We don’t expect Stephen Colbert, host of CBS’s “The Late Show,” to suffer any penalty after he threw a Nazi salute to mock President Trump last week.

Colbert mocked former White House aide Steve Bannon for telling “60 Minutes” Trump’s response to Charlottesville was “taking it up to a higher level.”

“Yeah,” said Colbert, “he’s definitely taking it to a higher level. I’d say his support is about up there, right about here [gives Nazi salute].”

That prompted a few calls for Colbert’s firing, since CNN axed commentator (and Trump fan) Jeffrey Lord over a “Sieg Heil” tweet that was plainly a sarcastic joke.

Not going to happen: Colbert makes gobs of cash for his network, and anyone offended by the shtick probably isn’t watching his show anyway.

Sadly, the days of late-night comedy being a largely non-political affair seem gone, at least for now. Jimmy Fallon tried to resist the wave, and lost ratings for his trouble.

It’s actually a lot harder to entertain when you can’t just pick a few safe villains and say anything you please about them, knowing your audience hates them, too.

We look forward to the day when the market again rewards quality.