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View in your browser Monday January 05, 2026 Jimmy Kimmel Thanks 'Ridiculous' President Trump in Critics Choice Acceptance Speech Jimmy Kimmel gave President 'Donald Jennifer Trump' his due during his Critics Choice Award acceptance speech Sunday night. Read more Mark Kelly to Discuss Military Censure With Jon Stewart on Daily Show Season Opener Jon Stewart will sit down with Sen. Mark Kelly on The Daily Show tonight, just hours after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced actions that could lead to a reduction in Kelly’s military retirement rank and pension. Read more Late Night Goes All-In on KPop Demon Hunters After Viral Fallon Visit A viral Tonight Show visit turned 'KPop Demon Hunters' into late night’s most-watched clip of 2025—can new Fallon and Kimmel bookings match it? Read more Jimmy Kimmel Sees a Future for Late Night: Smaller, Cheaper, Better “Maybe it won’t be as big, maybe there won’t be a big band welcoming the host on the stage,” Kimmel told reporters in the Critics Choice Awards press room Sunday. But, he added, "maybe it’ll be better because maybe there will be more opportunities for more people of various backgrounds and ages and niche programming that I think could be a lot of fun to watch.” Read more Trump Dominates SNL's Most-Viewed Season 51 Sketches (So Far) Just about halfway through its 51st season, SNL's YouTube leaderboard tells a familiar story: Trump, Trump, and more Trump. Read more Mark Carney Edges Out Taylor Swift for 2025's Most-Watched Late-Night Interview When it comes to 2025's most-watched late-night interviews, only one person drew more eyeballs than Taylor Swift: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. Read more Comedian Nick Mestad Joins The Tonight Show's Writers Room Though new to the show's writing staff, Nick Mestad is no stranger to The Tonight Show itself. Read more SNL's Marcello Hernández Does His Sebastian Maniscalco Impression—in Front of Sebastian Maniscalco Sebastian Maniscalco got a chuckle out of sharing the Critics Choice Awards stage with "himself." Watch now Bowen Yang Sets First Post-SNL Project With Winter Olympics Podcast Bowen Yang’s first move after SNL? A return to the Olympics beat with a Winter Games season of Two Guys, Five Rings alongside Matt Rogers. Read more Netflix Removes Conan O'Brien From Star Search Teaser, Conan Confirms He Never Appeared Netflix is coming clean: Star Search can’t claim Conan O’Brien. After LateNighter broke the story, a "flabbergasted" O'Brien addressed the flap on his podcast. Read more The Tumult and Triumph of Late-Night Television in 2025 As Bill Carter writes, late-night TV spent 2025 under political fire, cultural pressure, and industry upheaval—and still proved it's one of the nation's most vital barometers. Read more 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. © 2026 Snugglefish Media, LLC, All rights reserved. 1812 W Burbank Blvd # 7225, Burbank, CA 91506-1315 Unsubscribe | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use