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A new study from the Media Research Center found that 81% of all political jokes told on major late-night comedy shows in 2023 targeted conservatives. The media watchdog analyzed each of the 9,518 political jokes told between six major daily late-night shows from January 3 through December 22, 2023, and found that 7,729 of them took aim at “someone or something on the right side of the political spectrum.”The shows analyzed were ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show,” NBC’s “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” NBC’s “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon”, CBS’s “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” and “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (until its cancelation in April).MRC also put together a video of some of the “worst late-night moments of the year” to showcase several examples of late-night comedy’s bias against conservatives.

Conan O’Brien returned to “The Tonight Show” on Tuesday for the first time since exiting the job in 2010. O’Brien, who was on the show to promote his upcoming Max series “Conan O’Brien Must Go,” spent much of his time reminiscing with host Jimmy Fallon, 49, about his time on the show. “It’s weird to come back,” O’Brien, 60, told Fallon.

returning to the storied late-night franchise for the first time since he dramatically left it in 2010 after his public spat with NBC: the Nimrod Broadcasting Corporation.To quote that network in the 1990s: It’s must-see TV. Why? Conan is one of the last hosts who purely entertained us before the format devolved into tedious, partisan political lectures — and is always a riot. (Fallon doesn’t act like Rachel Maddow, but he’s not entertaining either).More grippingly, though, revenge is in the air.

wrote on Threads Sunday. On Monday, CBS confirmed that Colbert’s time slots would be filled with several repeat shows. According to Deadline, Colbert was supposed to interview Sarah Paulson, Jason Isbell, Mark Ruffalo, Nicki Minaj, Sara Bareilles and Rep.

announced to host her own late night show “After Midnight” and will replace James Corden’s time slot on CBS.The announcement was revealed on Wednesday’s episode of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.”The series will drop in 2024 and Colbert will serve as executive producer.“We’ll need someone who is, I don’t know, fun, likable, young, in touch with online trends and available every night of the week,” he said just before announcing Tomlinson as the new emcee.“I’m 29 so if you don’t know who I am, don’t worry. I barely know myself,” Tomlinson said on the broadcast.“After Midnight” is inspired by the Comedy Central series, “@midnight with Chris Hardwick.”She previously was at the helm of her own specials on Netflix, titled “Look At You” and “Quarter-Life Crisis.”Keep reading to learn more about the new TV show host. Tomlinson has garnered much success on the social media platform and is the seventh most followed female comedian on the app.She currently has 2.5 million followers and often shares clips from her media appearances and from her comedy specials.

told Jimmy Kimmel Tuesday that she’d like to be excluded from Britney Spears’ upcoming novel, “The Woman in Me.” Aguilera, 42, appeared on the late-night talk show to promote her upcoming Las Vegas residency when Kimmel, 55, asked if she was hoping to show up in the explosive memoir. “Am I hoping?” the “Genie in a Bottle” singer questioned. “I’m hoping that everything is all good with her and everything’s beautiful.” “I think the future should be celebrated,” the musician added.

to Rolling Stone.“He couldn’t remember he had just crossed it out himself,” the employee said. “I was like, ‘Oh, my God, he [seems] drunk. He doesn’t know what he’s doing.”The Post has previously reported about Fallon’s drinking and partying getting “out of hand” back in 2015, and a bartender who served him commented, “He’s a mess.” “Nobody told Jimmy, ‘No,’ ” a staffer told Rolling Stone.

writers strike going for several months. “I love all those guys, I do, but… the formula of ‘Real Time,’ obviously it’s less of a celebrity interview, turn and burn thing, but like it hasn’t felt any of the effects of that,” Gaffigan said. “Like I think this strike is going to kill the late night show that we grew up with.”“Why is the strike killing it?” Maher asked.

Strike Force Five, alongside fellow late-night hosts Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colbert, John Oliver and Seth Meyers.“I was very intent on retiring right around the time where the strike started,” Kimmel said. “And now, I realize, oh yeah, it’s kind of nice to work. You know when you are working, you think about not working.”Meyers, 49, then inquired, “C’mon, you are the Tom Brady of late night…you have feigned retirement….

As the host of “GUTFELD!” on Fox News, Greg Gutfeld keeps viewers laughing with his nightly monologues and sharp takes on current events. He’s clearly doing something right; averaging about 2.5. million viewers, the show is currently the most-watched late-night show in the United States.

Trevor Noah’s shocking announcement that he’s leaving — nearly seven years after succeeding Jon Stewart on Comedy Central’s late-night franchise.Noah, 38, has been working with Comedy Central “for a long time” to figure out how he could maintain the grueling late-night pace, insiders told The Post — while the Internet was abuzz with theories that his sudden departure is due to the cable show’s ratings.“Let’s tell the truth here, #TrevorNoah is leaving the #DailyShow because the show can barely muster 400K viewers less than 1/3 of its viewership from 2015,” read one tweet after Noah announced his news, continuing: “… something tells me you won’t here [sic] much about ratings though around his departure..”Another Twitter user chimed in, expressing the sentiment that, “Anyone who thinks Trevor Noah was anything but fired for low ratings is an idiot.”Noah’s numbers have been lower than Stewart’s, with a few exceptions (the 2016 election season helped spike his viewership) — both in the younger demo and total viewers — since he assumed the “Daily Show” anchor desk. At its peak, in 2013, with Stewart at the helm, “The Daily Show” averaged 2.5 million nightly viewers.

“Tha God Honest Truth” and featured sketches, social experiments and A-list guests, including Vice President Kamala Harris.It’s back now as “Comedy Central’s Hell of A Week with Charlamagne Tha God,” with Josh Lieb, a former executive producer of “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” brought on board to help steer the ship.Charlamagne (aka Lenard McKelvey) — a radio Hall of Famer who co-hosts the nationally syndicated “The Breakfast Club” on Power 105.1 with DJ Envy and Angela Yee — spoke to The Post about “Hell of A Week” and about its mission going forward.Why was the show rebranded?The rebrand is literally because that’s what corporate wanted. They do these focus groups and research groups and testings … “Hell of a Week” reads more like a weekly late-night talk show than “Tha God’s Honest Truth.” I’m always a student and trying to learn and I’m also trying to win — so if the network comes to me and says, “We think that with a tweak like this more viewers will come to the show and realize it’s a weekly late-night talk show” … I’m gonna trust the experts.Will the focus on a panel format impact the way you host the show?“I actually think [the panel format] makes me looser because I really do enjoy conversations in a community and I love … exchanging ideas and debating.

Variety reported.“Bee made television history in the late night space, paving the way for female voices in what has traditionally been, and continues to be a male-dominated landscape,” the 52-year-old comedian’s reps said to The Post about her seven-season run. ” ‘Full Frontal with Samantha Bee’ consistently broke barriers with Sam and her team boldly using political satire to entertain, inform and empower viewers, while embracing critically underrepresented stories, particularly about women.”Premiering Feb. 8, 2016, Bee’s gig came months ahead of Donald Trump’s whirlwind presidency.

told Variety that she’s interested in her own show. “I have, obviously, very strong and loud opinions and I like to share them,” she admitted. “Especially during a time like this, it’s nice for a lot of people to have a female voice out there.”She used her “Kimmel” monologues to both poke fun and make statements on topics like the Supreme Court overturning Roe v.

posted Monday afternoon. Colbert previously tested positive for the coronavirus less than a month ago, according to a tweet from April 21.

said in a video, as the crowd cheered and applauded.Letterman, who hosted the NBC show from its very beginning in 1982, departed in 1993 to host CBS’ “Late Show,” which is currently hosted by Stephen Colbert.Prior to his stint at CBS, Letterman was vying to host “The Tonight Show” in 1993 upon former host Johnny Carson’s departure. But much to his dismay, competing show host Jay Leno snatched the coveted spot instead, prompted Letterman’s exit from “Late Night.”The 74-year-old late night talk show veteran left CBS’ “Late Show” in 2015, announcing a retirement from television, only returning to the screen for his own Netflix series “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction” in 2018.Throughout his more than 30 years in his late show career, Letterman’s quirky charm and anti-humor earned him brownie points with his audience, landing him amongst the most well-known talk show hosts.

such as Alison Roman questions like, “How many black friends do you have?” She takes a similar approach to her Showtime series, which features a mix of interviews and comedy sketches each episode. In the May 9th premiere, for instance, Ziwe asked author Fran Lebowitz if “racism or slow walkers” bothers her more.

The Late Show.” In August, the show returned to his home theater — but on a smaller set with a limited audience.

Paramount+. According to Variety, Mayer plans to host a talk and performance series based on the format of the BBC program “Later with Jools Holland.” The British show is a late-night staple where legendary and undiscovered artists come together for live studio performances and interviews.Representatives for Mayer and Paramount+ did not return The Post’s requests for comment.

following an acrimonious departure from the network.O’Brien’s popular travel specials, “Conan Without Borders” — which has visited such far-flung locales as Greenland, Korea (including the Joint Security Area, or JSA, separating North and South Korea), Cuba, Ghana and Qatar — will continue on TBS.“Twenty-eight years is a monumental achievement in late-night television,” said Brett Weitz, general manager of TNT, TBS and truTV.

Joe Biden announced that California junior Senator Kamala Harris would be his running mate for the 2020 presidential election, late night hosts finally shared their opinions on the news.“The Late Show” host Stephen Colbert and “The Daily Show‘s” Trevor Noah both noted Harris’ historical nomination, noting that she is the first Black woman to be a vice presidential candidate for either major political party.“Congratulations to Kamala Harris she is now the first Black woman on a major party

EXCLUSIVE: Conan O’Brien is heading to Largo at The Coronet to shoot his TBS talk show, becoming the first of the late-night hosts to move his show out of his house and make tentative steps to a return to full production.“Conan” will begin filming at the LA comedy club from Monday, July 6, in accordance with government and industry health and safety protocols.While O’Brien usually tapes his show at the Warner Bros studio in Burbank, it marks the first step towards full production for the

from Variety.The show will be taken over by a variety of guest hosts while Kimmel steps back to spend time with his family.“There’s nothing wrong, I’m healthy, my family’s healthy, I just need a couple of months off,” Kimmel said, reassuring fans.While there have not been any specific details about who will be stepping in, ABC has promised “a cavalcade of very kind and capable people will be filling in.”Back in 2017, Kimmel briefly left the show when his son was born with congenital disease and

Actor-comedian Fred Willard passed away on Friday at the age of 86. Over the past several years, he had made frequent appearances on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” playing a-gallery of colorful characters. Monday night, Kimmel remembered Willard on his ABC show.

David Letterman famously helped Americans rebound from the trauma of 9/11 with a stirring monologue delivered from the stage of his show’s home, New York’s Ed Sullivan Theater. Now his heirs are working to do the same – from a basement. A garage. A self-styled ‘bunker.’ A backyard. With their kids. In the woods.

“Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” returned Wednesday night with a new studio — Bee’s woodsy suburban backyard.

Some late-night hosts have, in recent days, taken their shows to a front porch, back patio or basement.  Samantha Bee lit out for the woods.

Emma Thompson has never wanted to portray “beautiful” characters in movies.

Bring back the laugh track.

TV’s late-night laughs will continue. But they will have to do so without live audiences to make them.

Constance Wu couldn’t help but notice the similarity between Mindy Kaling’s real life and her character on “Late Night” and Kaling’s career itself. The film which breaking up the writer’s room boy’s club on a late night comedy show.