Late-night Lineups For First Half Of 2025 Feature Overwhelmingly Left-leaning Guests, Study Shows

Nearly each nan guests for late-night comedy shows successful nan first six months of 2025 person been left-leaning, according to a caller study from NewsBusters astatine nan Media Research Center. 

The study, published Tuesday, recovered that 99 percent of governmental guests connected late-night drama shows from January 6 done June 30 were left-leaning. 

The study examined 5 regular precocious nighttime drama shows: ABC’s "Jimmy Kimmel Live!," NBC’s "Late Night pinch Seth Meyers" and "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," CBS’s "The Late Show pinch Stephen Colbert," and Comedy Central’s "The Daily Show."

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Nearly each nan guests for late-night comedy shows successful nan first six months of 2025 person been left-leaning, according to a caller study from NewsBusters astatine nan Media Research Center.  (Getty/CBS/ABC screenshots)

The NewsBusters study put guests into 2 groups, 1 being partisan officials and nan different being journalists and celebrities.

In position of partisan officials, nan count was 30 Democrats to zero Republicans.

According to nan study, Colbert had nan astir pinch 14, "The Daily Show" held 2nd spot pinch 10, Kimmel came successful 3rd pinch four, and Meyers had two, placing fourth, while Fallon interviewed zero politicians during nan clip nan study was conducted.

Per NewsBusters, respective Democratic lawmakers appeared twice, including New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth, and Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett.

In position of journalists and celebrities, nan count was 76 liberals to 1 conservative, which was American Compass’s Oren Cass.

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American Compass’s Oren Cass came connected "The Daily Show" pinch Jon Stewart connected March 31 quality to talk astir Trump's tariffs. (Photo by DOMINIC GWINN/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

Cass came connected "The Daily Show" pinch Jon Stewart for a March 31 quality to talk astir Trump's tariffs.

Coming successful pinch nan highest number of wide guests was Colbert pinch 29. "The Daily Show" took 2nd spot pinch 22. Coming successful 3rd pinch 14 guests was Meyers. Kimmel had six (one happened during character Diego Luna’s week of impermanent hosting), and Fallon had five.

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NewsBusters says that they person "been search late-night drama impermanent counts since September 2022, and nan cumulative full now stands astatine 511 liberals and Democrats versus 14 conservatives and Republicans, aliases 97 percent."