Late-night television, once a cornerstone of American entertainment and cultural commentary, is rapidly losing its audience as it descends into predictable, partisan lecturing masquerading as comedy.
According to Gateway Pundit, the genre has become a monotonous echo chamber in which hosts recycle the same anti-Trump talking points, with the notable exception of Greg Gutfeld, whose ratings now surpass his competitors precisely because he offers something different. Over the past week, three of the biggest network namesStephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, and Jimmy Falloneach delivered nearly identical jokes tying President Donald Trump, Venezuela, and the Jeffrey Epstein files into a single, tired narrative, suggesting not originality but coordination.
On ABC, Jimmy Kimmel sneered that President Trump said his New Years resolution this year is peace on earth, and that lasted for just under two days. If you are wondering how bad these Epstein files are for Trump; turns out theyre invade Venezuela bad. He went on to add, This is literally the plot of the movie Wag the Dog. The president gets caught in a sex scandal, so he attacks a smaller country to distract us, and here we are, distracted.
Back on CBS, Stephen Colbert opened The Late Shows final year by echoing the same theme, declaring, Do you know what this means? Those Epstein files must be crazy! I mean, bomb something! Bomb anything! He continued, This operation, launched just two days into the New Year, came as a shock, especially sinceand this is true Trumps New Years resolution was Peace on Earth. Well, that didnt last long. And as a result, neither did my resolution to switch to clear liquor.
NBCs Jimmy Fallon followed suit on The Tonight Show, repeating the Epstein-Venezuela line almost verbatim. Good luck to everyone whos made New Years resolutions. Yeah, some people want to lose weight while others want to gain Venezuela and, he joked, before adding, Yeah, the big news from this weekend is that President Trump sent U.S. troops into Venezuela to capture the countrys president, Nicolas Maduro. Yup, the news took everyone by surprise. When I heard there was an operation to extract a president, I just assumed Trump got stuck in his tanning bed it turns out Trumps New Years resolution was to distract everyone from the Epstein files.
Rather than offering sharp wit or genuine satire, these routines reveal a creative bankruptcy in which hostility toward President Trump substitutes for humor and groupthink replaces originality. As viewers drift away from hosts who sound more like Democratic operatives than comedians, it is hardly surprising that the only late-night program thriving is the one that breaks from the progressive script and actually tries to be funny.
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