Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi waJune 22, 2016, CBS yakazivisa kuti "The Late Show" yaizoparadzira mavhiki maviri ezvikamu zvehupenyu panguva ye2016 Republican
uye magungano eDemocratic. Yokutanga yezvikamu izvi, musi waChikunguru 18, 2016, yakavhurwa nenhamba yemimhanzi naColbert iyo yakafananidza musangano weRepublican nekuve "Kisimusi muna Chikunguru", uye yakaratidza masketch uko Jon Stewart (akaratidzwa kuti anga achigara kunze kwegridhi mukamba) akaudzwa kuti Donald Trump akabata zita reRepublican musarudzo yemutungamiri wenyika, Colbert's persona kubva ku "The Colbert Report" anodzorerwa uye anopa chinyorwa cheIzwi pa "Trumpiness", uye sketch yakatorwa firimu ichitenderera nzvimbo yekokorodzano semunhu wake "The Hunger Games" - akafuridzirwa Julius Flickerman. Stewart akaonekwa zvakare musi weChina wakatevera, achipa chikamu chinoshoropodza Fox News Channel zvichitevera kudzingwa kweMutungamiriri wayo Roger Ailes. Zviratidziro zvaColbert panguva idzi zvikamu zvakarumbidzwa zvakanyanya nekudzoka kwavo pakusimbisa komedhi-yakatarisana nenhau yakafanana ne "The Colbert Report" uye "The Daily Show".