CBS is making good on its promise to bring After Midnight to its late-night lineup in early 2024.
The network will debut the show, hosted by comedian Taylor Tomlinson and based on Comedy Central’s @midnight, on Jan. 16 — or technically Jan. 17, as it debuts at 12:37 a.m. ET/PT, but at the tail end of the Jan. 16 broadcast day.
The show will feature a panel of comics, actors and other celebrities (guest lineups will be announced later) discussing the internet buzz of the day in a game-show format. After Midnight’s mission statement is to be “the smartest show on television about the dumbest things on the internet.”
After Midnight will air in the post-Late Show With Stephen Colbert spot previously occupied by The Late Late Show, which ran for 28 years under four different hosts. James Corden ended his eight-year tenure as host in April 2023. For the past several months, CBS has aired episodes of Byron Allen’s Comics Unleashed in the 12:37 a.m. slot.
CBS Studios, Spartina Industries and Funny Or Die are producing After Midnight. Jack Martin, who was showrunner of @midnight for its four seasons, and Eric Pierce are co-showrunners and executive produce with Stephen 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 @midnight co-creator Jason U. Nadler of Serious Business. Head writer Jo Firestone co-executive produces with Alexx Wells. Sharon Everitt will direct.
