Will DiGravio

1 week ago | pastemagazine.com | Will DiGravio

Every week, ​​​​Late Night Last Week highlights some of the best late night TV from the previous week. In this week’s late night TV recap, Bill Maher reminds everybody that he’s a hypocrite,  John Mulaney gets words of wisdom from Ray Lewis, and more. On the Friday, April 11 episode of Real Time with Bill Maher, the host pivoted from his monologue to a story time that lasted 13 minutes—almost half the episode.

1 week ago | latenighter.com | Will DiGravio

This week on the Late Night Time Machine, we travel back not to the set of a late-night television show, but to the movie set of a late-night television show. In 1964, Johnny Carson was two years into his now-legendary thirty-year run hosting The Tonight Show. Though critics were at first skeptical that Carson—then best known as the host of the ABC game show Who Do You Trust?—could fill Jack Paar’s shoes, those concerns were quickly assuaged as he brought the show’s ratings to new heights.

2 weeks ago | pastemagazine.com | Will DiGravio

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. Every week, ​​​​Late Night Last Week highlights some of the best late night TV from the previous week. In this week’s late night TV recap, Amber Ruffin talks about the White House Correspondents’ Association, John Oliver takes on the transphobic movement, Nels Cline plays Colbert, and more. Tariffs, am I right? On late night TV last week, the tariff jokes were dropping more than the stock market.

3 weeks ago | latenighter.com | Will DiGravio

“I’ve always wanted to bring somebody out by saying, ‘This man needs no introduction,’” Arsenio Hall said on the June 26, 1989, broadcast of his syndicated late night show. “You can do it today, can’t you? Sammy Davis Jr.”Davis was making the rounds promoting his autobiography, Why Me? Less than a year later, he would be dead at the age of 64 from throat cancer. On that day in June, Arsenio Hall went to Davis’ dressing room before the taping.

3 weeks ago | pastemagazine.com | Will DiGravio

Every week, ​​​​Late Night Last Week highlights some of the best late night TV from the previous week. In this week’s late night TV recap, we tackle the WHCA’s decision to disinvite Amber Ruffin, the end of Taylor Tomlinson’s After Midnight, Ronny Chieng mocking Signalgate, and John Oliver on tasers. Buckle up, folks. It’s been a busy week in late-night television.