Everyone knows late-night television is a wasteland of stale jokes, low-hanging political fruit, and low ratings. The days of David Letterman, Johnny Carson, Jay Leno, and even Conan O’Brien seem like distant memories from another generation. Even Saturday Night Live is an unwatchable barrage of cheap political jokes and bad skits.
While the ratings reflect the poor quality of late night, that still hasn’t dissuaded most of the shows from continuing down the road of extinction. As it turns out, folks just want to see their favorite celebrities being interviewed and be entertained rather than preached to and indoctrinated.
Two of the most egregious offenders are Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert. Kimmel, who once appeared in blackface for a comedy skit, is the host of Jimmy Kimmel Live. Unfortunately, he spends most of his time spewing leftist propaganda and feebly making fun of Republicans and former president Trump.
Colbert hosts The Late Show with Stephen Colbert after a lengthy stint on Comedy Central hosting the Late Show. The comedian, who once hosted Donald Trump and, in a mostly scrubbed-from-the-internet clip, lavished praise on the New York businessman, also spends his show making cheap political jokes while shilling for the vaccine, foreign proxy wars, and whatever is on the leftist playbook for the day.
While most viewers simply tune out, one legendary comedian and former SNL cast member wasn’t holding back in a recent interview. Jon Lovitz had some choice words. He said: “I don’t like it. I don’t like it. They were comedy shows. And now, except for Jimmy Fallon, they’ve all become very political. And for me, it’s too much.”
Jimmy Fallon, for his part, at least attempts to make actual jokes. He is no Johnny Carson, however, and Lovitz went on to talk about the comedy legend. He continued: “I mean, Johnny Carson 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, but when they started doing the political stuff so one-sided, 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.”
Jon Lovitz, who knows a thing or two about comedy, thinks he can fix late night. He suggested they try different topics in the future. He concluded: “It’s their show. They can do whatever they want. But you’re asking me, do I like it, and I’m like, ‘No,’ 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. They just hammer it to death … they’ve become. ‘Here’s my political agenda.’ They’re very open about it,”
As late-night television continues to sink into irrelevance, it’s increasingly clear that only a hard reset will help, and it is also clear it isn’t going to happen. The left is too invested in sowing seeds of division and pushing their liberal narrative rather than ratings, and that’s not funny.
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