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President Nixon tried and failed to cancel ‘The Dick Cavett Show.’ Since then, deregulation and consolidation have made media conglomerates more willing to accommodate those in power.
Programs geared toward liberals like ‘The Daily Show’ once held a monopoly on political comedy. Not so anymore.
Critics have long pooh-poohed conservative comics. But in today’s fragmented media environment, right-wing comedy has become both a moneymaker and a force in politics.
Now that we know what essential work is, it seems the perfect time to reflect upon the not-so-essential work of celebrities.
Jon Stewart insists he is just a comedian, but his comic barbs have always had a political edge.
The news that Jimmy Kimmel’s contract as host of ABC’s late-night talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live! is being extended for two years completes a period of upheaval in this great American genre. Jimmy Fallon…
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