was extremely committed to certain issues. >> we are, as we speak, live from our election center studios in new york city's abandoned prostitute district. >> it was the 2000 presidential campaign when the show went from being mostly about pop culture, to really focusing on the election. >> steve bowdow was the executive producer on "the lady show." >> by then, the show was a political show, and it pretty much has been ever since. >> good news for mitt romney, he has won tonight, we can announce this right now, most of the confederacy. >> mulling over certain compact news story and teasing out all the ironies of it has been the rubric for everybody. >> responding to trump's ill-informed tweets can be a full-time job. and i know, because it's my full-time job. >> late-night now had a blueprint. new shows were spawning new