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View in your browser Friday January 23, 2026 Join LateNighter for a Live AMA With Have I Got News For You LateNighter is co-hosting a livestreamed AMA with Have I Got News For You stars Roy Wood Jr., Amber Ruffin, Michael Ian Black and series creator Jimmy Mulville Saturday, ahead of the show's Season 4 premiere. Get details Stephen Colbert: The FCC Is Trying to 'Silence Me, Jimmy, and Seth' “Let’s talk about these new crackdown rules that my lawyer warned me not to talk about,” Colbert joked, before accusing the FCC of trying to muzzle him and his fellow late-night hosts. Read more Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Sets Season 13 Premiere HBO's Last Week Tonight with John Oliver is on its way back, and not a moment too soon. Read more Teyana Taylor Hosts SNL: Five Storylines to Watch (S51 E11) As LateNighter's Jon Schneider writes, Trump's Greenland escapades, weekend snow, and a much-needed infusion of diversity could make this an SNL to remember. Read more Colin Jost Confirmed to Return for Pop Culture Jeopardy! on Netflix Pop Culture Jeopardy! is going for the Daily Double with Colin Jost as the show switches streamers. Read more SNL UK Adds to Production Team; Cast and Premiere Date Still TBA SNL UK continues to bolster its ranks while we eagerly await word on cast, hosts, and/or premiere date. Read more Kimmel Side-Eyes Trump's Legion of Doom, Er, 'Board of Peace' The devil is in the details: Jimmy Kimmel took a closer look at Trump's newly formed "Board of Peace" Thursday night. Read more Chloe Fineman Joins Amazon's Red, White & Royal Blue Rom-Com Sequel The seven-year SNL cast member is heading for a (royal) wedding in Amazon's Red, White & Royal Blue sequel. Read more Uncle Floyd Show Host Floyd Vivino Dies at 74 The entertainer who grew his local DIY variety program into a cult-favorite was 74. Read more Beck Bennett Says He Was Told to Lose Weight During His First SNL Season in 'Upsetting' Ways The SNL alum says that during his first year on the show, he was repeatedly told—sometimes in "sh*ty" and "upsetting" ways—to trim down. (He did.) Read more Around the web: THR on The Tonight Show’s TikTok Play Jimmy Fallon’s viral Malala Yousafzai “Beez in the Trap” clip serves as the jumping-off point for Alex Weprin’s look at how The Tonight Show‘s creative team is reengineering late night for the scroll era. How Cold Is It? So cold that Jimmy Fallon told his Zohran Mamdani–stock broker joke again Thursday night. This Is CBS Stephen Colbert had this say about Trump's pay-for-play Board of Peace in his Thursday night monologue: "Paying a billion dollars to obey Donald Trump seems a little steep. After all, CBS got to do it for just 16 million." Worth the Wait Men at Work's Jimmy Kimmel Live performance of "Who Can it Be Now," taped months ago for Kimmel's aborted 80s week, finally aired Thursday night. Lead singer Colin Hay hasn't missed a step at age 72. 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. © 2026 Snugglefish Media, LLC, All rights reserved. 1812 W Burbank Blvd # 7225, Burbank, CA 91506-1315 Unsubscribe | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use