[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  Clay Travis [@ClayTravis](/creator/twitter/ClayTravis) on x 1.4M followers Created: 2025-07-19 14:36:13 UTC That’s a long way of saying I think the late night comedy shows have been replaced by actual comedy specials — it used to be pretty hard to see comedy sets, now streaming has a billion — & podcasts, which do much better and more authentic interviews with “famous” people than the five minute late show interviews. I’d argue the late night show audience got split and erased by those two alternatives. Having said that, late night shows might have had another decade if they’d stuck to making fun of both sides instead of becoming bastions of anti-Trump swill. They thought crushing Trump was their salvation, in reality he accelerated their obsolescence. XXXXXX engagements  [Post Link](https://x.com/ClayTravis/status/1946579835800707154)
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Clay Travis @ClayTravis on x 1.4M followers
Created: 2025-07-19 14:36:13 UTC
That’s a long way of saying I think the late night comedy shows have been replaced by actual comedy specials — it used to be pretty hard to see comedy sets, now streaming has a billion — & podcasts, which do much better and more authentic interviews with “famous” people than the five minute late show interviews. I’d argue the late night show audience got split and erased by those two alternatives. Having said that, late night shows might have had another decade if they’d stuck to making fun of both sides instead of becoming bastions of anti-Trump swill. They thought crushing Trump was their salvation, in reality he accelerated their obsolescence.
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