Is that all you got? Late-night's tepid Trump trash talk tanks



Team Late Night had weeks to prepare their best shots against Orange Man Bad over summer vacation. The results? Suffice it to say there’s a reason the late-night format is heading for the dustbin of history.

To be fair, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel managed an entire monologue without crying in his return from summer break. Otherwise, it was business as usual. Yawn.

The most depressing part? The not-remotely-biased media now treats 'South Park' like the Holy Grail, reciting every aspect of each new episode to maximize its cultural impact.

“Oh, you delicate, chubby little teacup. … You want us to be canceled because we make jokes about you? I thought you were against cancel culture. Unfortunately for Frosty the Snowflake, the only place we are going is to New York.”

Stop it … you’re killing us.

Comedy kingpin Stephen Colbert struck next, and suddenly the walls were closing in on the 47th president. The far-left propagandist had to remind his audience that rumors of President Donald Trump’s demise weren’t true and that wishing for a leader’s death wasn’t the decent thing to do.

Maybe spending a decade telling fans Trump is the veritable Antichrist has repercussions.

Then, Colbert turned his comic firepower on Vice President JD Vance, who endured a soupçon of hecklers at the suddenly crime-free Union Station in D.C.

“He’s in a train station; he’s going to bang a bench,” Colbert cracked about Vance. At least we know where “The Late Show’s” $100 million-a -ear budget goes. Comic gold like that does not come cheap …

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Goin' 'South'

Nor does access to all things “South Park.” Trey Parker and Matt Stone cozied up to Paramount to the tune of $1.5 billion a few weeks ago. The TV pranksters earned that cash with a show that never pulls its punches.

Left. Right. Up. Down. Pick a target, and “South Park” has smashed it over the years. And, along the way, earned the right’s respect for being an equal-opportunity offender.

Now? Each new “South Park” episode features another dreary bit where President Trump beds Satan. Literally. The show’s first four installments all featured the already stale bit, along with other smart bombs against GOP-adjacent targets.

Meanwhile, a Democratic Party that defends gang members, rising crime rates, and men claiming to be trans brutalizing women in sports gets off without a warning.

The most depressing part? The not-remotely-biased media now treats “South Park” like the Holy Grail, reciting every aspect of each new episode to maximize its cultural impact.

Weird that reporters did no such thing over the show’s 28-year-run …

Hope after 'Nope'?

It’s been three years since Jordan Peele deposited his cinematic stink bomb “Nope” on an unsuspecting public. That 2022 dud marked a massive letdown from Peele’s masterful 2017 debut, “Get Out,” and solid 2019 follow-up, “Us.”

We’ve been waiting to see if Peele can return to his former glory. Now, we’ll have to wait a bit longer. He had originally staked out October 2026 as the date for his next, untitled project. That’s no longer in the cards.

Quentin Tarantino is currently stuck on his 10th and presumably final film. He can’t commit to a project or a release date. Peele, who seemed bound for greatness after “Get Out,” has reached a Tarantino-style impasse in less than 10 years. Impressive …

Wright and wrong

Some things in pop culture are inevitable. Whenever Hollywood gets creative with its casting decisions, a small but vocal segment of Comic-Con Nation howls in protest. Remember when Sony cast four comic actresses to take over the “Ghostbusters” franchise in 2016? Or when Disney cast black actress Halle Bailey to play the formerly white Ariel in 2023’s “Little Mermaid” update?

Some fans are simply purists, and that’s understandable. A much smaller contingent operate from a whiff of misogyny and/or racism. Not remotely cool.

And once in a while, this kind of creative casting generates a collective shrug. No outrage. No hashtag complaints. That happened when actor Jeffrey Wright took over as Commissioner Gordon in 2022’s “The Batman.” Wright is a fine actor, and his addition to the cast was greeted as warmly as the rest of the geek-friendly film.

Zero controversy.

Tell that to Wright.

"I really find it fascinating, the ways in which there’s such a conversation, and I think even more of a conversation now, about black characters in these roles," Wright said. “It’s just so f**king racist and stupid. It’s just so blind in a way that I find revealing to not recognize that the evolution of these films reflects the evolution of society, that somehow it’s defiling this franchise not to keep it grounded in the cultural reality of 1939 when the comic books were first published. It’s just the dumbest thing. It’s absent all logic.”

He's a terrific actor and even better faux victim.

‘You’re fired!’ Kimmel claims Trump is behind Colbert canning



Now, that’s funny!

Jimmy Kimmel, soon to inherit Stephen Colbert’s throne as king of clapter, is standing tall for free speech.

Crime in DC? What crime? Union Station remains a utopian vision of progress, just don’t mind the junkies waving dirty needles in your face.

Yes, the late-night clown who said nothing about the Twitter Files, cancel culture, Scary Poppins, sensitivity readers, and more is spittin’ mad about one First Amendment issue: Colbert’s dismissal from “The Late Show.”

Yes, despite no evidence to back it up, Kimmel says Trump got the far-left Colbert fired:

If Joe Biden had used his muscle to get Sean Hannity kicked off the air, you may be surprised to learn that I would not support that. I would, in fact, support Sean Hannity in that situation, because I thought one of the founding principles of this country was free speech. But people don’t seem to care about protecting it unless you agree with them.

Give Kimmel a little credit. It doesn’t appear he teared up while pushing this horse manure ...

Force majeure

The Force is female!

So sayeth “Star Wars” overlord Kathleen Kennedy, both via T-shirt proclamations and via the product she peddles.

How did that work out again? Don’t ask.

Well, someone at Disney is asking. The Mouse House is scrambling to win back young male audience members, according to a new report.

Leadership at Walt Disney Studios has been pressing Hollywood creatives in recent months, multiple sources tell Variety, for movies that will bring young men back to the brand in a meaningful way. “Young men” is defined here by sources as ages 13-28, aka Gen Z.

Yes, the same company that took male-centric brands like “Star Wars” and the Marvel Cinematic Universe and woked them into oblivion wonders why young men aren’t keen on Disney fare.

Here’s a free tip. Make a “Star Wars” spin-off featuring twin sisters whose mothers are space witches. You could call it “The Acolyte,” and the story could brim with female empowerment. The boys will come running before you can say, “It’s a small world after all!”

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Laugh riot

Look! Another installment of Comedians Against Comedy!

This time, it’s the mind behind “Everybody Loves Raymond.” Phil Rosenthal created the smash show with star Ray Romano that ran for nine seasons on CBS.

Rosenthal went on to create “Somebody Feed Phil,” an unconventional cooking show airing on Netflix. He spoke to Fox News about comedy and cancel culture, and he shared a curious take on the toxic trend.

“I think it’s good to be sensitive. It doesn’t mean you can’t be funny; it just means you don’t do jokes at other people’s expense, maybe, no matter who they are, unless you’re punching above your class, right? You want to punch up, not down.”

Rosenthal’s brand of humor is generally light and inoffensive. Nothing wrong with that. Still, putting up silly rules for others to follow, especially the absurd “punching down” nonsense, suggests he’s trying to pull the ladder up for his successors.

Or he’s afraid of being canceled for not being woke enough. Either way, it’s the opposite of funny ...

Wrong track

It takes a special something to anchor an MSNBC (MSNOW?) show, and Lawrence O’Donnell has the goods.

O’Donnell, hoping to scare people about a less crime-ridden D.C. under President Donald Trump, turned to a movie that’s more than 85 years old to hammer home his point.

Crime in D.C.? What crime? Union Station remains a utopian vision of progress, just don’t mind the junkies waving dirty needles in your face. At any rate, said O'Donnell, how dare Trump’s crime-busting sully the memory of:

The iconic Amtrak railroad station through whose glass doors Jimmy Stewart first saw the Capitol Dome when he arrived in Washington. In Frank Capra’s classic film “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” there were no soldiers in the shot when Jimmy Stewart’s character, the newly appointed Senator Jefferson Smith, arrived at Union Station. And there have never been troops at Union Station.

Denying reality to own President Donald Trump? Nobody does it better than O’Donnell ...

Blake's back

Embattled star Blake Lively has landed a new gig. And no, it’s not a legal thriller or MeToo drama.

The “It Ends with Us” starlet’s new film is an action rom-com called “The Survival List.” She’ll play a reality TV show producer who gets stranded on an island and learns the survivalist who anchored the show in question is a fraud.

We’ll have to see if Lively can bring the action and rom-com thrills, but we can expect everyone on the set will be wearing GoPro cameras as much as possible to avoid future litigation.

Late-night host reveals he got Italian citizenship because Trump is 'so much worse' than expected



A late-night talk show host says President Trump's second term has been so bad that it inspired him to acquire citizenship abroad.

The president has been a favorite target of late-night hosts for years, with network comedians recently accusing him of being the mastermind behind plots to silence them.

'Like, I feel like it's probably even worse than he would like it to be.'

Stephen Colbert, host of "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," recently blamed his firing from CBS on parent company Paramount bending the knee to Trump in order to obtain approval for its $8 billion merger. Likewise, "The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart said Paramount was trying to "censor and control" its hosts over Trump.

Now, another one of the president's longtime late-night enemies says the current term has been too "unbelievable" to bear.

On a recent episode of "The Sarah Silverman Podcast," comedian and host Sarah Silverman interviewed ex-boyfriend and talk show host Jimmy Kimmel.

Kimmel has hosted "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" for more than 20 years but has become a ruthless critic of the president over the past decade. Kimmel has called Trump "disgusting," mocked him for being banned by Twitter in 2021, and even cried on air about the possible repeal of Obamacare by Trump.

On Silverman's podcast, Kimmel revealed that he dislikes Trump's second presidency so much that he sought out foreign citizenship.

"A lot of people I know are thinking about, where are they going to get citizenship?" Silverman said.

"I do have Italian — I did get Italian citizenship," Kimmel replied.

Elated, Silverman stated, "You do? Oh, that's amazing!"

Kimmel confirmed, "I do have that. And what's going on is as bad as you thought it was going to be. Way worse. It's so much worse," he said about Trump. "It's just unbelievable. Like, I feel like it's probably even worse than he would like it to be."

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Silverman revealed that she sometimes seeks out news articles about Trump voters regretting their support for the president and that reading them gives her hope that Trump's mistakes will "bring people together."

Kimmel agreed and said he does not want to shut people out who have regret about voting for the president.

"I don't believe the 'f**k you, you supported him.' I think everybody has to have — the door needs to stay open. That's why if you want to change your mind, that's so hard to do. If you want to admit you were wrong, that's so hard and so rare to do ... you are welcome."

The duo went on to discuss left-wing activists gatekeeping their party, boiling it down to the idea that they repel new voters.

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Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman at the AFI Film Fest 2005 in Hollywood, California. Photo by John Heller/WireImage

"The left, I'm on the left," Silverman explained. "I find, in general, the party that is about inclusivity is incredibly elitist."

Kimmel quickly defended the Democrats and said it is not the "majority" but rather "loud voices" who "scare people from saying what they believe."

The 57-year-old pinpointed that those who "make you think twice about a joke" are to blame for being "no fun."

While he admitted a lot of those voices have "valid" points, Kimmel said they are also "repulsive" to other voters.

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That sinking feeling: Celebs cry over canceled Colbert



The mourning continues.

This week, actress Sandra Oh stopped by the technically canceled “Late Show with Stephen Colbert” and wished a plague on both Paramount and CBS for ending the talk show.

Late-night TV cannot die fast enough, but at this rate, the post-mortem will read “suicide.”

Now, she was just kidding (we think), but it won’t be the last maudlin moment on the CBS sound stage.

The left can’t process losing their favorite DNC platform. The silver lining for Team Colbert? The show’s ratings perked up following the news.

Maybe CBS will only lose only $39 million this year instead of $40 million ...

‘Spinal’ tapped out?

This sequel may not make it to 11.

We got our first peek at “Spinal Tap II: The End Continues,” a sequel 51 years in the making. The original trio returns — Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, and Christopher Guest — along with director and on-screen journalist Rob Reiner from the 1984 mockumentary classic.

The trailer arrives less than two months before its Sept. 12 release date. Not a promising sign.

Nor is the actual trailer, which includes a reference to Stormy Daniels. Was this shot in 2018?

That’s also a hint that Reiner, arguably the celebrity with the worst case of Trump derangement syndrome, might bring his affliction to the screen. We’ll see, but for now, try to find a laugh in the trailer. A smile or two, sure, but a comedy classic deserves a killer sequel — not the “Caddyshack II” treatment ...

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Brain drain

Like their peers in the news biz, late-night TV hosts looked the other way as President Joe Biden stumbled and bumbled his way through his sole term in the White House.

So many jokes left on the table. Not one “Weekend at Bernie’s” gag in four excruciating years?

Now, one of these chattering cheeseballs wants to flip the script. How? By convincing us that it’s Trump who’s been out to lunch this whole time.

Really.

Charlamagne tha God, using his “Daily Show” bully pulpit, argued that Trump’s dementia is real and deserves to be addressed.

His proof? A crush of selectively edited videos, some of which literally debunk his silly narrative.

Late-night TV cannot die fast enough, but at this rate, the post-mortem will read “suicide” ...

Throne home

Maybe they’ll get the privacy they crave after all.

Harry and Meghan (do we really need to speak their last names) won’t be doing the Netflix-and-chill thing much longer. The streamer says it won’t renew the $100 million deal it originally signed with the quasi-royal couple.

Recent projects tied to the duo fizzled with viewers, making an extension impractical. The downside for humanity? “South Park” has less material to work with ...

Hollywood handout

Pass the hat for Terry Gilliam.

The Monty Python alum turned celebrated auteur (“Brazil”) can’t get his next project off the ground. Will work for food, he says, but no one is picking up the check.

And he’s not alone.

Other former A-list directors like Kathryn Bigelow, John Waters, and Francis Ford Coppola have struggled to get their newest projects made. Coppola figured out an expensive solution — he poured his massive vineyard cash into “Megalopolis,” one of 2024’s biggest duds.

Hollywood is more risk-averse than ever, and even “name” directors can’t guarantee their projects will get funded. Perhaps if Gilliam pitched a gender- and race-swapped “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” reboot, he’d have better luck ...

‘Hitler,’ hisses hack

At this rate, we’ll be begging for Jimmy Kimmel to return from his annual summer retreat. Late night’s favorite crybaby is taking a knee this month, but he brought in guest hosts who, somehow, are even worse.

Take actor Alan Cumming. The veteran star, best known in geek circles for playing Nightcrawler in the “X-Men” saga, hosted “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” earlier this week and did Kimmel proud.

He compared the Trump administration to Nazi Germany by evoking images of concentration camps.

America, how are you doing? No, really, how are you doing? I mean, how are you doing aside from being a country that has just reintroduced concentration camps, taken health care away from 17 million people to give billionaires a tax cut, and also to finance an armed militia of masked men that commits heinous assorted kidnapping and crimes against humanity on a daily basis? Aside from all that, are you okay? I wouldn’t have thought so.

Squint all you want. You won’t find a joke nestled in that “View”-worthy rant. Nor the truth, for that matter. Say what you will about Kimmel and co., but you have to admire their consistency.

Colbert gets canceled — by CBS, not conservatives



Stephen Colbert has been vaporized, canceled by CBS. Donald Trump is celebrating. Liberal Hollywood is outraged! Regular folks don't care.

Goodnight, everybody!

New ownership at CBS is looming, and Skydance Media evidently doesn’t want a leftist pep rally every night.

But not so fast. This is a fascinating story when you examine the power angle. The once-dominant network television media is completely falling apart. According to the Nielsen folks, fewer than 20% of Americans now watch any network programming. Why? Because it’s largely boring, and traditional Americans resent the liberal culture the networks embrace all day and all night. Woke on parade. Political correctness run amok.

I have a unique vantage point here. Because of my bestselling books and controversial demeanor in general, I have appeared on late-night shows an astonishing 75 times. I know all these guys and the world they inhabit.

Colbert basically committed performance suicide. When he took over for David Letterman 10 years ago, he was coming off the red-hot satire of Jon Stewart’s “Daily Show” and his own “Colbert Report.” Yes, the boys were left-handed pitchers, but they tamped down the malice — at least somewhat. I had a lot of laughs debating Stewart.

Over the past five years, Stephen Colbert has lost more than one million viewers; his numbers descended to just above two million households daily. Profits crashed.

The primary reason for this runaway train is Colbert’s hatred for Trump and the MAGA brigades. Eighty million Americans voted for the president. Few of them can stomach Colbert’s schtick. Ideological zealotry at midnight can be tedious. The all-time king of late night, Johnny Carson, understood that. Old Johnny got his zingers in, but he rarely tried to demean anyone.

All the late-night hosts have talent. It’s impossible to do the job if you don't. Letterman was very quick and edgy. My debates with him are legendary, especially the one where he called me a thug but couldn’t back it up when I challenged him.

On my final appearance with Dave, his audience gave me a standing ovation.

Letterman was cranky but rarely displayed overt hatred. He invited me on 16 times and wrote me a gracious note after every appearance.

Jay Leno was essentially a stand-up comedian, not deeply invested in promoting politics. Same with Jimmy Fallon, although he understands the far-left culture at NBC. Remember the heat Fallon took when he good-naturedly messed up Donald Trump’s hair?

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Jimmy Kimmel has drifted into the political swamp mostly because he despises the president. I like Kimmel personally. But he’d be wise to spread the satire around. ABC will be the next place to purge extremists.

My old adversary, Stewart, a brilliant talent, has also succumbed somewhat to strident presentations. Although when I sparred with him last August, the mischievous glimmer was back, at least for a night.

So Stephen Colbert leaves the CBS stage. New ownership is looming, and Skydance Media evidently doesn’t want a leftist pep rally every night. Hollywood will take care of Colbert, so we will see him again.

I bet Donald Trump can’t wait.

Editor’s note: A version of this article appeared originally at billoreilly.com.

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'F– You': Jimmy Kimmel Blasts CBS After Network Cancels Stephen Colbert's 'Late Show'

Jimmy Kimmel lashed out at CBS News in an expletive-laden rant on Thursday evening after the network announced it plans to cancel The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in May 2026.

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ICE, ICE, babies: Clueless celebs cry over immigration enforcement



Hollywood liberals love nothing more than embracing the “20” side of 80/20 debates.

The latest example? They’re rallying on behalf of illegal immigrants, some of whom have terrible, awful, no-good rap sheets.

German fans paid exorbitant fees to hear the Boss rant about the Trump administration. ... He wisely opted against playing the Nazi card this time ’round.

The list of stars demanding that President Donald Trump end ICE raids is growing. It may do so again by the time you read this, but for now it includes Eva Longoria, Katy Perry, Demi Lovato, Kim Kardashian, and, of course, the late-night lads.

Jimmy Kimmel didn’t cut onions before a recent telecast, meaning his eyes remained Sahara-dry during his rant against Trump’s ICE-capades. He did manage to do what CNN attempted all week — pretend the riots breaking out in Los Angeles never happened.

“There’s no riot outside. We have more so-called unrest here when one of our teams wins a championship.”

Rumor has it Kimmel’s writing staff initially wrote some “mostly peaceful” gags, but their boss decided to go full Walter Duranty instead ...

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Brooks goes 'Balls'-out

“May the Schwartz be with you.”

The all-powerful Yogurt (Mel Brooks, of course) uttered that line in 1987’s “Spaceballs.” The “Star Wars” spoof never reached the dizzying heights of the master’s “Young Frankenstein,” “The Producers,” or “Blazing Saddles,” but comedy fans still hold the satire in high regard.

Now we’re getting a sequel. Of course.

Brooks himself shared the news on X, and the film will reportedly bring back Rick Moranis, Bill Pullman, and Brooks to reprise their signature roles.

Any new Brooks project is worth celebrating, but let’s pause before popping any champagne bottles open. It isn’t clear if he’ll have any creative role in the sequel — he’s 98 but appears forever young.

Plus, the maestro’s “History of the World, Part II,” an exclusive Hulu miniseries, proved you can’t always go home again. That show proved minimally funny, with plenty of woke asides. Here’s hoping the sequel's more “Top Gun: Maverick” than, gasp, “Caddyshack II" ...

Arnold ICEs Kimmel

He’ll be back, as long as he doesn’t alienate his Hollywood pals.

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s road back to Hollywood proved bumpy after his stint as California governor. He finally made inroads with Netflix’s “FUBAR,” which just released its second season.

His political instincts roared back this week while talking about the mostly peaceful L.A. ICE protests on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” The bodybuilding legend and Kimmel spent a few moments gaslighting the audience about the riots.

Nothing to see here. Move along. (And don’t look on X or Facebook!)

Later, Ah-nold said the immigration blame game should be shared equally.

“Both of the parties do not want to go and solve this problem once and for all and create good immigration reform, the way, you know, like Senator Kennedy and John McCain worked it out, and they had a really great, great bill there. But then they didn't go for it.”

That was then, and debatably so. But one party now wants to slam the border shut and vet all new immigrants, while the other left the front door open and baked a cake so everyone within a country mile would come running.

Schwarzenegger may be the ultimate RINO, but this pose makes sense. At 77, he can’t afford to alienate any Hollywood power players ...

No room for horror in star's 'Full House'

Former “Full House” star Candace Cameron Bure says she’s no fan of horror movies. Except she doesn’t stop there. She doesn’t like anyone watching horror movies in her home.

Why?

“Like if you’re watching this, or you’re playing this video game, or whatever, that’s a portal that could let stuff inside our home,” Bure said. “I don’t even want someone watching a scary movie in our house on the TV, because to me, that’s just a portal.”

To be fair, some fellas find Bure’s Hallmark romances downright scary ...

'Born to Run' (his mouth)

Bruce Springsteen shared his Trump derangement syndrome with a new European country. He broke out his new routine in England last month, ignoring how local police now arrest people for posting the “wrong” social media memes.

This time, German fans paid exorbitant fees to hear the Boss rant about the Trump administration.

Springsteen’s song remains the same, but let’s give the legend his due. He wisely opted against playing the Nazi card this time ’round.

Smart.

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