Since Donald Trump's emergence on the political scene, late-night comics like Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel have made him a relentless target. But since President Joe Biden's poor showing in the debate with Trump two weeks ago, the comics have retrained their guns. It shows that comedy — not political favoritism — eventually rules their world, says television expert Robert Thompson. Biden's troubles seemed to pain Stephen Colbert, even as he has joked about them. ABC's Jimmy Kimmel, a relentless Trump critic who worked at a Biden fundraiser last month, has yet to weigh in on the topic since he's taking the summer off.
