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Late Night’s Familiar With Master Debaters

All of them have been through two Trump presidential-election cycles before this. How did their experience pay off?

Unlike Fallon, Stephen Colbert performed his monologue live, which meant he got to reference specific moments in the debate, and he used his latitude to take direct shots at Trump. “Kamala Harris reportedly prepared by debating an adviser playing former president Donald Trump wearing a boxy suit, so thanks to David Byrne for his service to our country,” Meyers said. While the fate of The Daily Show continues to hang in the balance, Jon Stewart is taking over Monday nights and doing a bang-up job (he got the most viewership out of any of these clips on YouTube, at least).

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