--- description: President Donald Trump has taken issue with the portrayal of himself on late night TV, calling for hosts to feature more Republicans title: Trump: Republicans Should Get Equal Time on Late-Night TV image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt38b642e65350f754/6988e0f7e76ad2683662f76d/gettyimages-487813454.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Television](/tag/television/) ## Television Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Donald Trump: 'Unfunny' Late-Night Hosts Should Give Republicans 'Equal Time' ## Video: Late-Night TV Takes on Trump [Watch (HLS stream): Late-Night TV Takes on Trump](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/n9RiOocv.m3u8) (1:58)  _Published 2016-09-14. In the wake of the Orlando shooting, four of late night television's hosts held nothing back in their criticism of Donald Trump's response._ by [Aric Jenkins](/author/aric-jenkins/) ## Aric Jenkins Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 2:49 AM CUTPublished: Oct 7, 2017 2:11 PM CUT  THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON -- Episode 0327 -- Pictured: (l-r) Donald Trump during an interview with host Jimmy Fallon on September 11, 2015 THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON -- Episode 0327 -- Pictured: (l-r) Donald Trump during an interview with host Jimmy Fallon on September 11, 2015NBC—NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images by [Aric Jenkins](/author/aric-jenkins/) ## Aric Jenkins Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 2:49 AM CUTPublished: Oct 7, 2017 2:11 PM CUT [President Donald Trump](http://time.com/money/4706808/donald-trump-late-night-tv/ "undefined") wants “anti-Trump” [late-night television](http://time.com/4966557/late-night-gun-control-las-vegas-attack/ "undefined") hosts to give Republicans “equal” screen time on their shows. “Late Night host \[sic\] are dealing with the Democrats for their very ‘unfunny’ & repetitive material, always anti-Trump!” the President tweeted Saturday morning. “Should we get Equal Time?” “More and more people are suggesting that Republicans (and me) should be given Equal Time on T.V. when you look at the one-sided coverage?” Trump added in a second tweet. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/916634286811435008) > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/916635236238274561) _Late Night_ host Seth Meyers fired back a reply not long after Trump’s tweets, writing: “We’d love to have you! Studio located at 15 Penguin Avenue, Antarctica.” > [](https://twitter.com/sethmeyers/status/916641343174213632) Not long after, [Jimmy Kimmel](http://time.com/4968596/jimmy-kimmel-las-vegas-shooting-gun-control-video/ "undefined") had some thoughts, tweeting at Trump: “Excellent point Mr. President! You should quit that boring job – I’ll let you have my show ALL to yourself #MAGA.” Kimmel’s reply prompted a response from the President’s son, Donald Trump Jr.: “Thoughts on Harvey Weinstein? #askingforafriend,” he wrote, referring to a [recent sexual harassment reports involving the movie producer](http://time.com/4972389/harvey-weinstein-democratic-senators/ "undefined"), who has given a number of donations to Democratic politicians. “You mean that big story from the failing, liberal, one-sided @nytimes? I think it is disgusting,” Kimmel fired back. In response, Trump Jr. tweeted, “Great I look forward to your monologues next week. You’re probably due for a change if only for a moment or two.” “\[G\]reat – in the meantime, enjoy this!” Kimmel responded, with a YouTube video of the President’s Access Hollywood tape that leaked exactly a year ago Saturday. > [](https://twitter.com/jimmykimmel/status/916674867734355968) > [](https://twitter.com/jimmykimmel/status/916681301830201344) Kimmel and Meyers, along with the likes of Stephen Colbert, Trevor Noah and John Oliver, have used Trump as fodder for jokes throughout his campaign and presidency, at times [outright denouncing him](http://time.com/4904341/our-country-be-damned-late-night-hosts-keep-slamming-president-trump-over-charlottesville/ "undefined") for his comments and actions. NBC’s Jimmy Fallon was criticized for entertaining Trump during the campaign by playfully rubbing the future President’s hair on his show in what many considered to be a “softball interview” with no hard-hitting questions. Since then, he has toughened up on the President, a stance that was noticeable in the wake of August’s white nationalist rally in Charlottesville. “The fact that it took the president two days to come out and clearly denounce racists and white supremacists is shameful,” Fallon said during the _Tonight Show_‘s opening monologue. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4973432/donald-trump-late-night-television-hosts/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4973432/donald-trump-late-night-television-hosts/"},"headline":"Donald Trump: 'Unfunny' Late-Night Hosts Should Give Republicans 'Equal Time'","datePublished":"2017-10-07T14:11:11.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T02:49:07.000Z","description":"He described them as \"always anti-Trump\"","url":"https://time.com/4973432/donald-trump-late-night-television-hosts/","keywords":["Television","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt38b642e65350f754/6988e0f7e76ad2683662f76d/gettyimages-487813454.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Aric Jenkins","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/aric-jenkins/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt38b642e65350f754/6988e0f7e76ad2683662f76d/gettyimages-487813454.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon - Season 2","caption":"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon - Season 2","creditText":"NBC—NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/television/","name":"Television"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4973432/donald-trump-late-night-television-hosts/","name":"Donald Trump: 'Unfunny' Late-Night Hosts Should Give Republicans 'Equal Time'"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Late-Night TV Takes on Trump","description":"In the wake of the Orlando shooting, four of late night television's hosts held nothing back in their criticism of Donald Trump's response.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/n9RiOocv/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-09-14T21:13:41.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/n9RiOocv.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4973432/donald-trump-late-night-television-hosts/","duration":"PT1M58S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4973432/donald-trump-late-night-television-hosts/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```