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Late-Night TV Ratings For 2019-2020

by Sean L. McCarthyMay 26, 2020May 26, 20208

In case you’re wondering who still watches late-night TV talk shows on TV when they air, here are some updated numbers for you to chew …

Two more late-night bits given series spin-offs by broadcast networks in 2020

by Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 14, 2020January 14, 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 …

Michelle Wolf will host her own weekly late-night talker for Netflix

by Sean L. McCarthyFebruary 12, 2018February 12, 2018

Congratulations to Michelle Wolf! As reported first by The Hollywood Reporter, Netflix is giving Wolf her own weekly late-night talk show, to debut later this …

The nightly late-night writing staffs for America’s TV talk shows in 2017

by Sean L. McCarthyOctober 6, 2017October 6, 20171

Something remarkable happened on Wednesday’s episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. It wasn’t one of the many game shows within Fallon’s talk shows, …

Iliza Shlesinger debuts “Truth & Iliza” on Freeform

by Sean L. McCarthyMay 3, 2017

Iliza Shlesinger made no secret of wanting her own late-night talk show, and Tuesday night, she premiered Truth & Iliza on Freeform. It’s a weekly …

February 2017: First month of Trump administration sweeps late-night TV ratings

by Sean L. McCarthyMarch 3, 2017

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 …

MTV2 announces new weekly late-night series powered by World Star, All Def Digital

by Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 10, 2017January 10, 2017

MTV2 today announced a new slate of late-night Friday programming built around comedians and hip-hop, including the first TV series from World Star Hip Hop, …