Mathieu Fauchon (@fauchonmathieu.bsky.social)

Stephen Colbert presided over an era when political TV comedy could take a side and still succeed, our TV critic James Poniewozik writes. “Actually, two eras, which almost perfectly coincided with his two shows: one that parodied politics, one made in a time when politics became a parody of itself.”

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Stephen Colbert’s Final ‘Late Show’ Marks the End of an Era Stephen Colbert’s “Colbert Report” satirized politics. Then his “Late Show” confronted a moment when politics became self-satirizing. https://nyti.ms/49W3zRt

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