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The first night that The Late Show with Stephen Colbert beat The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in total viewers after his opening night, the bespectacled host sprung for pizza for his crew. That was the first week of February 2017, not long after Donald Trump was sworn in as President of the United States of…

Late night hosts had a field day with Donald Trump’s latest attempt to overturn Joe Biden’s presidential win. From criticism to musical numbers, Seth Meyers, Jimmy Kimmel and more targeted Trump’s demand that Georgia officials find him more votes to secure a second term. “Virtually the entirety of the Republican party…

2020 has been an incredibly tough year but the world of late-night has been both a constant source of entertainment for viewers and a shining case study for how to make television during a global pandemic. The genre has proved tenacious, resilient and funny in the face of a devastating health crisis, adapting to…

President Barack Obama is becoming a fixture on the late-night circuit to promote his book A Promised Land with a visit to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon being his latest stop. Obama will appear on the NBC show on Friday December 4. It comes after appearances on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimm…

Late-night is expected to get a little bit sillier in 2021. Remember when the late-night shows did daft sketches with celebrities, focused on strange local news or, not to get too political, made fun of the color of the President's suit? There is a prediction from a swathe of late-night writers and showrunners that…

Rebecca Drysdale has exited as head writer of The Tonight Show. This comes just over six months after she was named head writer on the NBC late-night show and follows a busy week for the Jimmy Fallon-hosted show, which earlier this week saw showrunner Gavin Purcell leave, replaced by Jamie Granet-Bederman, and Fallon h…

Spare a thought for the late-night hosts, who, this evening, will attempt to make some sense of the presidential election uncertainty. As the battle between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden continues, and may well continue for days, the likes of Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon…

Jimmy Fallon is sticking with The Tonight Show. The comedian has signed a contract extension with NBC to continue hosting the late-night show. His current contract runs through to the end of 2021 after the network extended the deal in August 2015 for an additional three and a half years. This comes after a showrunner…

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon is undergoing some executive changes. Jamie Granet-Bederman has been promoted to showrunner of the NBC late-night show after Gavin Purcell stepped down to return to his development deal with Universal Television. Nedaa Sweiss, who was previously head writer for The Tonight Show…

Late Show host Stephen Colbert, Tonight Show‘s Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel Live‘s Kimmel weighed in on the final debate between President Trump and Joe Biden Thursday, in what was by most accounts a much calmer affair than the first face-off due to a mute button that silenced each candidate for two minutes per…

UPDATED, 1:29 PM: The American Federation of Musicians said today that its march in Manhattan that was planned for Monday has been postponed to Tuesday due to forecasts of inclement weather. PREVIOUSLY, October 1: Musicians will march musically and rally in Manhattan next week to demand a fair contract for the house…

Welcome to Late-Night Laughs, Deadline's new weekly look at the business of jokes after dark. Each week, it will 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 any tips or suggestions.  This week…