Late night shows to tape without audiences amid coronavirus fears

The show must go on. After late-night shows went on temporary hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, many of their hosts found ways to improvise with at-home monologues. That trend has now taken off, as a number of shows have returned to broadcast with fully filmed-at-home episodes.

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.

Dr. Anthony Fauci is coming to Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” at an interesting moment for late-night TV.

Dr. Anthony Fauci is coming to Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” at an interesting moment for late-night TV.

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.

Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon's kids are contributing to their dads' at-home late-night shows. During the most recent episodes of and , the hosts have proudly used artwork made by their kids to open their shows.

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.

Late-night shenanigans are still going strong! Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel continued their at-home monologues and sketches on Thursday for their shows,  and

Late-night shenanigans are still going strong! Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel continued their at-home monologues and sketches on Thursday for their shows,  and

The Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot shared her version of Imagine. The star-studded video sees many celebrities like Avengers: Endgame actor Mark Ruffalo, Jimmy Fallon, Amy Adams, and Will Ferrell among many others.

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

While their shows may be on mandatory hiatus during the coronavirus outbreak, Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel aren't letting that keep them from doing their monologues. Although it also might also have to do with trying to keep themselves occupied while stuck at home and indoors.

By Bruce Haring

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

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.