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‘Liar-side Chat’
President Trump delivered a last-minute live address on Wednesday night, pre-empting late night shows and season finales of the reality competitions “Survivor” and “The Floor.”
Jimmy Kimmel called it “a surprise prime-time episode of ‘The Worst Wing’ tonight on every channel.”
“Yesterday, the president announced he’d be giving an impromptu ‘liar-side’ chat tonight in the middle of the season finales of ‘Survivor’ and ‘The Floor.’ He interrupted them. It’s weird to think that, had a couple of states just gone the other way, he’d be hosting one of those shows. Trump shouldn’t be pre-empting ‘The Floor,’ he should be mopping it, OK?” — JIMMY KIMMEL
“President Trump was set tonight to address the country, with FOX, NBC, CBS, ABC, Fox News and CNN all carrying the speech live. So either we’re at war with Venezuela or there are some exciting new updates about the ballroom.” — SETH MEYERS
“Tonight’s three-hour season finale of ‘Survivor’ on CBS was set to be interrupted by President Trump’s prime-time address to the nation in part of his continuing quest to never let anyone know what happens on private islands.” — SETH MEYERS
“It’s a really big deal for networks to just hand over their prime-time slots on such short notice, especially because here at CBS, his 9 p.m. speech cuts right into the middle of the three-hour ‘Survivor’ season finale. Wait, unless that’s actually the final challenge: ‘Survivors, you’ve endured starvation, extreme heat and poisonous snakes, but for your final challenge, you must listen to a bitter old man talk about a ballroom.’” — STEPHEN COLBERT
“We talked about doing the show live tonight to cover the speech, but we decided not to, because — and just to give you a little peek behind the showbiz curtain — we would had to have watched it, and I don’t want to do that no more.” — STEPHEN COLBERT
“Trump gave a speech or whatever you want to call it. He teased it yesterday, as he’s known to do. He wrote: ‘My fellow Americans, I’ll be giving an address to the nation tomorrow night live from the White House at 9 p.m. Eastern. I look forward to seeing you then. It has been a great year for our country and the best is yet to come.’ I agree. The Epstein files are due on Friday. Basically, this speech tonight was taking the stand in his own defense. It was opening statements.” — JIMMY KIMMEL
The Punchiest Punchlines (Naughty List Edition)
“On Friday, the Department of Justice is expected to release the full Epstein files, or as Trump’s calling it, ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas.’” — JIMMY FALLON
“That’s right. We’re about to find out who’s really on the naughty list.” — JIMMY FALLON
“It’s about time they release the files, ‘cause I think everyone’s tired of being micro-dosed names and creepy photos.” — JIMMY FALLON
“In a new interview with Vanity Fair, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles confirmed that President Trump is mentioned in the Epstein files. Yeah, I’ll bet. If I had to guess, he’s mentioned in the Epstein files like the whale is mentioned in ‘Moby Dick’: every other page.” — SETH MEYERS
The Bits Worth Watching
Jimmy Kimmel responded to Senator Ted Cruz’s calling him “profoundly unfunny” at Wednesday’s FCC hearing.
What We’re Excited About on Thursday Night
Ariana Grande will appear on the last “Late Night” of 2025 ahead of hosting this weekend’s episode of “Saturday Night Live.”
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