Full Coverage: Election 2016
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During its first three seasons, “Last Week Tonight” and host John Oliver have never shied away from going after Donald Trump with both barrels.
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The world got its first post-election look at President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday night when “60 Minutes” aired an extensive interview that was filmed Friday in Trump’s New York home.
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In the first episode of “Saturday Night Live” since the election of Donald Trump as the next president, the show took a rather muted approach.
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One of the prevailing stories of the bizarre, acrimonious 2016 presidential campaign is how so many media personalities have been participants in, rather than mere observers of, the drama.
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Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly’s upcoming memoir hasn’t even hit bookshelves yet, but already it’s igniting controversy.
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Michael Moore had spent the last days before the election warning, both in person and with his new film, that Hillary Clinton was in danger of losing to Donald Trump.
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Donald Trump’s victory in the race to become the 45th president of the United States has provoked a wide range of reactions, particularly among Hillary Clinton supporters.
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As both a billionaire businessman and a presidential candidate, Donald Trump has been interviewed on TV countless times, with varying results.
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Free from the quick turnaround required by the live comedy shows that aired on election night, the late-night hosts regrouped Wednesday to offer their thoughts on Donald Trump’s presidential victory.
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Donald Trump is not even in the White House yet, but already some in the music community are incensed and reacting the best way they can: through songs.
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Even in as strange and gaudy a cycle as this one, modern political moments tend to announce themselves well in advance.
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To be fair, Trevor Noah had his work cut out for him going into the live election night edition of “The Daily Show.”
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Even satirical talk show host Stephen Colbert, a man who’s built a career wringing humor out of the most dire of political situations, was at a loss for words Tuesday night as it became clear that Donald Trump, not Hillary Clinton, was going to become the next president of the United States.
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Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly pulled double duty Wednesday morning, appearing as the guest host on the nationally syndicated “Live with Kelly” mere hours after completing election coverage at her day (or in this case, night) job.
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Are Melania Trump’s wardrobe choices completely clueless or cunningly calculated?
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The question that will be on everyone’s mind for the foreseeable future is how did Donald Trump, a businessman with a record of bankruptcies and a reality TV star with a flair for demagoguery, become the next president of the United States.
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Although Donald Trump hardly seemed to be the preferred candidate of the American entertainment industry, there’s one thing Hollywood is doing to help the president-elect.
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Authors took to Twitter after the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States on Tuesday, with some offering hope, and others despair.
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It was an odd choice for a victory song: a rather bleak acoustic ditty in which a guy goes to a demonstration to get his “fair share of abuse,” then heads to a drugstore where he gets in line with another dude who looks “pretty ill.”
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As election night turned into Wednesday, the political commentators floating around the gleaming red, white and blue set at NBC’s Rockefeller Center’s studio appeared dazed over the unexpected results that tilted toward Donald Trump becoming the 45th president of the United States.
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Election day is finally here, and once you’ve visited the polls and done your civic duty, all that’s left to do is wring your hands and watch the results come in.
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On the eve of the election, late-night TV hosts Samantha Bee and James Corden both invited actors on their shows to do what they do best: read.
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Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump had packed schedules Monday, with each presidential candidate making multiple stops in various battleground states to make their final pleas to voters on the eve of election day.
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Election day is here, which means it’s only a matter of hours until voters decide the country’s future.
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Election day is Tuesday, and while Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are furiously campaigning last minute for votes, not everyone in the electorate has been happy with the candidates put forward by the two major parties.
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Until recent weeks, the rancor of this year’s contest between Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and the Republicans’ Donald Trump had left many pop artists relatively muted.
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“Please don’t let the world down.”
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The CBS News executives kept referring to it as a “Thanksgiving dinner table” on Monday, but there was no turkey or stuffing on the round, clear Lucite surface dominating the studio on Manhattan’s far West Side.
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Rachel Platten’s “Fight Song” has been used by corporations, sports teams and at least one 7-year-old cancer patient to inspire all kinds of emotional uplift.
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If you feel like this election cycle has been one wild and unpredictable reality show on a perpetual loop, rejoice: The end is finally in sight.
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Presidential elections come around only once every four years, but this one seems to have dragged on for twice as long.
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“A Game of Thrones” author George R.R.
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President Obama has participated in plenty of unconventional interviews during his time in office: He sat in podcaster Marc Maron’s garage, spoke to YouTuber GloZell Green and went on Zach Galifianakis’ “Between Two Ferns.”
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Election day is now less than a week away, and the celebrity-tilted political ads keep cropping up on social media.
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Just a few days until the election, and a writer’s thoughts naturally turn to dystopias.
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Louis C.K. stopped by the TBS late-night show “Conan” Tuesday night and voiced his full-throated endorsement of Hillary Clinton for president, saying, “If you vote for Hillary, you’re a grown-up.
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Hillary Clinton can add another publication to her long list of endorsements.
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Personalities may have overshadowed policy during this presidential campaign, but one issue has dominated virtually every news cycle: He said, she said, he interrupted.
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Bill Maher is finally getting his wish.
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The country will choose a new president on Nov. 8, and no one is more eager for that day than the TV executives who do business with the NFL.
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James Otis arrived at the Hollywood Walk of Fame before the sun broke over the horizon Wednesday morning with his tools of choice: a sledgehammer and a pick.
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Barack Obama is now a two-term president when it comes to “Mean Tweets” on “Jimmy Kimmel Live.”
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Jay Z is gearing up for a get-out-the-vote concert in Ohio ahead of the Nov. 8 presidential election, a Clinton campaign aide has confirmed.
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A naked likeness of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is the latest addition to a private citizen’s personal collection following a Saturday night auction.
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Fox News anchor Chris Wallace landed a permanent place on the presidential debate highlight reel when Republican nominee Donald Trump said he would not commit to accepting the results of the election.
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With the third and final presidential debate happening tonight in Las Vegas, the election season is entering the home stretch.
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“Michael Moore in TrumpLand” is not only the title of the new film by the cinematic provocateur but it is also an accurate description of what it provides.
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Just two weeks ago, Michael Moore wasn’t promoting a movie. He wasn’t editing a movie.
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Chris Wallace was the first anchor from Fox News to moderate a presidential debate when Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump clashed for the final time Wednesday at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas.
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Laura Benanti returns as Melania Trump on ‘The Late Show’ to unintentionally endorse Hillary Clinton
After sitting down with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, where she blamed Billy Bush for her husband Donald Trump’s infamous “locker room talk,” Melania Trump took to late night TV — specifically, to “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” — to continue her defense.
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There was the “Access Hollywood” tape exposing Donald Trump’s lewd comments toward women.
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Stephen Colbert knows a little something about leaving a high-profile job, so it’s no surprise that he was more than willing to offer some of his (unsolicited) wisdom to President Obama.
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Filmmaker Michael Moore has never been one to hold back his opinions on U.S. politics — and this election season will be no different.
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As news of Billy Bush’s firing broke late Monday afternoon, it fell to Matt Lauer to announce his former colleague’s departure on Tuesday’s episode of “Today.”
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NBC News has reached a settlement with Billy Bush, who is leaving the “Today” show after remarks he made in a vulgar videotaped conversation with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
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Bill Cosby, Roger Ailes, Donald Trump.
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Speculation continues to swirl around whether Donald Trump’s Plan B is to create a Trump-branded TV network to capitalize on his fervent support.
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Stephen Colbert is taking his show (and his curse words) on the road (metaphorically) for election night.
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Television producer Mark Burnett again tried to distance himself from the TV personality who helped catapult his career: Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for president.
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It may have been a holiday for some (Columbus Day or Native American Day, depending on your postal code), but late night wasted no time in rounding up jokes to address the events that unfolded in the presidential election over the weekend.
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Mark Burnett, the prolific producer behind “The Apprentice,” “Survivor” and “Shark Tank,” is discovering what it means to be on the harsher side of reality.
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Billy Bush will not be returning to the “Today” show as NBC seeks to quell mounting criticism over controversial remarks he made in a videotaped conversation with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
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“Today” co-anchor Billy Bush has been suspended by NBC News in light of his role in the leaked recording of his lewd conversation with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
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Television has lately embraced the short run.
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On Sunday it was revealed that “Today” co-host Billy Bush had been suspended from the show for his part in the leaked recording of a lewd conversation with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
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Never before has a presidential candidate been caught in a situation so obscene that members of the news media found themselves struggling with and breaking their own rules to cover it.
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The second presidential debate attracted an average audience of 66.5 million viewers Sunday against formidable competition from NFL football.
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Billy Bush, the veteran “Access Hollywood” entertainment anchor who joined the “Today” show last May as a co-anchor, has landed in the second firestorm of his short morning show stint after the revelation that he was laughing alongside Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in a vulgar 2005 recording released on Friday.
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The first and only showdown between Indiana Gov. Mike Pence and Sen.
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As Twitter users geared up for Tuesday night’s vice-presidential debate, there was less of a sense of dread or excitement that prefaced the first presidential debate of 2016.
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How serious is Hollywood about stopping presidential candidate Donald Trump?
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“Saturday Night Live” kicked off its 42nd season, and all eyes were on Alec Baldwin as he played Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump for the first time.
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Monologist Mike Daisey has made his name channeling outrage on a range of contemporary issues while seated calmly behind a desk before an audience.
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NBC and “Saturday Night Live” announced Wednesday that they would be turning to a new talent, albeit a familiar face, to play Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on the upcoming 42nd season of the show, which premieres Saturday.
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Allegations of sexism continue to swirl around Donald Trump in the days following Monday’s presidential debate, during which Hillary Clinton accused Trump of mistreating 1996 Miss Universe Alicia Machado.
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The contentious first presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump lived up to its high ratings expectations, delivering the largest-ever TV audience for a presidential debate.
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What happens when one of the most powerful women in music sits down with one of the most powerful women in the world?
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Zach Galifianakis has hosted plenty of big names on his Internet mock talk show “Between Two Ferns,” including Brad Pitt, Justin Bieber and even President Obama.
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The nonprofit Commission on Presidential Debates, established in 1987, uses a stock, reconfigurable stage design, a kit of sober-looking parts, for each of its nationally televised events.
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As millions of Americans tuned in to watch Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump square off Monday night in the first of their three scheduled presidential debates, many also turned to social media to share their thoughts on the event, including a host of celebrities.
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In case all the talking heads on cable news and the chattering hordes on Twitter weren’t enough for you, three late-night shows broadcast live on Monday night to provide almost instant reaction to the much-anticipated presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
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“NBC Nightly News” anchor Lester Holt moderated his first presidential debate like a boxing referee who lets the fighters go at it in the middle of the ring.
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Anticipation for Monday’s presidential debate, the first of three marquee match-ups between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, is riding high.
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The presidential candidates had come to a New York stage to make their plea to voters: Hillary Clinton, building a case for her experience, and Donald Trump, arguing for his outsider vigor.