SNL's Colin Jost is venturing outside the traditional studio system for a new comedy series—and teaming with a longtime veteran of the Lorne Michaels universe to do it.

For the first time since taking over Stephen Colbert’s old CBS time slot, Byron Allen's 'Comics Unleashed' beat 'The Tonight Show' in both total viewers and the key 18-49 demo Tuesday night.

Donald Trump’s 1986 late-night TV debut wasn’t planned. Forty years later, the Kentucky couple who helped make it happen tells LateNighter how a day of sightseeing with David Letterman ended in Trump’s office.

Jimmy Kimmel is done hearing from people who are mad that 'Dancing with the Stars' fans keep voting for Guillermo Rodriguez.

Which cast members dominated the second week of Season 52? Find out as we explore this week's SNL numbers!

Seth Meyers has roasted 297 rejected monologue jokes on “Surprise Inspection”—we tallied who bombed the most.

Seth Meyers has roasted 297 rejected monologue jokes on “Surprise Inspection”—we tallied who bombed the most.

AI slop has come for late night—and this time it’s turning Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Fallon, and others into leering co-stars for fake influencers.

Jimmy Kimmel revisited the uproar over his “expectant widow” joke about Melania Trump Tuesday night, contrasting the outrage it generated on the right with their response to Donald Trump suggesting Iran could “take out” Los Angeles and San Diego.

Guillermo Rodriguez took on Mariah Carey Night with a samba and one big #DWTS takeaway: from here on out, he’s going full diva.

Dakota Johnson’s SNL dipped from last week’s season premiere, but matched last season’s comparable episode in total viewers and posted a double-digit year-over-year gain in the demo.

Sarah Sherman made No. 100 count, Marcello Hernández came roaring back, and two rookies are still waiting for their breakout—here’s how screen time shook out on this week’s SNL.

SNL’s final sketch Saturday was only half the joke—and, in a first for the show’s modern era, more than 36 hours later, it still hadn’t appeared on YouTube.

This week on LateNighter’s Inside Late Night podcast, Chuck Sklar talks the Conan job he wishes he’d kept, winning an Emmy with Chris Rock, and four decades of late-night comedy

Kimmel surged, Colbert’s farewell drew a late-season spike, and CBS entered a very different post-Colbert era—here’s where the 2025–26 late-night season landed.

Jimmy Fallon is bringing his children’s-book formula to baseball, with two new Yankees and Dodgers themed board books on the way.

Jon Stewart spent Monday night’s 'Daily Show' sounding the alarm about artificial intelligence. Then AI showed up at his desk looking adorable.

Our roundtable podcast discussing the most important SNL moments of the week is available now!

SNL’s final sketch Saturday was only half the joke—and, in a first for the show’s modern era, more than 36 hours later, it still hasn’t appeared on YouTube.

Jon Stewart is set to sit down tonight with former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon, whose recent resignation from the company—and stark warnings about the potential dangers of AI—drew national attention.

Kimmel returns to Hollywood, SNL UK returns from hiatus, and most of late night stays in originals—here's this week's late night rundown..

As Jimmy Kimmel negotiates a new contract, Disney is pointing to late night’s shrinking audience. But Kimmel’s ratings are higher now than before either of his last two renewals.

John Oliver reunited with Russell Crowe's jockstrap on Sunday night's Last Week Tonight. Oliver has now auctioned off the undergarment twice—and somehow wound up with it again.

Saturday Night Live went long on “Weekend Update” this weekend—very long.

Taylor Swift knows a thing or two about secret entrances—and SNL made sure even its dress-rehearsal audience didn’t see this one coming.

As Dennis Perkins writes of the Dakota Johnson-hosted episode, "The Verity star is best in pre-tapes, where her icy detachment can cook."

Join us as we discuss tonight's Dakota Johnson-hosted episode of 'Saturday Night Live' in our live SNL aftershow.

Taylor Swift made a surprise appearance during Dakota Johnson’s SNL monologue.

For the second week in a row, college football is pushing back the start of SNL.

On October 3, 1992, Sinéad O’Connor performed an act of protest on Saturday Night Live that would incite outrage and forever change the trajectory of her career.

A Dakota Johnson comedy code to crack, a sophomore surge to watch, and a possible Taylor Swift surprise—here are five storylines we're tracking ahead of this weekend’s SNL.

LateNighter’s Monthly Roundtable podcast returns with an episode looking back at a September that found Jimmy Kimmel at the center of seemingly every major late-night storyline.

Two shows in the 12:30 hour posted sizable gains last week, led by a strong return for 'Late Night with Seth Meyers' after its extended summer break.

John Oliver and Seth Meyers joined Jimmy Kimmel in Brooklyn Thursday night—and compared notes on why Trump seems to save so much of his late-night ire for Kimmel.

In what amounted to Disney’s first public comments on its negotiations with Jimmy Kimmel, Dana Walden said the company is trying to balance its deep partnership with the host against what she called “a very challenging day part.”

SNL cast member Jane Wickline is about to experience something of a rite of passage for an SNL player: sitting down with Seth Meyers.

A short trip from Colbert to Fallon: Ariel Dumas and Asher Perlman are now writing for 'The Tonight Show.'

“There’s a giant organism in the universe that demands that this is what it is,” Conan O’Brien says of watching his podcast gradually acquire the trappings of a late-night show.

As Laura Bradley reports for LateNighter, four former 'Late Show' writers are back together with a new podcast that lets them tear into the week’s headlines—and each other.

Robert De Niro dusted off his mob-boss Brendan Carr for a surprise return to Jimmy Kimmel Live! in Brooklyn—baseball bat and all.

Which cast members dominated the first week of Season 52? Find out as we explore this week's SNL numbers!

Watch: Seth Meyers made his "Weekend Update" debut alongside Amy Poehler on this date in 2006, beginning a record run behind the desk that would eventually lead him to 'Late Night.'

There was an upside and a downside to the ratings for Jimmy Fallon’s record-late 12:56 a.m. Sunday start.

As Jon Schneider writes, there were flashes of a young Jason Sudeikis in Ben Marshall’s Season 52 premiere.

Jimmy Kimmel’s Brooklyn guest list is changing again, with Audrey Hobert stepping in for De La Soul as Wednesday night’s musical guest.