Research On The Content Of The Stephen Colbert Evening Show During The 2016 General Election

American talk show has been developing for nearly one hundred years.During those years,talk show not only amount growth,but also occupied main time in television.Talk show has great potential both in the mind of the audience and advertisers.China's talk show has been developing for 20 years since 1996.But there are still some differences compared with those in western countries in the past 20 years.That is why this article choose"The Late Show With Stephen Colbert " during the U.S.presidential election to study,and the analysis of the show from the topic,guest,host,attitude etc.This article also discussed about the media responsibility and the weakness of view communication.During the process of analysis,i found that the common of American talk show is using entertained attitude to express the serious topics.Talk show try to eliminate the seriousness of problems and to use a humorous way to ease people' s mind.This perhaps is the consequence of the long-term development of the social supervision system.