Daily Show Hits 5-Year Ratings High / First SNL UK Promo

PLUS: Conan Gets 'Standing Offer' to Host Oscars

View in your browser Tuesday March 17, 2026 The Daily Show Hits Five-Year Ratings High, Near Record Share First on LateNighter: At a time when most late-night shows are shrinking, The Daily Show just broke two multi-year ratings records. Read more Tina Fey Is an Epstein Files-Toting Mary Poppins in First SNL UK Promo Tina Fey channels Mary Poppins in a super­cali­fragilistic­expiali­docious promo for the series premiere of SNL UK Watch now Disney Exec: Conan Has 'Standing Offer' to Continue Hosting Oscars Conan O'Brien has "a standing offer" to host the Oscars "as long as he wants"—or at least until 2029, when the show leaves ABC for YouTube. Read more Ratings: Harry Styles Lifts SNL to Season's Third-Biggest Audience SNL’s March 14 episode with Harry Styles delivered 4.8 million viewers and a solid week-over-week bump, ranking among the season’s top-rated episodes. Read more With The Late Show's End, Broadway Is Losing Its Steadiest Late-Night Showcase Andrew Rannells fronted one of The Late Show’s final Broadway moments Monday, with the cast of Chess set to follow tonight as the show’s unprecedented 30-year run as a theater showcase winds down. Read more February Ratings: Late Night Rises Across the Board From January Late night delivered a rising tide in February, with every show we track posting month-over-month ratings gains in both total viewers and the key adults 18–49 demographic. Read more Inside Late Night: Daily Show Vets Kathy Egan-Taylor & Gideon Evans This week on LateNighter’s Inside Late Night with Mark Malkoff podcast, Gideon Evans and Kathy Egan-Taylor revisit their years producing field comedy under pressure—from The Daily Show and beyond. Read more Tom Brady Sets First-Ever Tonight Show Visit The retired Patriots and Buccaneers quarterback will sit down to discuss the Fanatics Flag Football Classic in a late-breaking addition to Fallon's Tuesday night lineup. Read more Around the web: Kiki Shepard, Showtime at the Apollo Co-Host, Dies at 74 Shepard, a longtime presence on the late-night–adjacent syndicated variety show, died Monday after reportedly suffering a massive heart attack. Jimmy Fallon Jokes He’s Getting Canceled: ‘I Blame Trump’ The host mock-panicked after spotting his show’s coffee mug marked down in the NBC Store on Monday night’s Tonight Show. “This is how I find out?” Merch First: SNL UK T-Shirts Hit NBC Store The upcoming British version of Saturday Night Live is already getting the T-shirt treatment at NBCUniversal’s online shop. 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