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Joan Rivers was widely considered the first female late-night host when she began hosting Fox's The Late Show in October 1986. However, nearly forty years before Rivers took that job, there was another woman who had, in fact, pioneered the genre and become the first late-night host: Faye Emerson. Emerson, who was born…

As the week saw the U.S. setting records in cases of coronavirus with states like Texas and Florida seeing the worst spikes, Mike Pence claims the country has slowed the spread and flattened the curve to which John Oliver responded: “That is such an open and stupid lie.” With the surge of cases, Last Week Tonight with…

Jon Stewart has spoken openly about the fact that that The Daily Show didn't adequately address issues of workplace diversity during his tenure as host. Stewart, who hosted the Comedy Central series between 1999 and 2015, made the admission in an interview with Charlamagne tha God on his radio show The Breakfast…

Jimmy Kimmel has apologized for his blackface impersonation of NBA star Karl Malone and said that he has “evolved” and “matured” since it first aired. Kimmel appeared in blackface in a sketch on Comedy Central's The Man Show in a sketch where he impersonated the NBA star Malone. The Man Show was hosted by Kimmel and…

CBS late-night hosts Stephen Colbert and James Corden shared stories of making their shows under quarantine as well as during a momentous time in American history. The Late Late Show host Corden joined The Late Show and opened up how his show has changed over the last five years. "I'm on my own in my garage. The other…

The comedy fallout over President Donald Trump’s less-than-perfect rally Saturday continued apace tonight as Trevor Noah weighed in. During his monologue for The Daily Social Distancing Show, the host fairly reveled in the embarrassingly low turnout that reportedly (gasp!) made POTUS furious. “Aww, poor Trump,” Noah…

UPDATED with video: On Sunday night, Last Week Tonight With John Oliver addressed one area in the country that is experiencing a deadly and alarming spike in coronavirus: prisons and jails. Oliver shared stats from the New York Times that there have been 68,000 infected inmates and prison deaths linked to COVID-19 is…

Trevor Noah was already facing the challenge of producing his nightly Comedy Central talk show in a quarantine when he and his team decided to extend the format. The South African comedian started hosting a 45-minute edition in late April as COVID-19 raged on. He said during Deadline's Contenders Television virtual…

Bill Maher begged millennials to lead America back to a "life not dominated by fear" and show the world they're more than anxiety-ridden scaredy cats. "This is your time," the host of HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher said Friday, addressing the much-maligned demo at the close of “New Rules.” After all, he said, the…

Juneteenth, the commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States, was a focus for last night's late-night talk shows. Many of the shows featured interviews and sketches based on today's celebration with calls from hosts and guests calling for states to follow Virginia, New York and Texas and make it a national…

Don Cheadle opened up about his past experiences with police and discrimination during a virtual visit to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Thursday. The Black Monday and House of Lies star told Fallon he has been stopped by police “more times than I can count” and had been taught from a young age how to handle…

Showtime’s Desus & Mero will return from its June hiatus with new episodes starting July 5 — now if only Desus Nice and The Kid Mero had something to talk about. The premiere date marks a move from Mondays to Sundays for the late-night series, creating a first-run block with The Chi and Black Monday. It also will…