This years election i would say marked the end of an era in talk-show history that started with the election of Bush and ended with the election of Trump reaching its peak during the mid Obama years.
This is pretty much how the era step by step ended:
One last hurray during Colberts show on Nov 7.
Where will talk show tv go from this? My own guess is that one half will get less ironic and more hard punching. Less making fun of red hats saying "Make america great" and more dark humour a la John Oliver. At the same time another half will go towards more Jay Leno "mindless" entertainment continuing in the vain of Leno.
This is pretty much how the era step by step ended:
- Stewart quits the Daily Show
- Colbert ends the Colbert Report
- Letterman quits the Late Night
- Fallon starts selling mindless entertainment and among other things cuddles up with Trump
- Colberts takes over Letterman and has a more serious and normal approach
- Colbert holds an emotional epilogue after the election
One last hurray during Colberts show on Nov 7.
Where will talk show tv go from this? My own guess is that one half will get less ironic and more hard punching. Less making fun of red hats saying "Make america great" and more dark humour a la John Oliver. At the same time another half will go towards more Jay Leno "mindless" entertainment continuing in the vain of Leno.