Zach Galifianakis and Craig Ferguson met each other for the first time last night when Galifianakis was a guest on The Late Late Show, and the result was a pretty nutty interview, which you can watch in its entirety above.
NBC announced today the premiere dates for Jimmy Fallon's first Tonight Show and Seth Meyers's first Late Night. Monday, February 24th, 2014 will be when both guys begin their new jobs. Jay Leno's last stand on The Tonight Show will be the week of February 3rd, 2014, which leads right up to NBC's coverage of the Winter Olympics in Russia. Mark those 2014, calendars, everybody!
On his guest appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night, Steve Martin took his time to walk on stage and even got a little lost in this "little skit," as David Letterman calls it (in the skit). Try to find anything half as fun as this that's ever happened on Jay Leno's Tonight Show (Dancing Itos don't count).
Check out the rest of Steve Martin's Fallon appearance below:
Tomorrow's SNL host Zach Galifianakis went on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night and told a bunch of fun stories about working on Tequila Willie's, living in a closet, hitchhiking, and, worst of all, the unsuccessful two weeks he spent writing on SNL.
Check out the rest of Zach Galifianakis's appearance below:
Chris Hardwick is Comedy Central's newest late night host. The comedian/podcaster is set to host an untitled show that will begin airing Monday-Thursday at 12am following The Colbert Report this fall, Deadline reports. Funny or Die will produce alongside Hardwick's own company, Nerdist Industries. The State and Reno 911! alumni Tom Lennon and Ben Garant will serve as showrunners and executive producers on the series, which is the most exciting and surprising thing about the show. It's described as "a comedic panel show that will have a heavy social-media presence integrated throughout." Hardwick's series will face off directly with TBS's new late night show, a post-Conan series hosted by [...]
Last week, Exquisite Corpse Project director Ben Popik sat down for Last Call with Carson Daly to talk about the process of making the movie and why it's so unique. So check that out above, and then buy the full movie for a mere $5, supporting awesome, innovative, independent comedy and keeping yourself wildly entertained at the same time. Win-win!
With Jimmy Fallon's impending takeover of The Tonight Show set for next February, Seth Meyers has been considered the frontrunner to be the new host of NBC's 12:35am show, Late Night, for months now. NBC made Meyers's new job official yesterday when they announced him as the fourth host of Late Night.
Bill Carter at The NY Times has some new info about the transition:
Esquire has a great feature out today, in which they interviewed a bunch of comedians about what their version of a late night talk show would be. In addition to interesting pitches from Jeff Garlin, Chris Gethard, Julie Klausner, Scott Adsit, and John Lutz, they heard from Tig Notaro, who already filmed her ideal late night show as a pilot for the cable channel Logo two years ago. Based on her live LA show Tig Has Friends, the pilot was produced by Sarah Silverman and featured the stars of Mad Men showing off their hidden talents, but Logo didn't pick up the show for some reason. Here's Notaro [...]
NBC announced a month ago that current Late Night host Jimmy Fallon will be promoted to host of The Tonight Show next year. The network has been slow to announce who Jimmy Fallon's replacement on Late Night will be, but TV Guide reports that the network is expected to name its new host in the next couple weeks. TV Guide confirms stories in The Post and THR that current SNL head writer and Weekend Update anchor Seth Meyers is the frontrunner for the job, but the report also mentions that NBC has two alternates in mind if Meyers doesn't take the gig: Watch What Happens Live host Andy [...]
"Of all the people I have a fake show business relationship with, I feel fake closest to you," Martin Short tells Jimmy Kimmel at the top of this interview from last night. Later in the interview, Short also ranks his three best friends in show business (Steve Martin, Paul Shaffer, Eugene Levy). Martin Short interviews are always fun, but this one is especially so.
Watch Parts 2 and 3 below:
It was officially announced this week that Seth Meyers is taking over for Jimmy Fallon as host of NBC's 12:35am show Late Night on February 24th, 2014. When asked today who his dream first guest is, Meyers responded, "Amy Poehler." He added, "If that can't happen then we'll have real trouble getting guests!" So, it looks like Meyers's first show might be a reunion for the Weekend Update duo – as long as Poehler isn't too much of a big shot to do his show.
Don't worry, Jimmy Fallon is still taking over for Jay Leno as host of The Tonight Show in February; he's just doing it without the fancy studio NBC promised him. In March, it was reported that NBC was building Fallon a state-of-the-art, double-decker $25 million studio in 30 Rock for his Tonight Show launch, but today, THR reports that the network has opted to keep Fallon in his current studio. NBC spent seven months on plans to build the "megastudio," which would have seated 400, but they're now going with a $5 million upgrade of Fallon's current studio, a decision that he and producer Lorne Michaels are [...]
"I like Jimmy Fallon, and he seems to like me. And I like Jimmy Kimmel. Conan's a friend. I'd love to be in a late-night war, but I just like the guys too much."
-Stephen Colbert, discussing the love and respect for each other the new generation of late night hosts have in a rare, out-of-character interview with TV Guide.
Marc Maron went on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night to promote his new book and show and to share stories about Michael Keaton and Judd Hirsch because that's what you do at a late night talk show (if you have stories about Michael Keaton and Judd Hirsch).
