Carter, who has written extensively about the late-night comedy landscape, spoke with HuffPost Live’s Josh Zepps on Tuesday about the end of “The Colbert Report” and its host’s transition to taking over David Letterman’s “Late Show.”
“You have to be broader on a network late night show, and one of the things you have to do is play to the middle of the country,” Carter said.
That means Colbert can no longer be content targeting liberal viewers in New York and Los Angeles, Carter explained.
Two things about this pundits advice. #1 Conservative is not the middle of the country. #2Just because all others have done this, doesn’t mean that others (Colbert) has to follow their examples. I think they are often called trend setting.