"Cue Stewart, his usually cool blue set switched out for Mar-a-Lago gold, his eyes nervously darting, launching into 20 minutes of mock-obsequious toadying to our great father, praising his state visit to the UK, redrawing maps to reflect Trump's spotty knowledge of international affairs Azerbaijan is now officially Aberbaijan, and it's at war with Albania and frantically shushing the studio audience whenever they laughed at or booed the president (Shut up, you're going to blow this for us!)"
"Stephen Colbert, already in some eyes a victim of Trumpian overreach, revived his old hyper-patriotic persona on The Colbert Report as part of a larger defence of Kimmel. Seth Meyers, never one to hold his tongue, waded in too. Even the hair-ruffler himself, Jimmy Fallon long criticised for his mealy mouthed response to the political moment chimed in in his own underpowered way, defending Kimmel and aiming some extremely gentle digs at the president."
The Trump administration increased pressure on late-night television by encouraging ABC and the Federal Communications Commission to sideline Jimmy Kimmel. Jon Stewart returned midweek to perform a mock-government-approved Daily Show segment, using Mar-a-Lago imagery and obsequious satire to lampoon presidential flattery and ignorance. Stewart parodied map errors and silenced audience reactions to underscore performative deference to the president. Other late-night hosts rallied in response: Stephen Colbert revived a hyper-patriotic persona, Seth Meyers spoke out, and Jimmy Fallon offered a milder defense of Kimmel. The coordinated comedic backlash framed the sidelining of Kimmel as partisan overreach and provoked industry pushback.
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