 | Tuesday August 05, 2025 | | | | |
| |  | | Are we to really believe CBS when it says The Late Show is losing $40 million a year? We asked a network TV research analyst familiar with the financial realities of late-night television from the inside (at networks other than CBS) whether that number rang true. Their answer was a qualified yes. | | | | | | | |
| |  | | Say this for the producers of the Primetime Emmy Awards: they know a good showdown when they see it. | | | | | | | |
| |  | | The gulf between the various late-night shows on the video-sharing platform is dramatic, with the #1 most-followed show—The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon—leading the pack at 24.6 million followers, followed by SNL at 12.3 million and The Daily Show at 10 million. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert comes in at #4 with 3.2 million. | | | | | |
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| |  | | One of Seth Meyers' longtime writers is leaving the nest. Late Night with Seth Meyers writer Ally Hord is departing the show. | | | | | |
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| |  | | Lin-Manuel Miranda is set to break a record for Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show, depending on how you look at it. | | | | | |
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| |  | | "Joanna Carson was a strong, intelligent woman who pushed Johnny out of his comfort zone in the best way," Carson historian Mark Malkoff recalls of the third Mrs. Carson, whose death last month has just been reported. | | | | | |
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| |  | | Questlove may have carved out a storied legacy in late-night TV, but he still has one unfulfilled goal. | | | | | |
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| John Oliver Doesn’t Mince Words When it Comes to Jay Leno | | | | | |
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