Late-Night Stars Take To The Stand-Up Circuit And Podcast Studios Amid Strikes

When these hosts will be able to grace their own stages is obviously unknown, but once the writers strike, at least, is over, with talks between the WGA and AMPTP taking place later today, expect them to be back up and running relatively quickly.

COMMENTARY BY JIM RUTENBERG

The Politicization of Latenight TV

Unlike Carson and Leno, Steve Colbert and and Jimmy Kimmel, the reigning latenight hosts at CBS and ABC, respectively, are not hesitating to take on the sitting president and his policies. And in the case of Colbert, his fans have now have an expectation that he will lead the anti-Trump resistance.