Vanity Fair's 'titans of late night' photoshoot is missing a gender

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Max Knoblauch
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Apparently, Samantha Bee and Chelsea Handler haven't proven themselves worthy of titan-hood yet.

Vanity Fair just released an article, complete with photoshoot, about the "titans of late-night" -- and together, they shine a harsh spotlight on the genre's lack of diversity.

The picture features 10 male late night hosts -- Stephen Colbert, Conan O'Brien, Trevor Noah, James Corden, Jimmy Kimmel, John Oliver, Seth Meyers, Larry Wilmore, Jimmy Fallon, and Bill Maher -- and includes a headline boasting that late night TV is currently "better than ever."

Unfortunately, the image leaves out Bee, whose new TBS late night show Full Frontal will debut in January; Handler, who spent seven seasons behind the desk of Chelsea Lately and has an upcoming Netflix talk how as well; and any other women, because... well, there just aren't any women hosting mainstream late night talk shows right now. Or historically, for the most part.

Below, we've rounded up the sharpest reactions to this very depressing image.

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