &#8220;immediately instructed to engage in no further negotiations, meetings or discussions with any struck company concerning my performance of writing services on future or pending projects, or for the sale or option of literary material I have written, alone or with a writing partner,&#8221; <a href="https://deadline.com/2023/05/writers-strike-wga-tells-members-they-cant-seek-work-1235353659/">Deadline</a> noted.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/colbert-kimmel-fallon-late-night-shows-immediately-halt-due-to-screenwriter-strike">Colbert, Kimmel, Fallon Late Night Shows Immediately Halt Due To Screenwriter Strike</a>

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The late night shows hosted by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jimmy-kimmel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jimmy Kimmel</a>, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/stephen-colbert" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Stephen Colbert</a>, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jimmy-fallon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jimmy Fallon</a>, and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/seth-meyers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Seth Meyers</a> will cease production on Tuesday as a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/labor-unions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">union</a> of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hollywood" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hollywood</a> screenwriters initiates a strike.
Members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) <a href="https://www.wgacontract2023.org/updates/strike-authorization-vote-results" target="_blank" rel="noopener">voted</a> overwhelmingly earlier this year to authorize a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/screenwriter-strike-could-grind-hollywood-to-a-halt-this-week-heres-which-shows-could-be-hit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">strike</a> if the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), a trade association that represents more than 350 studios, did not approve a new <a href="https://www.wgacontract2023.org/the-campaign/pattern-of-demands" target="_blank" rel="noopener">contract</a> with increased minimum compensation and larger contributions to pension and health plans. Union members are <a href="https://www.wgacontract2023.org/strike/strike-rules" target="_blank" rel="noopener">prohibited</a> from working on their shows as of Tuesday.
“Though our negotiating committee began this process intent on making a fair deal, the studios’ responses have been wholly insufficient given the existential crisis writers are facing,” WGA <a href="https://twitter.com/WGAWest/status/1653242480106815491" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on social media, noting that six weeks of deliberations with firms such as Netflix, Amazon, Sony, and Disney under the AMPTP umbrella ultimately failed to produce a new contract.
Colbert was scheduled to host Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Chita Rivera on Tuesday, while celebrities such as Chris Hayes and Michael J. Fox were scheduled to appear later in the week, according to a <a href="https://deadline.com/2023/05/writers-strike-late-night-shows-to-shut-down-immediately-1235352054/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from Deadline. Fallon was supposed to welcome Ken Jeong, Jennifer Lopez, and JJ Watt this week, while Kimmel was slated to host Dr. Phil and Ricky Gervais. The shows are instead expected to air reruns on Tuesday.
Production for shows such as “Real Time With Bill Maher,” “Saturday Night Live,” and “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” is also expected to cease this week, according to a WGA <a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2023-04-20/writers-guild-warns-analysts-investors-may-2-strike-means-no-late-night-shows-delay-fall-season" target="_blank" rel="noopener">memo</a> recently obtained by The Los Angeles Times. The document noted that production delays could inhibit the ability of Disney, Paramount Global, and Comcast NBCUniversal to produce episodes for the fall network television season, while streaming platforms carrying broadcast shows would likewise be impacted.
Meyers said on his Monday show that he supports the strike and wants his writers to receive higher pay.
“No one is entitled to a job in show business. But for those people who have a job, they are entitled to fair compensation,” he said, as recorded by Deadline. “They are entitled to make a living. I think it’s a very reasonable demand that’s being set out by the Guild. And I support those demands.”
Kimmel and Colbert were impacted by a similar strike between 2007 and 2008, when WGA members picketed for three months as a result of failed contract negotiations, causing production delays and shortened seasons for multiple studios.
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The current strike occurs as the shift toward streaming contributes to diminished profits in television and cinema. WGA officials also cited the advent of artificial intelligence as a possible mechanism to increase work capacity for screenwriters, a phenomenon which could enable studios to decrease their headcounts and thereby provoked calls from the union to regulate material produced with the technology.
The union previously <a href="https://www.wgacontract2023.org/updates/bulletins/writers-are-not-keeping-up" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that firms have “used the transition to streaming to cut writer pay and separate writing from production, worsening working conditions for series writers at all levels.” The share of writers working at the minimum <a href="https://www.wga.org/news-events/news/connect/10-3-22/animation-writers-have-been-paying-the-price-for-studio-greed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">standards</a> established by the most recent WGA contract has risen substantially in recent years, producing a 23% median compensation decline when adjusted for inflation, even as series budgets increase.

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Leftist Chelsea Handler claimed during an interview late last week that she learned for the first time several years ago that the sun and the moon are not the same thing.
The grade-school-level revelation happened when the 47-year-old comedian visited Africa with her sister.
“I told you some jokes that I love, backstage, but can you explain the one where you went to Africa?” asked Jimmy Fallon on &#8220;The Tonight Show.&#8221;
“Well, okay,” Handler responded. “The reason why I am very outspoken about not wanting to be a parent, because I don’t think I have the skills that, you know, that I’m not equipped with what it takes to answer all of those questions to children.”
“Because they don’t just ask you once. They come in and in and in,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I have enough nieces and nephews to know that I don’t have the tolerance for that kind of line of questioning about things that I really don’t even know the answers to.&#8221;
“And at a certain age when you don’t know, you know, the answers to questions, it’s too embarrassing to ask questions,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;You know, you just have to pretend, you know. And, I talk about a story that I didn’t know — and this is true — I didn’t know until I was 40 years old that the sun and the moon were not the same thing.&#8221;
Fallon noted that the story was hard to believe given how obvious it is to most people.
“It was shocking to me as well,” Handler said. “My older sister, Simone looked up at the sky and she said, ‘Chelsea, Chelsea, look up. It’s not often you get to see the sun and the moon at the same time.&#8217;”
“And I was like Scooby-Doo,” Handler continued. “I said it — I go, ‘Wait, I go, but they’re always together.’ And as soon as I said that, she turned around, she goes, ‘What did you say?&#8217;”
Handler said that she &#8220;just tried to gloss over it&#8221; but her sister wouldn&#8217;t let it go.
&#8220;I was like, ‘Nevermind what I said, I know,’ And she said, ‘No, I need you to tell me what you think is happening between the sun and the moon,’&#8221; Handler said. &#8220;And I was like, ‘Honestly, I just assumed when the sun went down, it popped back up as the moon.&#8217;”
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“<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/television" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Tonight Show</a>” host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jimmy-fallon">Jimmy Fallon</a> is getting mocked for a silly song he wrote about the newest <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/COVID">COVID</a> variant, which he sang “might be the best.” 
“It’s a new strain, but it isn’t the same,” he says of XBB.1.5. “Sounds more like Elon Musk’s kid’s name.”
The comedian debuted the song Saturday night. &#8220;Put on your mask when you&#8217;re inside a facility,&#8221; Fallon sang, sans mask. &#8220;It could be a robot from a Star Wars trilogy.&#8221;
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Jimmy performs a tiny song about the new COVID variant, XBB.1.5. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FallonTonight?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FallonTonight</a> <a href="https://t.co/cQq1sBTiFq">pic.twitter.com/cQq1sBTiFq</a>
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“Jimmy Fallon singing about how XBB.1.5 is the best COVID variant yet &#8230; This is 5th Gen Warfare &#8230; You are under attack,” one person <a href="https://twitter.com/SkowMatthew/status/1611800819464081409">replied</a>. 
“Comedy,” former MMA fighter Jake Shields <a href="https://twitter.com/jakeshieldsajj/status/1611961110453981184">wrote</a> sarcastically of the clip. 
“What’s the joke?” someone asked in response to the video, which just consists of Fallon saying the variant name over and over and comparing it to other things, like “your parent’s Wi-Fi.”
“The entire thing,” someone else quipped. 
“In case anyone wondered why the era of late night tv is over,” another Twitter user said.
“Cult cringe X 100,” Catturd <a href="https://twitter.com/catturd2/status/1611826613636792323">observed</a>. His comment earned more than double the number of likes that the original video posted by “The Tonight Show” received.
This is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jimmy-fallon-releases-cringe-y-it-was-a-masked-christmas-pandemic-themed-song-with-megan-thee-stallion-and-ariana-grande">not the first time</a> Fallon sang about COVID as part of his comedy schtick. In December 2021, he premiered the song “It Was a Masked Christmas” along with Megan Thee Stallion and Ariana Grande.
While introducing the song, the comedian said that the previous holiday was “terrible,” but that “things are going to get better soon.” The song urged listeners to “get in line for a booster” to avoid being lonely like they were in 2020.
“It was a masked Christmas, we stayed in the house/We covered our nose, and covered our mouth,” the chorus said. “But it’s Christmas time/We’ll be in line for a booster.”
The accompanying music video showed hand sanitizer squirting over everything, including a turkey at the dinner table.
Also in December 2021, President Joe Biden called into Fallon’s late-night show to tell viewers it was “patriotic” to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
“The COVID problem, I don’t know what else to do and how else to tell people to get the vaccine,” Fallon said. “At this point, just, I think people are going to do what they will, I guess, I don’t know what to say, but is it the youth that we have to — hope the kids get us out of this? Because, I mean, I got vaccinated, I got boosted, I got — whatever you want.”
Biden said maybe the “Masked Christmas” song would inspire more people to get vaccinated.

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Famed &#8220;Tonight Show&#8221; host Johnny Carson once said he didn&#8217;t want to reveal his political views because he didn&#8217;t want to alienate viewers. And he famously took aim at both parties in his nightly monologue, realizing that politics is simply funny.
Very few comedians these days do that. Think of all the late-night hosts, Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, Seth Myers, Stephen Colbert. And some stand-up comedians, like Patton Oswalt, are vicious to anyone who doesn&#8217;t think exactly like them.
But Bill Maher is different. Maher, whose comedy career was flagging when he morphed into a political talk show host back in the mid-1990s, has become a rare specimen &#8212; a comedian who targets both sides.
The 66-year-old funnyman, who hosted &#8220;Politically Incorrect&#8221; from 1992 to 2002 and has headlined &#8220;Real Time&#8221; on HBO since 2003, has <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/08/business/bill-maher-still-secure-in-abc-slot-at-least-now.html">described</a> himself as a liberal and a libertarian.
But he also <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/tv/bill-maher-to-piers-morgan-palin-can-absolutely-win-in-2012-but-hed-vote-for-bachmann/">calls</a> himself &#8220;practical.&#8221; That means he can see the humor that pours from turkeyneck Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) just as well as the buffoonery of 147-year-old House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
So it was not unusual &#8212; although it drew headlines across the country &#8212; when Maher said President Joe Biden needs to get rid of Vice President Kamala Harris if he decides to run again in 2024.
“It’s very hard to take the nomination away from the president,” Maher said. “What I could see is replacing the vice president because she’s not very popular anywhere. And it didn’t seem to work out. And I don’t know. That’s been done before in a ticket.”
A guest on his HBO show, left-wing The Atlantic writer Caitlin Flanagan, agreed, saying Harris was not only an “off-putting person,” but that she also has “a lot of baggage that probably wouldn’t do well under a lot of scrutiny.”
But Maher went further. “I just think she’s a bad politician. And I don’t … I think she’s a very bright person. But I can see them doing that because a lot of the problem with Biden being old is, ‘Oh, if he dies then you know you’re gonna get this person.’&#8221;
&#8220;OK, so here’s the problem with the Democratic Party. They’re so boxed in by identity politics that you cannot conceive of a Democratic ticket that doesn’t have a woman and person of color on it. And pretty soon you’re gonna line up behind that gay Latino and you’re gonna have to have, you know, a deaf Eskimo be the [nominee].&#8221;
It didn&#8217;t take long for Harris to prove Maher right. The day after his weekly show, the vice president said federal relief for the victims of Hurricane Ian would be based on &#8220;equity&#8221; and prioritize people in &#8220;communities of color.&#8221;
&#8220;It is our lowest income communities and our communities of color that are most impacted by these extreme conditions and impacted by issues that are not of their own making,&#8221; Harris said.
Maher regularly targets young liberals for their “progressophobia,” which he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bill-maher-mocks-woke-liberals-for-their-belief-in-whiteness-as-a-malady">said</a> in 2021 has resulted in “a growing belief in whiteness as a malady and white people as irredeemable.”
“There is a recurrent theme on the far left that things have never been worse,” Maher said. &#8220;[Comedian] Kevin Hart expressed a view many hold when he told The New York Times, ‘You’re witnessing white power and white privilege at an all-time high.’&#8221;
&#8220;This is one of the big problems with wokeness — that what you say doesn’t have to make sense or jibe with the facts or ever be challenged, lest the challenge itself be conflated with racism. But saying white power and privilege is at an all-time high is just ridiculous,&#8221; he said.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.

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