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Chelsea Handler to Leave E! Talk Show in Late August
Chelsea Handler will end her longrunning latenight talk show on E! on August 26, leaving the timeslot without a female-led talkshow for the first time in seven years. “Chelsea Lately” will continue to...
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Can Chelsea Handler’s Netflix Talk Show Compete With Fallon, Kimmel and Colbert?
Chelsea Handler is a true pioneer of latenight, one of the few women to make a stand in a programming format dominated by guys. Now she will have to conquer a new frontier. Handler will have to do more...
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Jon Stewart’s Farewell: ‘Daily Show’ Host Spotlights Staff, Not Self
The host of “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” used his last turn behind the desk to make the program a daily show about all the people who put the program together. Jon Stewart didn’t use his final...
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George Clooney To Be First Guest on Stephen Colbert’s Late Show
George Clooney was one of David Letterman’s last guests in the in the final days of his tenure on CBS’ “Late Show.” Now Clooney will be among the first celebrities to grace the program under its new...
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Jon Stewart’s ‘Daily Show’ Finale Sets Ratings Records Thanks to DVR Playback
UPDATE: With three-day DVR playback included in its total, Jon Stewart’s final “Daily Show” telecast has set program ratings records. According to Nielsen Live+3 estimates, the overall viewership...
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Seth Meyers Tweaks ‘Late Night’ Opening to Look Like ‘Weekend Update’
A funny thing happened early this morning as Seth Meyers took the stage during the opening moments of NBC’s “Late Night”: He took a detour to his desk. The host, who typically delivers a standup...
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Jimmy Fallon’s Mishaps Magnified in Late-Night TV Fishbowl
A chipped tooth won’t derail NBC’s vaunted “Tonight Show,” but it has created plenty of chatter among people obsessed with the inner workings of late-night TV. Since taking over “Tonight” in February...
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Samantha Bee Will Join Late-Night Fray in January
The spotlight in late night is on Stephen Colbert as he prepares to launch his CBS program next week, but Samantha Bee wants to grab some of the illumination, too. The former “Daily Show” correspondent...
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ESPN to Tackle Late-Night Crowd With Scott Van Pelt’s Midnight ‘SportsCenter’
When Scott Van Pelt comes on the set of his new show at midnight at the tail end of Labor Day, he won’t have many of the trappings one might expect. There will be no in-studio band, and he won’t stand...
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As Stephen Colbert Takes Stage, Late-Night TV Is Nothing to Laugh About
When Stephen Colbert holds forth at New York’s Ed Sullivan Theater later this afternoon for his first taping at the helm of CBS’ “Late Show,” he will no doubt do something, maybe even many things, that...
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