David Letterman is remembering Peter Lassally as a heroic figure whose influence extended far beyond late-night television. “Any retelling of Peter Lassally’s life will be heroic,” Letterman wrote in ...

The Daily Show' marked its 30th anniversary Wednesday night with a 16-minute highlights package spanning three decades of ...

Thirty years ago today, on July 22, 1996, The Daily Show aired its first episode. To mark the anniversary, LateNighter editor at large Bill Carter has traced the Comedy Central series’ remarkable ...

Thirty years ago this week, on July 22, 1996, The Daily Show aired its first episode. To mark Wednesday’s 30th anniversary, LateNighter editor at large Bill Carter is tracing the Comedy Central series ...

Late night is looking slightly more crowded this week—but summer rules still apply. Most of the major nightly shows are back with originals, Last Week Tonight returns from its July break, and Colman ...

Craig Kilborn, flanked by Daily Show co-creators Madeleine Smithberg and Lizz Winstead. (Photo: Madeleine Smithberg) Thirty years ago this week, on July 22, 1996, The Daily Show aired its first ...

Tiffany Haddish gave Jimmy Kimmel Live!'s summer guest-host rotation a strong start, while an all-repeat edition of Byron Allen's CBS late-night block posted gains across every half-hour.

Most everyone thought the taping was over. Colbert said no. There was one more act of the show, and nobody was to release the audience. McKenna had the rundown in his hand. Everything on it had been ...

The collapse of Bill Maher’s brief truce with Donald Trump was already public. Maher is now adding more detail, recalling a text in which he says the president angrily told him, “You’re still a ...

The most impactful producer in the history of late-night television died Sunday in Los Angeles. One of the kindest, most generous and most revered men in the history of show business also passed away.

With Lindsey Graham’s death bringing Seth Meyers’ long-running “Mee-Maw” saga to an unexpected end, we look back at the ...

Peter Lassally, the legendary late-night producer who died Sunday at age 93, spent decades producing the medium’s most famous hosts—but he made only one appearance on the other side of a late-night ...