Emmys’ John Oliver Problem / Trump Namechecks SNL / Ego Nwodim’s Next Act

PLUS: Seth Meyers sets new Day Drinking date

View in your browser Wednesday September 17, 2025 The Emmys Have a John Oliver Problem As Bill Carter writes, John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight has become such an unstoppable Emmy juggernaut that it’s exposing how broken the awards’ late-night categories really are. Read more Trump Namechecks SNL in $15 Billion New York Times Suit Donald Trump's latest legal broadside against the press includes a surprising detour through Studio 8H. Read more Ego Nwodim Unveils First Post-SNL Project: An Ad for Solidcore Ego Nwodim's new ad campaign for the boutique fitness brand prompted the first public comments from Heidi Gardner since news broke of her own SNL exit. Read more Seth Meyers Sets Day Drinking Date with Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers First on LateNighter: Las Culturistas co-hosts Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang will be Seth Meyers' Day Drinking partners on next Tuesday night's episode of Late Night. Read more Leonardo DiCaprio to Make Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Debut Leonardo DiCaprio is set to guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon for the first time on Tuesday, September 23. It will mark only his third-ever sit-down interview on a late-night talk show. Read more SNL Ranks No. 1 on YouTube in the U.S. by Reach In yet another sign of its enduring cultural dominance, 'Saturday Night Live' was the No. 1 U.S. YouTube channel by reach over the first six months of 2025. Read more George Santos' Lawsuit Against Jimmy Kimmel Gets Tossed—for Good A federal appeals panel has shut down the disgraced former congressman’s longshot attempt to get damages over a late-night bit that turned his Cameo hustle into comedy fodder. Read more SNL Season 51 Cast Preview: Kenan Thompson What will we see from Kenan Thompson this season on Saturday Night Live? LateNighter's podcast partner The Saturday Night Network kicks of a new 18-part Season 51 cast preview leading up to the show's Oct 4 premiere. Watch now John Oliver to Kimmel: 'The Funniest Thing Would've Been If You Had Won' Guesting with Jimmy Kimmel Monday night, John Oliver playfully admitted that part of him was rooting for chaos at Sunday's Emmys. Read more SNL Writers Were Behind Emmys 'Washington's Dream' Spinoff Lorne Michaels didn't just give his blessing to Sunday night's TV-themed "Washington's Dream" sketch at the Emmys—he lent the show his writers. Read more Spon-Con Watch: Jimmy Kimmel Live! for Kit Kat Jimmy Kimmel and Guillermo Rodriguez stepped into a workplace sketch as part of an in-show ad for Kit Kat candy bars on Tuesday night's Jimmy Kimmel Live!. Read more Around the web: Stephen Colbert Thanks Jon Stewart and Jimmy Kimmel After Emmy Win “I want to toss a bouquet of admiration to the other nominees in our category, my dear friends, Jon Stewart and Jimmy Kimmel,” Colbert said as he returned to The Late Show Tuesday night. “These two fellas, old friends, [are] unbelievably talented… just two princes.” Lilly Singh Says Her NBC Late-Night Show Was ‘Set Up to Fail’ “I don’t think anyone intentionally was like, 'We’re gonna set her up to fail’,” the former A Little Late host says in a new interview with Julia Cunningham. “But… I don’t think any part of it was set up to really be successful. [Via Deadline] 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