Jed Rosenzweig

1 week ago | latenighter.com | Jed Rosenzweig

Note: LateNighter generally posts late night live-plus-three weekly ratings on a three (business) day delay, which is how they are released by Nielsen. Late Night with Seth Meyers returned from a two-week vacation last week and quickly made up for lost time, drawing its highest ratings in nearly a year. According to Nielsen live-plus-three weekly ratings, the NBC late-late show drew an average total audience of 971,000 viewers the week beginning March 31, 2025.

1 week ago | latenighter.com | Jed Rosenzweig |Jack Black

Comedy on CNN? Incongruous, incompatible?  Or incandescent? It is, at a minimum, incurring some attention: this past Saturday night, Have I Got News For You was the highest rated primetime program on the cable news channel. The people responsible for making the show are delighted with this development, even if they themselves are a little surprised.

2 weeks ago | latenighter.com | Jed Rosenzweig

Fifty years in, Lorne Michaels‘ SNL empire continues to expand. The Saturday Night Live creator and showrunner will executive produce a new U.K.-based iteration of his legendary sketch series in partnership with Sky. Launching sometime in 2026, the London-based Saturday Night Live U.K. will be available on Sky Max and the streaming service Now.

2 weeks ago | latenighter.com | Jed Rosenzweig

After selling out seventeen shows to date, Seth Meyers and John Oliver are extending their dual residency at New York’s Beacon Theatre through the end of 2025. In addition to two already-scheduled shows (one later this month and another in May), the two late-night hosts will return for five new shows on July 27, September 21, October 26, November 23, and December 14. Oliver and Meyers first performed together at the Beacon during the 2023 Writers’ Strike.

2 weeks ago | latenighter.com | Jed Rosenzweig

First on LateNighter: After hitting a historical low among younger viewers last weekend, SNL‘s ratings saw modest gains this week with host Jack Black and musical guests Elton John and Brandi Carlile. Per Nielsen live-plus-same day data, Saturday Night Live‘s April 5th episode drew an average 4,525,000 viewers aged 2+ and 788,000 viewers in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demo.