PLUS: Taylor Tomlinson Clarifies 'Muddy' After Midnight Exit Timeline.

View in your browser Wednesday February 25, 2026 Trump's Marathon Speech Threw Late Night Off Its Game As Bill Carter writes, Donald Trump's extended State of the Union left late night scrambling, as Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel struggled to turn exhaustion into instant comedy. Read more Taylor Tomlinson Clarifies 'Muddy' After Midnight Exit Timeline Taylor Tomlinson is offering her clearest account yet of how After Midnight came to an end—and it complicates the narrative that CBS presented when it canceled the post-Colbert late-night show last spring. Read more Former Kimmel Writer Bess Kalb Wrote a Children's Book. Then Parents Found Her Political Jokes. When former Jimmy Kimmel writer Bess Kalb traveled to Montana this fall to read from her newest children’s book, she expected to answer questions from kids about prairie animals and feelings. Instead—as she testified at a congressional hearing Monday—her planned storytime was canceled after a group of parents circulated jokes she'd penned in her life as a political comedy writer. Read more Connor Storrie Starts a New 'Heated Rivalry' in SNL Promo Connor Storrie is making enemies in the lead-up to his Saturday Night Live debut. Read more Inside Late Night: Tony Barbieri Reflects on Two Decades at Jimmy Kimmel Live! This week on LateNighter’s Inside Late Night podcast, longtime Jimmy Kimmel Live! writer/performer Tony Barbieri tells Mark Malkoff about his decades-long friendship with Jimmy Kimmel, the evolution of the show, and creating his live-wire alter ego Jake Byrd. Read more Who Should Host SNL UK? Our Picks to Go 'Live, From London!' With its premiere less than a month away, SNL UK has yet to announce any hosts. Who might they pick? Read more Seth Meyers Makes a New Trump Prediction After Nailing UFOs Thing Though he hosts Late Night and not The Tonight Show, Seth Meyers made like Carnac with a Trump prediction that came true—and now he wants to make another. Read more Senate Democrats Launch Probe Into Colbert-Talarico Interview The dispute surrounding Stephen Colbert’s interview with Texas Senate candidate James Talarico has hit Capitol Hill. Read more Jeff Flake Wins Auction for Senate Rug Stephen Colbert Stole From Him Stephen Colbert revealed that Jeff Flake was the winning bidder for his old Senate rug Monday night, bringing the former Republican senator onstage to reclaim it. 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