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Wednesday, May 27, 2026

Byron Allen’s First 11:35 Numbers Are In / SNL's Most-Viewed Season 51 Sketches

LateNighter

Wednesday May 27, 2026

Comics Unleashed Draws 995K Viewers in 11:35 Debut, Down 85% From Colbert Finale

Byron Allen Comics Unleashed
First on LateNighter: Preliminary ratings are in for Byron Allen’s 11:35 p.m. Comics Unleashed debut on CBS Friday night. As for how the show performed—well, it depends on how you look at it

SNL Season 51: Which Cast Members Got the Most (and Least) Screen Time?

SNL Screen Time Totals Season 51
The final SNL Season 51 screen time tallies are in, with a breakout sophomore star topping the chart and several longtime cast members seeing notable shifts.

Samantha Bee’s Next TV Gig Takes Her to a Canadian Embassy in Bulgaria

Samantha Bee
Samantha Bee is heading back to TV and back to her native Canada.

Jimmy Kimmel Presides Over a Mostly Dark Week for Late Night

Jimmy Kimmel
Jimmy Kimmel is the odd man in on late night this week, with Jimmy Kimmel Live! turning out new episodes as most of late night takes an extended Memorial Day break.

Stephen Colbert Saluted for Turning Late Show Guest Gifts Into Classroom Aid

DonorsChoose Stephen Colbert
DonorsChoose is honoring Stephen Colbert for a quiet tradition that gave every Late Show guest a chance to fund a public school classroom project.

Here Are SNL’s 20 Most-Viewed Sketches of Season 51

Amy Poehler, Colin Jost, James Austin Johnson, Ashley Padilla
If SNL’s 50th season belonged to Domingo, Season 51’s YouTube leaderboard belonged to cold opens—and Ashley Padilla’s breakout year.

‘It’s Nadir, Dummy’: Kimmel, RFK Jr. Trade Barbs on Social Media

Kimmel, RFK JR
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. came for Jimmy Kimmel’s comedy. Kimmel came back for his spelling.

Watch Colbert’s Public-Access Comeback as Local Viewers Saw It Live

Only in Monroe
Here’s how the lucky few who caught Stephen Colbert’s surprise Only in Monroe return live on public access saw the stunt unfold.

JosΓ© AndrΓ©s Sends 'Big Love' to Stephen Colbert on Kimmel

Jose Andres, Jimmy Kimmel
During his Jimmy Kimmel Live! appearance Tuesday night, AndrΓ©s praised both Colbert and Kimmel for supporting World Central Kitchen: “When we join together, we can achieve anything we want.”

Around the web:

Puck: CBS News Boss Ordered Colbert Finale Snub
Matt Belloni reports that CBS News president Tom Cibrowski was unhappy with Colbert’s recent bit making light of Tony Dokoupil’s China visa issues, and ordered CBS Mornings to ignore The Late Show‘s finale Friday

Jack Black Picks His Favorite SNL Monologue
After revisiting his own Studio 8H entrances, along with shout-outs to Tom Hanks, Dave Chappelle, and Zach Galifianakis, Black lands on one especially combustible classic for SNL's all-time fantasy episode.
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