Sam Jay Scores HBO Weekly Talk Show
by Sam Jay is getting her own late-night talk show! HBO announced a series order for a weekly half-hour talker from Jay, a Saturday Night Live …
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Coming September 2020, Weekly Late-Night Offerings from Amber Ruffin and Larry Wilmore for Peacock
Peacock, NBCUniversal’s new streaming platform, has announced September premieres (no word yet on specific dates and timing) for two new weekly “late-night” comedy showcases, hosted …
Late-Night TV Amplifies Its Black Voices Amid Nationwide Protests
As protests against police brutality and racial injustice swept across America over the weekend and into this week, late-night TV comedy shows have responded by …
Comedy talk shows will tape without an audience as coronavirus precaution
Daytime talk shows based in New York City such as The View and Wendy Williams began filming episodes this week without a regular studio audience …
Two more late-night bits given series spin-offs by broadcast networks in 2020
We’re only two weeks into 2020, and already, the broadcast networks have OK’d more spin-offs for bits from their late-night talk shows. First, NBC announced …
Decade after calling out late-night and Dave Letterman, Nell Scovell receives reconciliation, and late-night hires more women writers
In 2009, TV writer Nell Scovell called out late-night TV for continuing to be a boys club, and called out her former employer, David Letterman, …
Late Night hosts remember Rick Ludwin
Rick Ludwin, a late-night executive at NBC for three decades who famously saved both Seinfeld and Conan O’Brien from early cancellations during his tenure at …
FOX-owned TV affiliates taking second summer run at late-night “Punchline” comedian joke-off
Two summers ago, FOX gave a trial run to a late-night almost live joke-off among comedians called Punchline. It was kind of like Comedy Central’s …
“Lights Out with David Spade” premieres July 29, 2019, on Comedy Central
David Spade’s newest late-night TV venture for Comedy Central has a title and a premiere date. Lights Out with David Spade debuts July 29, 2019, …
Jimmy Kimmel Live will go at least 20 seasons on ABC
Jimmy Kimmel, 51, had to wonder in his early tenure hosting Jimmy Kimmel Live whether ABC might replace him with Nightline, Conan O’Brien, or anything …