By Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-manager Strange times breed strange measures, and so it was with the late night television political commentators.
Stripped of their audiences over concerns of spreading COVID-19, the commentators tried to carry on as best they could without the laughter, hooting and shouting that marks the audience’s participation in their monologues.
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert had planned to start the taping without an audience tactic on Monday, but sped up the decision when Broadway decided to close down en masse.
Colbert instead had a talk with Dr. Sanjay Gupta. Late Night With Seth Meyers broadcast an encore performance, but decided to put up its already-completed “A Closer Look” segment online for fans.
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