Why Johnny Carson Never Did Politics on Late Night TV

Why Johnny Carson never did politics on his late night show. " You can use the format to sway people and that's not appropriate " adding that he felt people came to escape with comedy and not serious topics. 

He referenced people like Jack Benny and Red skeleton and said they would never do serious stuff in their shows either. There's a time and place for serious interviews like 60 minutes, in parentheses if they do it right non-biased or any of the cable programs again if they're fair and balanced, which most are not these days

According to Media Research(MRC), 98% of late night jokes on the networks in 2024 were anti-Trump and only 2% anti-kamala Harris during the last 4 years prior to to Trump. Talk about swaying the public.Also, Johnny Carson was getting about 10 million viewers a night doing it his way versus Colbert and Kimmel Lucky if they're getting a million viewers a night or 10% of what Carson got. Sure it's a different world today with more outlets but that's a big change sea change