The Late Show was not on the air last night as a result of Stephen Colbert’s Covid diagnosis and it has now emerged that he’s taking the rest of the week off.
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Now that the WGA strike is over, talk shows that have been dark since May will be returning with new episodes next week.
Among the late-night hosts who’ll be heading back into their studios is Jimmy Kimmel, who announced his return in a hilarious Instagram video mocking a recent incident in the season premiere of “The Kardashians”, in which Kim tells sis Kourtney about the “Not Kourtney” group chat that excludes her.
Kourtney ends her fraught telephone conversation by telling her sister, “You’re just a f**king witch and I f**king hate you.”
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In Kimmel’s video, he’s sitting on a couch, wearing a hoodie, when he calls up Kim to let her know that he’ll be hosting a new show on Monday, cut together with footage of the her taken from the show.
“Are you happy?” she asks dubiously.
Kimmel declares he is happy, but wonders why it seems as if she’s not happy for him, prompting Kim to reel off the various things she supposedly doesn’t like about Kimmel, including his look.
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“You don’t like my look?” Kimmel asks incredulously, as the camera pulls back to reveal he’s wearing a pair of ridiculously oversized ’90s-style jeans. “What’s wrong with my look?”
Kimmel continued, asking, “Do you and Khloe and Kendall and Korky ever have side chats about me?”
“We have side chats about everybody,” she replies, prompting Kimmel, with a look of horror overtaking him, to say, “Do you talk about the time I [bleeped] my pants at Universal Studios? You are a witch!” Kimmel
The Late Show was not on the air last night as a result of Stephen Colbert’s Covid diagnosis and it has now emerged that he’s taking the rest of the week off.
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Late-night might be back, but there’s still a few challenges.
Jimmy Kimmel returned to the air for a new episode of his late-night show Jimmy Kimmel Live on Monday (October 2) after a months-long break due to the writers strike.
TV’s bevy of late-night talk show hosts took aim at the strikes in their first monologues in 5 months.
Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Late night was back in full force on Monday night, and the hosts of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” “Jimmy Kimmel Live” and “Late Night with Seth Meyers” were all expected to have something to say about it in their opening monologues. “It feels good to be back,” Colbert said at the start of his October 2 monologue — his first since May 1, the last evening before the WGA strike commenced the following day. “It feels good to be with all of you again here in the Ed Sullivan Theatre.
Jimmy Kimmel is back with a little help from Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Seth Meyers opened his first Late Night show in five months with a long list of thank yous.
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There’s more late-night bookings now that the writers strike is over.
Late-night is coming back and the guest lists are starting to be filled.
NBC didn’t want Jimmy Fallon to host Late Night at first.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director When Jimmy Fallon returns to the air in Oct. following the end of the WGA strike, it will continue his 14th year as the host of an NBC late night talk show. The “Saturday Night Live” alum got his late night start by taking over for Conan O’Brien as the host of “Late Night,” which Fallon led from March 2, 2009 to Feb.
Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Comedy Central is going back to square one in its efforts to find a new host for “The Daily Show.” The Paramount Global cable network is considering a wider array of candidates to take the reins of the program from previous emcee Trevor Noah, according to people familiar with the matter, after having previously identified Hasan Minhaj as a leading possibility. The decision appears to come in the wake of a recent report in The New Yorker in which some of the supposedly autobiographical stories that Minhaj has used in his routines were found to be embellished. Comedy Central declined to comment, as did WME, the talent agency that represents Minhaj.
Seth Meyers and Jimmy Fallon will be flashing their smiles on the small screen in no time.
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Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers are coming back.
Late night TV is coming back!
With the WGA Strike almost over (the contract still has to be ratified and signed by members), fans are starting to think about just when late night talk shows could return.
Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large As the WGA strike draws to a close, first stop on the road to normalcy will be late night — where producers are already plotting a return to air within the next two to three weeks. “We want to come back ASAP,” said one late night insider.