Late-night TV hosts targeted Republicans in 87% of…
The joke’s not on Dem.
Late-night tv continues to be as lefty as ever — with 87% of jokes focusing on U.S. Senate candidates directed at Republicans, a new analysis discovered.
From Sept. 8 through Friday, a whopping 45 of the 52 jokes about the high-stakes Senate races on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show,” ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and NBC’s “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” and “Late Night with Seth Meyers” got here at the expense of GOP candidates.
Late night time tv — including “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” — continues to be lefty than ever, with 87% of jokes focusing on U.S. Senate candidates directed at Republicans, a new analysis discovered. Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty Images
Only seven jokes knocked a Democrat, according to a Media Research Center research offered solely to The Post.
Fourteen wisecracks had been aimed at Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is operating against Democratic state Representative James Talarico for the US Senate; 9 slammed Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), who is making an attempt to fend off Democratic challenger Troy Jackson; and six targeted Michigan Republican Mike Rogers, who is operating for an open seat against far-left Dem Abdul El-Sayed.
“This guy is awful,” goofed comic Michael Kosta about Paxton on the Sept. 10 airing for “The Daily Show.” “Are they really running this charisma black-hole in one of the most important Senate races in the country?”
The research didn’t embrace monitoring gags against other pols, including President Donald Trump, who continues to be the butt of the late-night TV’s jokes.
John Oliver, Jimmy Kimmel and Seth Meyers seem on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on Oct. 1, 2026. Disney via Getty Images
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) speaks at a marketing campaign event for Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Mike Rogers, proper, in Muskegon, Mich. on Friday. AP Photo/Paul Sancya
The Post previoulsy reported on another Media Research Center report that discovered 92% of late-night TV jokes targeted the correct in 2025 – with a jaw-dropping 7,045 of them slamming Trump. In 2024, late-night comedians targeted Trump 5,980 occasions.
Reps for “The Daily Show,” “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” and “Late Night with Seth Meyers” didn’t return messages.
“Late-night comedy has become remarkably predictable,” said MRC President David Bozell.
“When the same people are always the punchline, and the same people are almost never the punchline, eventually the pattern becomes funnier than the jokes. Comedy is sharpest when nobody is off limits. Late night should try it.”
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