Observer

Late-night TV’s Decline and the Vanishing Cultural Middle

As viewership plummets and ad revenue halves, late-night TV faces extinction while YouTube and podcasts capture the audience ...
WOSU Public Media

What's the future of late-night television comedy?

This episode originally aired on Oct. 1, 2025. Sinclair reversed course and let Jimmy Kimmel Live return to its airwaves. Is the move an indication of the importance of late-night comedy, a financial ...
NPR

Media companies thought late night TV was irrelevant. Kimmel proved them wrong

When Jimmy Kimmel returned to his late-night show on ABC after a near-weeklong suspension, some cheered it as a triumph of free speech over the oppressive reach of government censorship. But I saw ...
Observer

Why No Late-Night Show Host Has Cracked the Streaming Code (Yet)

Late-night hosts once ruled TV. Now, streaming’s algorithms and culture have left the format obsolete and out of sync.
Los Angeles Times

Trump has late-night shows in his crosshairs. ‘SNL’ has long been a target of his ire

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. President Trump has said many things about “Saturday Night Live” over the years. Few of them are favorable, ...
The Shot on MSN

How Jay Leno Conquered Late Night TV

You can’t talk about late-night TV without mentioning The Tonight Show, and you can’t mention The Tonight Show without ...