SNL UK’s U.S. Prospects Get a Boost / Fallon’s Olympic Surge

PLUS: Late Night & the Winter Games Share Deep Roots

View in your browser Wednesday February 11, 2026 SNL UK to Stream in Canada, Raising Hopes for U.S. Distribution A new distribution deal with Canada's Crave streaming service has fans south of the border encouraged that SNL UK may air or stream in the U.S. Read more Olympics Lead-In Sends Fallon's Tonight Show Ratings Soaring NBC’s post–Opening Ceremony edition of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon delivered a healthy ratings boost for NBC late night. Read more James Van Der Beek’s Late-Night Arc, From Teen Idol to Self-Parody With the passing of James Van Der Beek at age 48, LateNighter revisits the Dawson's Creek star's memorable SNL monologue, and other late-night appearances. Read more Nancy Guthrie Coverage Sidelines Gutfeld! on Fox News Fox News’ live coverage of what appeared to be a break in the Nancy Guthrie case left a pretaped episode of Gutfeld! on the shelf Tuesday night. Read more January Ratings: Colbert, Kimmel Split Again as Gutfeld, Daily Show Gain Colbert and Kimmel split the 11:35 ratings crown again in January, while Gutfeld and The Daily Show posted the month’s biggest gains. Read more Is Connor Storrie the Freshest Face to Ever Host SNL? Drew Barrymore May Have Him Beat. With fewer than six hours of TV under his belt, the Heated Rivalry star is among SNL's greenest hosts yet. Read more The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins Scores Rare Post-SNL Showcase It only makes sense that Tracy Morgan's new sitcom—executive produced by Tina Fey and co-starring Bobby Moynihan—would air late on a Saturday night. Read more The Olympics and Late Night: A Long, Overlooked TV Partnership As Bill Carter writes, the relationship between late night and the Winter Olympics is long, unlikely, and more consequential than it first appears. Read more Jimmy Kimmel Live! (Badly) Translates Bad Bunny Halftime Show The story Bad Bunny told in his Super Bowl halftime performance wasn't terribly complicated—that is, if we're to believe Guillermo Rodriguez's translation. Read more James Acaster's Late Night Bit Becomes a Denver Record Store Stampede Hundreds descended on Denver's Wax Trax Records after comedian James Acaster repeatedly promoted his Q&A there during his nationally televised sit-down with Seth Meyers last week. Read more Bill Maher Bemoans Jimmy Kimmel Rift: 'We May Never Talk Again' During a conversation with guest (and longtime Kimmel pal) Adam Carolla, Maher said that the Jimmy Kimmel Live! host is “very mad” at him. 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