Jay Leno thinks his former fellow late-night show hosts are alienating audiences with their barbs and jabs against the Trump administration. “I love political humor, don’t get me wrong,” the veteran TV host told the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute in an interview. “But it’s just what happens when people wind up cozying too much to one side or the other. Why shoot for just half an audience all the time? You know, why not try to get the whole. I mean, I like to bring people into the big picture.” Leno’s sit-down was recorded on July 15—before CBS announced it would be cancelling long-time Trump critic Stephen Colbert’s Late Show. Coming after the network settled a defamation suit with Trump for $16 million, the cancellation also sparked criticism of parent company Paramount given its concurrent efforts to secure Federal Trade Commission approval on a lucrative merger with production giant Skydance.
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