Stephen Colbert says Emmys can’t avoid President Trump: “The biggest TV star of the year is Donald Trump”

Variety

“We are storytellers: The story we are telling is what happened on television this year,” says the Emmy host. “It’s not a political monologue, but you can’t keep politics out of it, because politics was the biggest TV story this year.” He adds: “The biggest story of the year is not Westworld. It’s not The Handmaid’s Tale. It’s not Milo Ventimiglia’s luscious abs. That’s not what we cared about. The biggest TV star of the year is Donald Trump.” PLUS: With little time for TV, Colbert watches Stranger Things, The Crown and the Gilmore Girls reboot.