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Lilly Singh returned with her NBC late-night show A Little Late for the first time in eight months. The Canadian comedian filmed the 1:30am show at a house in LA, making it more topical than season one, with interviews done virtually. Opening with a sketch about how she would be able to cope without making the show in…

The diversity of late-night writers rooms is not a new topic of conversation. For years, these shows have been accused of being too white and too male, and while that still might be the case, there has been improvement across the board both in terms of gender and ethnicity. Progress is being made…

A Little Late with Lilly Singh will look a little different when it returns in January with a new set and a whole team behind the scenes. Neil Punsalan, who was recently showrunner of Comedy Central series Doing the Most with Phoebe Robinson, is taking over showrunning duties from Aliyah Silverstein. John Irwin, who…

Late-Night Laughs is Deadline's weekly look at the business of jokes after dark. We focus on the biggest topics in the world of late-night, the people who make these shows tick and the moments that go viral. Drop me a line at pwhite@deadline.com with tips or suggestions. This week, we ask whether late-night is a…

Late-night network television became a little more diverse beginning last September when NBC launched A Little Late with Lilly Singh. The first openly bisexual woman to host a broadcast late-night show as well as the first of South Asian descent, Singh has added a bit of energy to the 1:35 a.m. slot. The show, which…

“Comedy 100% changes things," says Kenya Barris, the creator and star of Netflix's #blackAF. He is discussing whether the art of laughter can bring about a meaningful societal shift in light of the May killing of George Floyd and the subsequent protests against police brutality. Barris, who also created ABC family…

A Little Late with Lilly Singh will return to NBC for a second season. This comes after the late-night talk show finished airing its first 97-episode run last week. Singh filmed the first season, which included guests such as Mindy Kaling, Charlize Theron, Malala Yousafzai, Jessica Alba, over a three-month period…

NBC’s A Little Late with Lilly Singh host had some fun with those Disney+ “outdated cultural depictions” disclaimers that accompany some old animated product like Dumbo and The Aristocats. “Outdated, because we all know racism is dead in 2019,” mocks Singh. The disclaimers set up a bit in which the Little Late host…

Having a woman in the late-night talk show space is rare. Having a woman of color in the late-night talk show space is even rarer. That’s why Lilly Singh is changing the game and shaking up the status quo with NBC’s A Little Late With Lilly Singh — and she stopped by the New Hollywood Podcast to talk to us all about…

Lilly Singh made her transition from online to linear in the best way possible — by premiering the very first episode of her new NBC late-night show A Little Late with Lilly Singh on YouTube before it aired on television. Taking over the 1:35am timeslot, previously held by Last Call With Carson Daly, Lilly Singh not…

Social media sensation Lilly Singh has set the first week's lineup for A Little Late with Lilly Singh, marking the debut of her NBC late-night series. The premiere episode on Monday will stream on the show’s YouTube site at 10 PM ET, three hours before its normal time slot on NBC. Guests for the first week: Monday, Sep…

Two days after the premiere of A Little Late with Lilly Singh, NBC will air a primetime special that puts the spotlight on the newest face of late night. On September 18 after the two-hour finale of America’s Got Talent, the hour-long primetime special will introduce primetime audiences to Singh as she partakes in…