On this week’s episode of “The Daily Show,” Jon Stewart attacked the media for routinely blaming the political opposition in the wake of mass shootings. Stewart opened by informing the audience that there have been six mass shootings in the past 24 hours. He then explained that when the country faced such tragedy in the past, “the routine would be we express our shock, we express our sadness, we offer thoughts ... Read more
Conan O’Brien’s unexpected warning to Stephen Colbert raises questions about the risks of speaking truth to power.NH
Conan O’Brien stopped by “The Late Show” on Monday night to remind Stephen Colbert of some sage advice he offered before stepping away from the world of late-night four years ago. Colbert is about to become a late-night vet himself after CBS decided to end “The Late Show” in May 2026. “Just as I was leaving my late-night show, I took you and all the other late-night hosts out,” O’Brien began. “Remember this? I ... Read more
SNL bets big on change hiring seven fresh writers to fuel season 51’s reinvention.NH
“Saturday Night Live” has added seven new writers ahead of Season 51. The new scribes include actor-writer Jack Bensinger (“Rap World”), stand-up comedian Jo Sunday (Just for Laughs), comic Maddie Wiener (“The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon”), actor and writer Rachel Pegram (“Harley Quinn”), writer-comedian Claire McFadden (Second City) and Maxwell Gay and Tucker Flodman, two newcomers from The Harvard Lampoon. Writer ... Read more
Jimmy Fallon makes a bold pivot vowing to steer The Tonight Show away from politics and back to pure entertainment.NH
Jimmy Fallon plans to keep “The Tonight Show” out of politics. During a recent interview with CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street,” the late-night frontman said his show has “never really been political,” and he plans to keep it that way. “We hit both sides equally, and we try to make everybody laugh, and that’s really the way our show works,” Fallon said. “Our monologues are kind of the same that we’ve been doing since ... Read more
Hillary Clinton sparks outrage after blaming white men of a certain religion for damaging America.NH
Hillary Clinton has been rapped as tone-deaf after she recently suggested that white men of a “certain religion” were partly to blame for causing “such damage” to the United States. The former secretary of state was accused of spreading “evil” after she made the remarks on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” last week. “The idea that you could turn the clock back and try to recreate a world that never was dominated by, you know, ... Read more