Election 2016: Best & Worst Late-Night TV Moments
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The Last Week Tonight host lambasts Trump for refusing to condemn a public endorsement by former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke. He also makes efforts to tie the candidate to a far less powerful name. (WATCH)
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Supergirl's Laura Benanti gives an Emmy-worthy performance just hours after Mrs. Trump's plagiarized address at the Republican National Convention. (WATCH)
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Trevor Noah's best episode to date takes place in a world where Trump is on the verge of reelection and the legitimate news media has been completely dismantled. (WATCH)
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Bill Maher confronts Assange about going after Hillary Clinton's emails, but not making any effort to delegitimize the Trump campaign or leak his hard-to-find tax returns. (WATCH)
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The "human equivalent of Splenda" gets put on blast for his controversial performance as moderator of the Commander-in-Chief forum. (WATCH)
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Kellyanne Conway struggles to get a moment of peace in this LOL digital short from Saturday Night Live. (WATCH)
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Jon Stewart hijacks one of Colbert's live RNC broadcasts to point out that many of the things "Lumpy" the Fox News personality likes about Trump are things he claims to dislike about President Barack Obama. (WATCH)
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After reading aloud a recent tweet by Trump declaring that Obama will go down as "perhaps the worst president in the history of the United States," Obama fires back: "At least I will go down as a president." #Burn (WATCH)
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The Late Night host advises Sanders' most stubborn supporters to quit their whining, rally behind Clinton and stop their protesting at the DNC. (WATCH)
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Bee compares the Speaker of the House to a part of the female anatomy Trump claims to grab without consent for continuing to back the Republican nominee. (WATCH)
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Will Ferrell, reviving his Saturday Night Live impression of former POTUS George W. Bush, warns Chris Hardwick and the @Midnight audience against letting that "sack of rotten sweet potatoes" — aka Trump — "anywhere near the White House." He also condemns the behavior of cousin Billy. (WATCH)
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In his own attempt to be, as one cable news network would say, "fair and balanced," Oliver breaks down both candidates' wrongdoings, prefacing the segment with the following disclaimer: "I do know that even talking about [Clinton's] scandals will irritate some of you... but not being as bad as Donald Trump is a low bar to clear." (WATCH)
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The HBO talker asks that both candidates show each other a modicum of respect and agree to accept the results once votes are tallied on Election Night. Trump would eventually go on to say he'll "keep [us] in suspense" about whether he'll concede gracefully, proving once and for all that chivalry is dead. (WATCH)
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Perhaps in an effort to show that not all of The Donald's supporters fit into a "basket of deplorables," Tom Hanks plays a contestant who surprisingly finds common ground with his black competitors. All goes well until it comes time for Final Jeopardy. (WATCH)
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Stephen's Colbert Report persona temporarily leaves behind his secluded life in the woods with Jon Stewart to visit The Late Show and coin the term "Trumpiness." (WATCH)
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SNL's outlandish interpretation of the second presidential debate finds Alec Baldwin's Trump ready to trounce on Clinton, and Bobby Moynihan's Ken Bone getting revved up to Jock Jams' "Are You Ready for This?" (WATCH)
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SNL host Julia Louis Dreyfus reprises Elaine Benes and is reunited with Seinfeld co-creator Larry David who, of course, portrays onetime Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders. (WATCH)
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Meyers, completely disgusted with news anchors, political commentators and Trump himself calling into question the timing of sexual assault allegations, tells doubters to "stop pretending there's an optimal time to go public... When people ask why women wait to report sexual assault, that's why." (WATCH)
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Both hosts are obviously outraged when the Republican candidate tries to blame the birtherism movement on Clinton after years of seeing him try to deligitimize Obama's presidency. (WATCH)
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"When Holocaust survivors are telling you, 'hey, [Trump] gives me déjà vu,' maybe don't invite him up into your house to play with your adorable children." – Samantha Bee (WATCH)