After years of contraction and stasis in the late-night television business – the end of Full Frontal with Samantha Bee and The Late Late Show with James Corden, the departure of Trevor Noah from The Daily Show, the Jimmys and co deja vu-ing their way through a third Trump candidacy – there’s finally a fresh twist to the lineup.
Taylor Tomlinson, a 30-year-old standup comedian, premiered her new late-night show, After Midnight, on Tuesday evening (technically Wednesday morning east coast time) in the slot vacated by Corden after The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. With it, Tomlinson becomes the only woman hosting a regular late-night show (Peacock’s The Amber Ruffin Show technically still exists, but has been reduced to specials only; Showtime canceled Ziwe last year), and by far the youngest.
