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Five weeks into the two-month experiment by CBS to rotate guest hosts in and out of The Late Late Show, we’ve seen plenty of different techniques to introduce viewers to their new hosts for a night (or two or three). Drew Carey already had taken the Late Late desk for …
The final episode of The Chris Gethard Show on MNN — Manhattan Neighborhood Network’s municipal access channel — opened tonight with the big announcement: When TCGS returns from its next hiatus in April, it’ll do so as a weekly series on Fusion. “Yes, we’re still going to book cool musical …
CBS Entertainment Chair Nina Tassler told TV critics Monday during the TCA Winter Press Tour what most astute viewers probably already had figured out: Stephen Colbert’s edition of The Late Show will kick off this September. Specifically, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015 — the night after Labor Day. The Late Show …
TLC has announced a new weekly late night talk show that’ll debut with six half-hour episodes in January that are All About Sex, anchored and co-hosted by comedians Margaret Cho and Heather McDonald, actress Marissa Jaret Winokur and Dr. Tiffanie Davis Henry. All About Sex debuts at 11 p.m. ET/PT …
If there were any doubt about Chelsea Handler’s standing in show business or in late-night TV, then her live one-hour finale episode of Chelsea Lately on E! should put that to rest, too. Dozens of stand-up comedians who have benefitted from her nightly panels came back to pay homage to …
James Corden? James. Corden? Seriously? When CBS Entertainment Chief Nina Tassler told the TV Critics Association last month that the network might be looking in a different direction for The Late Late Show in 2015, once Craig Ferguson ends his 10-year run of hosting the 12:35 a.m. hour, nobody expected …
The first time I heard about Steve Hofstetter, he was promoting a cure for The Cable Guy? Was it Prilosec? Was it Netflix? Who knows now. The second time I heard from Hofstetter, he was in the comedy club owning business, bringing “The Laughing ___” franchise up from Atlanta to …
Perhaps there will be no such thing as a late-night talk show in 2016. Perhaps there isn’t even now, when you consider how much of the content produced by Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, David Letterman and Conan O’Brien is passed around online the following day. So why not Netflix?! Chelsea …
If you haven’t been following Eric Andre’s Instagram feed, then here, please allow me to introduce you to it, and with it, some amazing teases to the production of season three of his bonkers late-night series, The Eric Andre Show, on Adult Swim. You can catch up with the first …
Maybe having Jay Leno announce your renewal on-air during your show wasn’t the best idea, after all. Late today at the end of an off week, The Arsenio Hall Show found out its second season would not be happening this fall. Instead, CBS Television Distribution announced it’s canceling the show. …
