“A lot of the shows we have seen over the last week could have been the final show,” said Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science at the University of Mary Washington.

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“There’s no doubt about it — late night programming has been a touchstone of American politics and culture for years and decades going back into the 1960’s. People would often turn to these late-night programs for a joke or two and maybe an interview of a guest before bed,” said Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science at the University of Mary Washington.

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The candidate’s bluster and mannerisms were ripe for late-night jokes. But a deeper shift had taken hold. Since the early 1990s, late-night hosts began to increasingly target Republican election candidates more often than Democrats, according to an analysis by political scientists Stephen J. Farnsworth and S. Robert Lichter.

“In 2020, when we looked at the jokes that were devoted to Trump or [Joe] Biden, Trump got 96% of the jokes,” says Mr. Farnsworth, co-author of “Late-Night in Washington.”

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Stephen Farnsworth, the director of the Center for Leadership and Media Studies at the University of Mary Washington, immediately recognized the DNA of Politico in NOTUS, which he described as “a vehicle for younger, scrappier reporters combined with more experienced talent that has gotten laid off or bought out from other news organizations.” 

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“One of the rules of life is not to mess with success, but this is exactly what CBS is doing with late night,” said Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science at the University of Mary Washington and coauthor of “Late Night in Washington: Political Humor and the American Presidency.”

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Stephen Farnsworth, a co-author of Late Night With Trump: Political Humor and the American Presidency, says: “If late-night comedy wanted to build a foil, it would look just like Donald Trump”

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