Late-Night Hosts Return with New At-Home Shows and Waste No Time Eviscerating Trump

Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert came together for a good cause.

By Bruce Haring

It was a late-night crossover for the ages.

Lady Gaga is teaming up with U.S. late night hosts Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, and Stephen Colbert for a historic global broadcast to raise funds to fight the coronavirus.

Lady Gaga is teaming up with U.S. late-night hosts Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, and Stephen Colbert for a historic global broadcast to raise funds to fight the coronavirus.

Stars are bringing the world together.

Most late-night talk shows ( make that most shows, period) have gone on temporary hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, but their hosts are finding ways to improvise — and some are returning with full episodes sooner than expected. Many began offering fans their daily takes on the latest headlines via at-home monologues and short videos, and now some, including Seth Meyers, Andy Cohen, Stephen Colbert, and John Oliver, will be returning to TV with full episodes filmed from their homes.

The coronavirus pandemic sent most late-night talk shows ( make that most shows, period) on temporary hiatus, but their hosts are finding ways to improvise — and some are returning with full episodes sooner than expected. Many began offering fans their daily takes on the latest headlines via at-home monologues and short videos, and now some, including Stephen Colbert and HBO's John Oliver, will be returning to TV with full episodes filmed from their homes.

The coronavirus pandemic sent most late-night talk shows (make that most shows, period) on temporary hiatus, but their hosts are finding ways to improvise — and some are returning with full episodes sooner than expected. Many began offering fans their daily takes on the latest headlines via at-home monologues and short videos, and now some, including Stephen Colbert and HBO's John Oliver, will be returning to TV with full episodes filmed from their homes.

The coronavirus pandemic sent most late-night talk shows (make that most shows, period) on temporary hiatus, but their hosts are finding ways to improvise — and some are returning with full episodes sooner than expected. Many began offering fans their daily takes on the latest headlines via at-home monologues and short videos, and now some, including Stephen Colbert and HBO's John Oliver, will be returning to TV with full episodes filmed from their homes.

The coronavirus pandemic sent most late-night talk shows (make that most shows, period) on temporary hiatus, but their hosts are finding ways to improvise — and some are returning with full episodes sooner than expected. Many began offering fans their daily takes on the latest headlines via at-home monologues and short videos, and now some, including Stephen Colbert and HBO's John Oliver, will be returning to TV with full episodes filmed from their homes.

Late Night writers Amber Ruffin and Jenny Hagel joined Seth Meyers via video on Tuesday night for a home edition of the NBC show's recurring segment "Jokes Seth Can't Tell." "We do a lot of jokes on our show that due to having a diverse writing staff, some of them don't sound right coming from me, a straight white man," Meyers explained.

The late-night lineup was officially on hiatus this week amid widespread social distancing efforts aimed at slowing the spread of the novel coronavirus. But despite telling viewers his show would go without new episodes for at least two weeks, Stephen Colbert wasn’t content to leave his viewers with reruns. The “Late Show” host surprised fans on Monday with a special “social distancing edition,” airing on CBS during the show’s normal time slot — which he hosted from his bathtub.

Coronavirus may be forcing everyone to stay home, but talk show hosts aren’t letting that stop them from reaching their audiences.

Conan O’Brien’s late-night show is set to return despite much of US television production grinding to a halt amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Conan O’Brien isn’t going to let the spread of coronavirus keep late-night TV off the air.

TV’s late-night comics are finding they don’t need all the usual trappings to get on with their shows.

The late night hosts are social distancing. On Tuesday, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Conan O'Brien and Stephen Colbert delivered their monologues via YouTube from their homes after suspending production on their late night shows due to coronavirus concerns.

NEW YORK -- Due to the new coronavirus, late-night comedians — Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Pete Buttigieg — are taking to the stage without the affirmation of adoring audiences.

Thursday night proved to be a historic one for late-night television. The majority of late-night shows announced that starting next week their programs would be moving forward without a live studio audience in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. However, several networks decided to pull the plug on the live audiences on Thursday instead.