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After Midnight Debut Week: Whitney Cummings, Paul F. Tompkins & More

CBS's Taylor Tomlinson-hosted After Midnight has Whitney Cummings, Paul F. Tompkins & more set for its premiere week. Here's a look...

At the time that we're writing this, we're only a little more than 24 hours away from the late-night landscape changing in a very big way with the premiere of CBS's Taylor Tomlinson-hosted After Midnight with Taylor Tomlinson. Inspired by Comedy Central's Emmy Award-winning series @midnight, the newest addition to late-night sees Tomlinson at the helm and a panel of guests from the worlds of entertainment, comedy, music, and beyond tackling whatever it was that set the internet ablaze that day – with a bit of that "game show feel," of course. And now, we know who will be joining Tomlinson during her first week – with Whitney Cummings, Aparna Nancherla & Kurt Braunohler set to appear on Tuesday, January 16th (with the episode repeated on Friday). On Wednesday, Paul F. Tompkins, Sophie Buddle & Carl Tart are set to appear – with Max Greenfield, Ike Barinholtz & Robby Hoffman on tap for Thursday.

Here's a look back at the video of late-night host & After Midnight EP Stephen Colbert announcing Tomlinson as the newest late-night host during The Late Show with Stephen Colbert from November 2023:

Running for 600 episodes on Comedy Central from 2013 to 2017, the original series was hosted by Chris Hardwick (who is reportedly not directly involved in the reboot effort). While the format included a number of recurring challenges, the late-night comedy/game show included dedicated competition rounds such as "Rapid Refresh" (where answers are selected based on an online meme or headline), "Hashtag Wars" (a tweet-based competition round), and "Live Challenges" (where the contestants are required to work out a creative response over the course of a commercial break). In the end, the final two contestants face off in the final round, FTW ("For The Win").

Jack Martin (@midnight, Raid the Cage) & Eric Pierce (The Challenge: USA, The Wheel, Hollywood Game Night) will serve as showrunners and executive produce. Comedian & writer Jo Firestone (Ziwe, The Tonight Show, Joe Pera Talks with You) will be co-executive producer and serve as the head writer – with Alexx Wells (Celebrity Squares, That's My Jam, The Cube) serving as co-executive producer and Sharon Everitt directing. Additional executive producers include Colbert, Carrie Byalick, Tom Purcell, and Evelyn McGee Colbert of Spartina Industries; James Dixon of Dixon Talent; Joe Farrell, Mike Farah, Whitney Hodack, and Henry R. Muñoz III of Funny Or Die; and Jason U. Nadler of Serious Business. CBS Studios, Spartina Industries, and Funny Or Die produce the late-night series.

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