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Late-night comedy has lost its punch, at least according to Vince Vaughn. The 'Old School' star feels many shows today have "stopped being funny" and have become too focused on politics.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Vaughn, during a recent appearance on Theo Von's This Past Weekend podcast, slammed the programs for becoming "the same show" that are "really agenda-based."

Sharing his thoughts, Vaughn said that several talk shows today feel too similar and are driven by a fixed point of view. "See, they never get it right. The podcasts have gotten so much more popular with less production, fewer writers, and fewer staff, because people want authenticity. And I think that the talk shows, to a large part, became really agenda-based."

Vaughn went on to add that the shift has made viewers lose interest as they have "moved the focus away from humour" and have "stopped being funny."

He further explained that this shift has made viewers lose interest. According to him, the focus moved away from humour. He said, "They were gonna evangelise people to what they thought. And so people just rejected it because it didn't feel authentic. It felt like they had an agenda. It stopped being funny, and it started feeling like I was in a f****** class I didn't want to take."

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"They all became so about their politics and who's good and who's bad," the Couples Retreat actor added. "Imagine sitting next to someone like that on a f****** plane. You'd be like, how do I get out of this f****** seat?"

Though the Old School actor didn't name any shows or comedians, Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, and Jimmy Fallon are some of the current late-night hosts who are popular for being quite political and criticising President Donald Trump on their respective shows.