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It’s been a very meta week for late night. First of all, Trump went in on both Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert this week, prompting both men to respond. And both brought their beloveds in to add fuel to the fire. Kimmel brought his wife, Molly McNearney, on to speak her mind, and Colbert brought WWHL host Andy Cohen on in as a Times Square Elmo. (It made sense in context, I assure you.) Rounding out the navel-gazing, perennial late-night guest (and one-time late-night host — that show was fun) Pete Holmes slammed late night as a dying medium. Yes and no, Pete. Is NBC defunding The Tonight Show? Yes. But is chat more central to the culture than ever, thanks to the phenomenon of…
