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Jay Leno, who previously helmed The Tonight Show, criticized late-night hosts whose political jokes only appeal to “half their audience.” During a recent interview with the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation, Leno said it’s important to use humor that gets the “whole audience.” He added that hosts risk losing viewers if …

Jon Stewart backedStephen Colbertduring Monday night’s monologue on The Daily Show, joining a chorus of voices slamming CBS after its abrupt decision to end The Late Show, which Colberthas hosted for a decade, in 2026. In a statement last week, the network claimedthe cancellation was financial. However, the decision to …

Since CBS announced its decision to unceremoniously end The Late Show next May, an array of celebrities, politicians, and fellow late-night legends have thrown their support behind the institution’s current host, Stephen Colbert. Adam Sandler called Colbert a “strong man,” and added, “he’s gonna do great,” when asked about the …

Even before CBS announced the unexpected cancellation of The Late Show hosted by Stephen Colbert — allegedly for purely financial reasons — other hosts under the Paramount Global banner were looking over their shoulders. Jon Stewart, who co-hosts The Daily Show, isn’t sure whether the long-running late-night series will survive …

Jon Stewart revealed that he scrapped his intended opening monologue after the X account belonging to beloved Sesame Street character Elmo was hacked over the weekend. The Daily Show host explained that due to the antisemitic, violent tweets that appeared on Elmo’s account, he felt he had to address the …

Jon Stewart hit out at Donald Trump‘s “big beautiful bill” on the latest episode of The Daily Show, immediately pointing out all of the things the so-called spending bill aims to cut. “It’s a lot of painful cuts on a lot of vulnerable populations,” Stewart quipped. “But, to be fair, …

Amid seemingly politically-motivated assassinations at home and a fast-spiraling war in the Middle East, there was at least one extremely funny — but also, in its way, extremely grim — display of government ridiculousness for late-night television to sink its teeth into: Donald Trump’s goofy-as-hell military parade/birthday party. The astoundingly …

The Daily Show host Jon Stewart called out a number of glaring inconsistencies in the political response to the death of Democratic Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark. The pair were shot and killed in their home in what Minnesota Gov.Tim Walzsaid “appears to be a politically motivated assassination.” …

Following his exit from the White House, ending his run as head of the so-calledDepartment of Government Efficiency(DOGE), Elon Musk left the government with a haphazard mess of devastating budget cuts and backlash from his shareholders and the public. On Monday’s The Daily Show episode, Jon Stewart quickly chronicled Musk’s …

Jon Stewart criticized CNN for constantly plugging Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson’s new book Original Sin, which reflects on Joe Biden‘s declining health, in the midst of his diagnosis with an aggressive form of prostate cancer. On the latest episode of The Daily Show, Stewart played a series of clips …