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The future of late-night talk shows<\/a> has been in the spotlight over the past few years, with actor Vince Vaughn <\/strong>giving his two cents on the matter. In a recent podcast appearance, he reveals late-night shows have gotten less funny due to a political agenda.<\/p>\n TheWedding Crashers<\/a>star appeared on an episode of Theo Von<\/strong>\u2019s This Past Weekend <\/a>podcast, where the conversation was geared toward comedy. Vaughn spoke about comedy being about the ability to make fun of yourself, and how stand-ups were given more access to be produced by studios due to it being more the responsibility of the comedian.<\/p>\n He compares that stand-up specials had more leeway with their comedy than a studio-produced film, where executives don’t want to offend anyone. Von chimes in that it’s one of the reasons why late-night shows have “tanked” in recent years, and their bit often being about “white rednecks.”<\/p>\n “They never get it right,” said Vaughn. “I think that talk shows, to a large part, became really agenda-based.”<\/p>\n The actor adds that podcasts have gained momentum with less production for being more “authentic” than late-night shows. Vaughn continued by saying that late-night shows “were going to [evangelize] people to what they thought. You know what I mean? And so people just rejected it because it didn\u2019t feel authentic. It felt like they had an agenda.”<\/p>\n Related: Zendaya Calls This No.1 Chart-Topping 1995 Track the Best Wedding Dance Floor Song<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n As a result, Vaughn says that late-night shows have “stopped being funny” and instead feel like he’s in a “class I didn’t want to take” and is “getting scolded.” Vaughn then relates it to fans being more open to stand-up performances due to their public atmosphere and wanting to listen to a podcast for its authenticity.<\/p>\n While Vaughn doesn’t name-drop any late-night hosts, one can speculate that he’s speaking in relation to Jimmy Kimmel<\/a><\/strong>and Stephen Colbert<\/a>.<\/strong> Both hosts have faced backlash for being outspoken against Donald Trump<\/a><\/strong> during his first and second presidential terms.<\/p>\n Kimmel faced being taken off the air after a comment made following the death of right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk<\/a><\/strong>. Colbert is set to exit his CBS<\/a> program this May, with Conan O’Brie<\/strong>n<\/a> having realized the shift in late-night after leaving his own show.<\/p>\n This story was originally published by Parade<\/a> on Mar 25, 2026, where it first appeared in the News<\/a> section. Add Parade as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The future of late-night talk shows has been in the spotlight over the past few years, with actor Vince Vaughn giving his two cents on the matter. In a recent podcast appearance, he reveals late-night shows have gotten less funny due to a political agenda. 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