Gutfeld-Fallon Ratings Update / Colbert’s Emmy Edge / Bongo Bill Murray

PLUS: Nicole Byer jabs Jay Leno on Kimmel

View in your browser Friday August 15, 2025 Gutfeld Visit Gives Fallon Biggest Delayed Viewing Gain Since 2015 First on LateNighter: Nielsen’s viewer count for Gutfeld’s Tonight Show episode grew by a whopping 28% in the three days following its original broadcast, the show’s largest delayed viewing increase in nearly a decade. Read more Colbert's Late Show Surges to Emmy Favorite After Cancellation Shock After years of nominations without a win, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is suddenly the frontrunner in this year's Emmy race for Best Variety Talk Series. Read more Inside CBS's Logic: Why Losing Taylor Tomlinson Meant Losing Stephen Colbert Too Bill Carter unpacks CBS's claim that losing Taylor Tomlinson was the first step toward canceling Stephen Colbert. Read more As Promised, Bill Murray Sat In on the Bongos Thursday Night on Fallon Bill Murray wasn't on The Tonight Show to talk Thursday night—he was there to back his friend Pedrito Martinez… on the bongos. Read more Nicole Byer Jabs 'Double-Denim Wearing B*tch' Jay Leno on Kimmel Another late-night host got in their licks at Jay Leno Thursday night as Jimmy Kimmel Live! guest host Nicole Byer poked fun at the former Tonight Show host in her monologue. Read more Hacks' Fictional Late-Night Show Catered Lunch for the Real Ones—Including a Branzino ‘We may play a late-night show on Hacks, but we know how hard you work to keep us all laughing,’ read a note accompanying the spread, which included a branzino—‘for Mrs. Table,’ naturally.” Read more Trump to Follow in Colbert's Footsteps With Kennedy Center Honors Hosting Gig Donald Trump is set to pick up where Stephen Colbert left off when he hosts the 2025 Kennedy Center Honors on CBS this December. Read more Letterman's Next Guest is Returning to Netflix: Here Are Our Dream Guests Our dream lineup for David Letterman's My Next Guest Needs No Introduction features old friends, famous rivals, and iconic guests from across Letterman’s career. Read more SNL's Marcello Hernández Details Plans for First Netflix Comedy Special Marcello Hernández will tape his first Netflix stand-up special Sept. 19–20 in his hometown of Miami, joining a wave of SNL castmates debuting comedy hours this year. Read more Who Knew? Lorne Michaels Produced 1994 Lassie Movie When it comes to animal acts, Lorne Michaels is more closely associated with Toonces the Driving Cat, but in the early ’90s, the SNL creator took on a very different kind of pet project: the heroic collie Lassie. Read more Around the web: What Will Become of the Ed Sullivan Theater After Colbert? That’s the question Thomas Doherty asks in a new piece for The Hollywood Reporter that looks back at the landmark theater’s many different incarnations. Jon Batiste to Make Jimmy Kimmel Live! Debut Next Week Guest host Tiffany Haddish will welcome the former Late Show with Stephen Colbert musical director to Kimmel’s stage for a live performance next Monday, August 18. ‘They Sent My Tape Back’: Jimmy Fallon Shares Letterman’s 1995 Brush-Off Fallon pullled out the rejection letter he received from Letterman’s then-talent assistant Zoe Friedman during an interview with Judd Apatow. James Corden Is ‘Very Sad’ to See End of Late Night on CBS “I think it’s very, very sad,” the former Late Late Show host told The AP, adding, “What a privilege to be part of such a thing and such a gang.” Got Feedback? If you like what we’re doing, or if there’s something we could be doing better, we'd love to hear from you. Simply respond to this message or use our feedback form. This email was sent to mediayenta.comedy@blogger.com  Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe here Not seeing our emails? Add newsletters@email.latenighter.com to your safe sender list, or if you have Gmail, simply drag and drop one of our emails from the Promotions tab into the Primary tab. © 2025 Snugglefish Media, LLC, All rights reserved. 1812 W Burbank Blvd # 7225, Burbank, CA 91506-1315 Unsubscribe | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use