A.D. Miles departs as head writer for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
by A.D. Miles, Jimmy Fallon’s first and only head writer for both Late Night and The Tonight Show, is stepping out. “Riding Jimmy Fallon’s coattails for the …
Tag: late-night TV
Vulture’s interview with David Letterman
Lots of fascinating stuff comes out of Vulture’s new cover story interview with David Letterman, now almost two years removed from his reign on late-night …
Comedy Central orders 10 weeks of Jim Jefferies in late night
Comedy Central has filled part of the whole in its late-night talk-show programming with a new weekly talker by Australian comedian Jim Jefferies. The show, …
February 2017: First month of Trump administration sweeps late-night TV ratings
When people said Trump would be good for comedy, they were thinking about punchlines, and not ratings. And yet, the first month for Americans living …
AMC will keep Chris Hardwick “Talking” year-round on Sunday nights
When Chris Hardwick isn’t talking walkers and zombies and survivors on AMC, he’ll still have a spot on the cable channel for all of the …
News / TV / Web series
IFC will begin airing Comedy Crib webseries shorts in late-late overnight TV slot
IFC has hosted webseries for the past several years as part of a project called Comedy Crib. Today, the cable TV network announced not only …
Episode #125: Dana Carvey
One of the all-time greatest cast members of Saturday Night Live, Dana Carvey found his comedy greatness early, winning the San Francisco Comedy Competition when …
Episode #122: Loyiso Gola
Before we ever heard about Trevor Noah in America, Loyiso Gola was the star of his own Emmy-nominated TV satire in South Africa, Late Nite …
Jimmy Kimmel, Adam Carolla and Bill Simmons on the future of late-night TV, podcasting
The abrupt series finale of HBO’s Any Given Wednesday weekly talk show hosted by Bill Simmons brought with it many jokes, thanks to his guests …
Please rise, “The High Court” with Doug Benson will be in session late-nights on Comedy Central in 2017
Comedy Central has figured out part of its late-night lineup solution for 2017, and it involves getting high. Paging Doug Benson! Comedy Central announced today …