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Late-night lineups for first half of 2025 feature overwhelmingly left-leaning guests, study shows
Fox News ^ | July 1, 2025 | Rachel del Guidice

Posted on 09/25/2025 5:10:56 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Nearly all the guests for late-night comedy shows in the first six months of 2025 have been left-leaning, according to a new study from NewsBusters at the Media Research Center.

The study, published Tuesday, found that 99 percent of political guests on late-night comedy shows from January 6 through June 30 were left-leaning.

The study examined five daily late night comedy shows: ABC’s "Jimmy Kimmel Live!," NBC’s "Late Night with Seth Meyers" and "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," CBS’s "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," and Comedy Central’s "The Daily Show."

The NewsBusters study put guests into two groups, one being partisan officials and the other being journalists and celebrities.

In terms of partisan officials, the count was 30 Democrats to zero Republicans.

According to the study, Colbert had the most with 14, "The Daily Show" held second place with 10, Kimmel came in third with four, and Meyers had two, placing fourth, while Fallon interviewed zero politicians during the time the study was conducted.

Per NewsBusters, several Democratic lawmakers appeared twice, including New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth, and Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett.

In terms of journalists and celebrities, the count was 76 liberals to one conservative, which was American Compass’s Oren Cass.

Cass came on "The Daily Show" with Jon Stewart for a March 31 appearance to talk about Trump's tariffs.

Coming in with the highest number of liberal guests was Colbert with 29. "The Daily Show" took second place with 22. Coming in third with 14 guests was Meyers. Kimmel had six (one happened during actor Diego Luna’s week of guest hosting), and Fallon had five.

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1 posted on 09/25/2025 5:10:56 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

IOW, the usual. Ho hum.


2 posted on 09/25/2025 5:16:43 PM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

For what?

Who are they kidding

These shows have been the democrat party operatives since Johnny Carson signed of

Which was close to when Hillary Clinton moved in btw


3 posted on 09/25/2025 5:16:57 PM PDT by stanne (Because they were mesmerized by Obama, the man for whom this was named, whose name they left out of )
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To: MinorityRepublican
In other news, there will be below zero temperatures in Minnesota this winter, the sun will rise in the east tomorrow morning, and water boils at 212 degrees Fahrenheit at sea level.
4 posted on 09/25/2025 5:17:29 PM PDT by Wallace T.
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To: stanne
while Fallon interviewed zero politicians during the time the study was conducted.

Interesting.

5 posted on 09/25/2025 5:19:18 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

“left-leaning”

LOL...they are WAY beyond mere “leaning.”


6 posted on 09/25/2025 5:20:12 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: MinorityRepublican

And I’ll not watch the shows, but will joyfully watch their already low ratings sink even more. The left sucks...in so very many ways.


7 posted on 09/25/2025 5:26:55 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: MinorityRepublican

Never heard of Oren Cass before...was he for or against Trump’s tariff policy? Usually the way for a Republican to get on TV is to attack Trump.


8 posted on 09/25/2025 5:37:32 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: MinorityRepublican
Nearly all the guests for late-night comedy shows in the first six months of 2025 have been left-leaning, according to a new study from NewsBusters at the Media Research Center.

Probably why their ratings are in the toilet.

9 posted on 09/25/2025 9:03:49 PM PDT by rllngrk33 (The soap box and ballot box have failed, it's really close to time for the bullet box.)
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To: MinorityRepublican
In terms of partisan officials, the count was 30 Democrats to zero Republicans.

In terms of journalists and celebrities, the count was 76 liberals to one conservative...

Show of hands, now, who's surprised? Yeah, that's what I thought.

10 posted on 09/25/2025 9:10:52 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: MinorityRepublican
Leno was pretty good. Letterman was good in his early days. Craig Ferguson was surprisingly good. And,of course,Carson was the master!

The current lot? Count me out...totally!

11 posted on 09/26/2025 5:40:09 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

12 posted on 09/26/2025 9:11:22 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

The only thing these hosts will be known for is that they destroyed late night comedy shows.


13 posted on 09/26/2025 10:38:20 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Making money now. Still want much more.)
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