Seth Meyers’ prime-time special will draw on his standout feature, ‘A Closer Look’

Tonight, if you’re reading this on Tuesday, there will be a debate between presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. (If you’re seeing this afterward, mentally shift the verbs into the past tense.) And where the nation goes in fraught times, comedy, its analytical antidote, will follow. Jon Stewart, who usually hosts “The Daily Show” on Monday nights, will move over to Tuesday for a live post-debate edition, signifying both the event’s importance and, institutionally, his own. And Seth Meyers, whose “Late Night” is arguably the most politically focused late-night...