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Why late-night TV puts animals on live sets

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Bringing a wild, unpredictable creature onto a brightly lit, highly stressful television stage is a recipe for absolute disaster. These segments are deliberately scheduled entirely because everyone knows the monkey is going to eventually jump on the host's head, providing an incredible spike in ratings fueled by pure, unscripted animal panic.

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Why late-night TV puts animals on live sets
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