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Wednesday, October 29, 2025

Kimmel’s Contract Cliffhanger / Fallon’s Ratings Touchdown / Oliver’s Target Strikes Back

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Wednesday October 29, 2025

Jimmy Kimmel's Deal Is Expiring. His Moment Isn't.

Jimmy Kimmel
As recently as this past summer, Jimmy Kimmel seemed less inclined to renew his contract when it expires in May 2026. As Bill Carter writes, it’s hard to imagine him leaving now.

Sunday Night Tonight Show Is Another Post-Football Ratings Winner for Fallon

Glen Powell, Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon scored one of its biggest audiences of the year Sunday night, thanks to a strong Sunday Night Football lead-in.

Journalist Mocked by John Oliver Imitates Him in Instagram Reel

John Oliver, Oliva Reingold
Two weeks after Last Week Tonight with John Oliver called out The Free Press, one of the reporters singled out by Oliver—Olivia Reingold—clapped back in a now-deleted Instagram reel.

Jimmy Kimmel Expands His Trump IQ Test Challenge Into a Full-Blown Invitational

Jimmy Kimmel Invitational
Jimmy Kimmel isn't dropping his proposed IQ showdown with President Trump—he's doubling down and even giving it a new name.

Watch Conan O'Brien's Latest Foreign TV Cameo—in Philippine Police Drama

Watch Conan O'Brien's Latest Foreign TV Cameo—in Philippine Police Drama
Conan O’Brien’s global cameo streak continued Wednesday with a new role in the soapy Philippine police drama, Sanggang-Dikit FR.

Miles Teller's 'Cool Pope' Sketch Meets a Choking Hazard in SNL Promo

Miles Teller's 'Cool Pope' Sketch Meets a Choking Hazard in SNL Promo
New cast member Jeremy Culhane bites off more than he can chew—literally—in Miles Teller's SNL promo.

Fallon Adds $10,000 Half-Court Challenge to Tonight Show Tuesdays

Traae Young, Jimmy Fallon
With the NBA back on NBC for the first time in 24 years, Tuesday nights are once again for hoops—and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon is getting in on the action.

John Oliver Hid a Toll-Free Easter Egg in Last Week Tonight's Fake Medicare Advantage Ad

John Oliver Medicare Advantage
If only all toll-free Medicare Advantage hotlines were as much harmless fun.

Inside Late Night: Roy Wood Jr. on What Late Night Taught Him About Timing

Roy Wood Jr
This week on LateNighter's Inside Late Night podcast, comedian, host of CNN's Have I Got News For You, and author of the new memoir The Man of Many Fathers, Roy Wood Jr. joins Mark Malkoff to talk late-night breaks, near-misses, and knowing when to walk away.
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