Donald Trump is currently knocking down the East Wing of the White House to make room for his gold-crusted ballroom. After photos and videos of the shocking demolition hit social media yesterday, late-night hosts took the opportunity to comment on Trump’s “unsettling” actions. During his monologue on The Late Show, Stephen Colbert noted that at…
Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert gave their reactions to the Gaza peace deal on Monday night. Both late-night hosts conceded that President Donald Trump successfully helped broker a breakthrough ceasefire that resulted in Hamas releasing the remaining Israeli hostages, while still finding plenty of other things to criticize the president about. “What a day for…
President Donald Trump has said TV networks that air overly-critical commentary of him aren’t allowed to do so and should have their licenses taken away. “All they do is hit Trump,” he told reporters on Air Force One Thursday on the return trip from a state visit to the U.K. “They’re licensed. They’re not allowed…
Fellow late-night show hosts used a mix of humor, expressions of solidarity and even a song to respond to the suspension of ABC host Jimmy Kimmel in their shows on Thursday. Jon Stewart, who made a special appearance to skewer Kimmel’s suspension, opted for satire to critique ABC for suspending “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” indefinitely following comments Kimmel…
As ABC’s indefinite suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live! continues, Kimmel’s fellow late-night hosts took to their own monologues to mock the Trump administration on Thursday evening. Stephen Colbert slammed the network’s decision amid pressure from the government, calling Kimmel’s suspension “blatant censorship.” “It always starts small,” he said, referring to Trump’s orders to rename the…
There were two questions the 77th Emmy Awards, held Sunday night at the Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles, had to answer, other than who would win what. (It’s an honor just to be nominated.) One was how the show, a glittery evening devoted to the most popular of popular arts, would play against a…
There was reason to believe the reception would be even worse. After all, Trump was booed loudly the last time he attended the Open in 2015, when he was a still-largely dismissed candidate. Now a second-term president, Trump’s standing among Open-goers, not unlike the electorate, has improved in the intervening years. Tennis’ final major of…
For more than a decade, Donald Trump‘s media critics have tried various attack lines against the president. They’ve endlessly described him as a corrupt authoritarian who is a threat to democracy and our institutions. They’ve decried him as cruel, vulgar, sexist and racist. They have even claimed he’s the return of Hitler. None of this…
In case anyone worried Stephen Colbert was going to go quietly into the night after CBS canceled The Late Show, it’s clear he won’t. In an early clip posted from tonight’s show, Colbert responded to President Trump’s gleeful social media post about his firing. “How dare you, sir? Would an untalented man be able to…
Examining the decision to end “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” – CBS News Watch CBS News CBS announced Thursday that it was ending “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” in 2026 and would also be sunsetting “The Late Show” franchise, calling it “purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night.” Jim…