Matt Solomon

From Lorne’s $3,000 Beatles reunion offer to McCartney’s Season 51 finale return, we break down—episode by episode—50 years of SNL and the Fab Four in one another’s orbit.

As 'The Late Show' prepares the final installment of its signature bit, the fan-created "Coal Bare Questionnaire" archives more than 80 celebrity responses—and lets users find their own closest match.

Stephen Colbert came back to 'Only in Monroe,' but to hear its hosts tell it, the real miracle is that they didn’t spoil the surprise.

Steve Allen once joked that a chimp could do Johnny Carson’s job. Carson didn’t laugh—and years later, he killed Allen's deal for a 12:30 NBC comeback. David Letterman got the opening instead.

Decades before 'The Daily Show,' ABC built a satirical TV news show stocked with top-tier comics—and aimed it straight at Johnny Carson’s 11:30 stronghold. It lasted just eight episodes.

First on LateNighter: Lindsey Graham almost performed a cocktail-in-hand stand-up set on Jimmy Fallon's 'Tonight Show'—but the bit was scrapped before it ever reached air.

On August 6, 2026, President Trump issued a proclamation imposing import restrictions under the Section 232 investigation of imports of polysilicon

In Origin Story, LateNighter digs into the people, ideas, and happy accidents behind some of late night’s most memorable bits. When Stephen Colbert left Th

For more than 70 years, late night’s opening act has survived format wars, political shifts, and the move from television screens to YouTube feeds.

Donald Trump’s 1986 late-night TV debut wasn’t planned. Forty years later, the Kentucky couple who helped make it happen tells LateNighter how a day of sightseeing with David Letterman ended in Trump’s office.