(written by Terry MacNeil, on September 18, 20-21, 2025)

As I’ve said before on my Bluesky account, virtually the only times I watch American (liberal) late-night talk shows – is to ogle certain female guests. So if I hear a particular female I fancy will be on a particular late-night talk show – I record the episode of said show on my PVR. Then the next day (or whenever) I fast forward the episode, to the part where the female walks onto the stage (that’s the best part). When they take their seat onstage – I OFTEN turn off the episode, and delete it from my PVR. Why? Well, it is EXTREMELY RARE that ANY GUEST on a late-night talk show will have anything to say, that I consider to be worth hearing.

I shall now make some comments about the (liberal) USA late-night talk shows (these being TV shows I’ve seen on occasion, though never watched in their entirety on a daily basis):

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: People started panicking when CBS announced they were cancelling Colbert’s show – especially after CBS’ dishonest (and cowardly) excuse for it. Considering the hatred I had for Colbert and his show – I was pleased to hear the show would be cancelled next year. Why? Because Colbert is PAINFULLY unfunny, and his political stances WAY too milquetoast. Colbert’s cancellation is worth the end of free speech in the USA.

The Late Late Show with James Corden: I actually considered Corden to be HILARIOUS – though I seem to be one of the few that did. However, the guy also sounded like a major douchebag and total arsehole when he was off camera (such as in restaurants). It’s been a few years since Corden’s show ended – and I genuinely miss it.

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: If you think Colbert is the least funny late-night talk show host, then you desperately need to see Fallon in action – he’s WAY WORSE. To Fallon’s credit, back in the day his show (supposedly) had no “political” content – it was just supposed to be a “fun” show where celebrities play childish games with Fallon – and in his interviews, he’d act like their best buddy. That is why I so savoured a Martin Short and Steve Martin interview (in February 2019) where Short and Martin spent the interview making fun of Fallon. In that interview, they accused him of being unfunny, insincere, and fake – and they delivered their criticisms so hilariously, I was dying laughing (and in TOTAL AGREEMENT WITH THEM). Why did Fallon keep bringing those two back onto his show? I have no idea. That said, Fallon took a lot of heat for the time he rubbed Donald Trump’s head – which probably endeared Trump to some viewers (while Trump was running for USA president). But Fallon’s show was “non-political” – and he treated Trump the way he treated every other celebrity. BUT if his show was supposedly “non-political” – they never should’ve had Trump on as a guest.

Late Night with Seth Meyers: Meyers is an often hilarious guy, and when he does discuss politics on his show – it is fairly insightful, I must admit. I would hate to see his show cancelled.

Jimmy Kimmel Live!: Kimmel has taken heat for insensitive shit he did when he was younger. And Kimmel is often nasty (while simultaneously being HILARIOUS). I recall the time he had Rob Ford on his show – I despised Ford for his politics, but I felt BAD for Ford when he was on Kimmel’s show, because Kimmel spent the whole interview hilariously humiliating Ford. Then I thought “Jim, you’re making me feel bad for this right-wing (unintentionally hilarious) clown. Thanks.” I shall always look back with fondness on Jim’s weekly segment “Unnecessary Censorship” – and in a way, you can say Jim became a victim of that very thing. Oh well. As Jim found out, it’s a bad time to be a liberal late-night talk show host (in the USA). Ⓐ