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Such detours are part of the production’s meticulous efforts to grab and keep our attention, rewarding us for watching closely.

The seemingly random detours, they argued, would prove of little, if any, political value in an election that will likely be decided by a few thousand votes in the key battleground states.

Reality shows incorporate these little detours to keep the energy light and lively.

The pair have taken detours and hidden high up in the trees in the past but have never completely disappeared until now.

“I would do a two-hour detour each way if it meant Trump not being president,” said Kimmel, executive producer of Comedy Central’s “Crank Yankers,” whose brother, TV host Jimmy Kimmel, has endorsed Harris.