How the Late-Night Emmy Became the Anti-Trump Award

“We’re waiting for the billboard.” So said an insider at a (non-ABC) late night nominee to me when I asked what to make of the scrum in the variety series category — referring, of course, to Jimmy Kimmel’s habit of taking out Emmys-season billboards. Last year, Kimmel threw his weight behind the recently canceled Stephen Colbert in a bid to get The Late Show With Stephen Colbert its first-ever top late night Emmy. (It worked.) This year, Kimmel could do the same for his recently departed (from the airwaves) friend. Then again, he could do something on behalf of himself. Or John Oliver. Or Jon Stewart. They’re all pals. And all have a…