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Monday, August 4, 2025

The Daily Show Is Taking a Five-Week Break / SNL Cast Contracts Are Out

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Monday August 04, 2025

'Don't Freak Out': The Daily Show Is Taking Five Weeks Off 

Daily Show team
Though the timing is sure to raise eyebrows amid speculation that Jon Stewart and his team might be next on the late-night chopping block at New Paramount, sources tell LateNighter that this extended hiatus has been planned for months and has nothing to do with the current drama at the company.

SNL Cast Contracts, New Hires in Motion as Season 51 Prep Begins

SNL cast
NBC isn’t saying who’s in or out, but the cast moves for SNL’s 51st season have already begun.

Stephen Colbert to Guest Star on Elsbeth... as a Late-Night Host

Stephen Colbert, Carrie Preston
Stephen Colbert is headed to primetime—not as himself, but as a fictional late-night talk show host in an upcoming episode of CBS’s quirky crime dramedy Elsbeth.

John Oliver Takes Subtle Dig at Skydance-Paramount Merger on Last Week Tonight

John Oliver Takes Subtle Dig at Skydance-Paramount Merger on Last Week Tonight
With the Paramount-Skydance merger set to close this week, John Oliver used his show's opening title sequence Sunday night to shade the soon-to-be combined company and its new Trump-aligned leadership.

Jimmy Kimmel Uses Hollywood Emmy Billboard to Support Colbert Instead

Jimmy Kimmel Billboard
Jimmy Kimmel is backing Stephen Colbert in the most Hollywood way possible: with a billboard.

Gutfeld Says Fallon Is 'Taking a Risk' by Booking Him on The Tonight Show

Gutfeld Says Fallon Is 'Taking a Risk' by Booking Him on The Tonight Show
Greg Gutfeld says he's "psyched" for his upcoming appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and is praising the NBC host for being willing to book outside the usual late-night comfort zone.

Eddie Murphy Reveals He Also Got COVID at SNL50

Kenan Thompson, Eddie Murphy
Add Eddie Murphy to the SNL50 sick list. Nearly six months after the show's anniversary special, Murphy reveals he tested positive for COVID just days after taping.

SNL's Heidi Gardner Shoots Indie Film Comedy Transcending

Heidi Gardner
SNL's Heidi Gardner has added another feature film role to her acting résumé.

Around the web:

Charlamagne tha God Floats Jon Stewart as 2028 Presidential Candidate
Dust off those old ‘Stewart/Colbert’ bumper stickers: in a new interview with Fox News’ Lara Trump (!), Charlamagne called Stewart “a change agent coming from the outside” who would “shake things up.” [via USA Today]

2025-26 SNL Ticket Lottery Is Now Open
NBC is accepting ticket requests for Saturday Night Live’s 51st season now through Aug 31. Details here.

Greg Gutfeld to Eric Swalwell: Thanks But No Thanks
Gutfeld turned down Swalwell’s “Bench Press Challenge” Thursday night, telling the California congressman, “I’m not going to be your ticket out of irrelevance.”
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