LateNighter’s Monthly Roundtable podcast returns with an episode looking back at an October that brought some welcome certainty to late night: Jon Stewart is sticking around.
Following Stewart’s two-year renewal at The Daily Show, Bill Carter, Mark Malkoff, and Jon Schneider discuss what the deal means for Comedy Central—and why it puts even more attention on Jimmy Kimmel, whose own future at ABC remains unresolved.
Elsewhere in their conversation, the trio weighs in on Bill Maher’s latest dinner with Donald Trump and the fallout that followed, the controversy surrounding Shane Gillis’ Saturday Night Live monologue, SNL UK’s fast-rising new cast member, and Judd Apatow’s new Norm Macdonald documentary.
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Show Topics:
- Jon Stewart’s two-year renewal at The Daily Show
- Jimmy Kimmel’s contract talks and what potential budget cuts could mean for his show
- Bill Maher’s latest Trump dinner—and what happened next
- The fallout from Shane Gillis’ controversial SNL monologue
- SNL UK, Freddie Meredith’s breakout, and what the U.S. show might learn from its British counterpart
- Judd Apatow’s Norm Macdonald documentary and Norm’s late-night legacy
References
- Jon Stewart Signs Multi-Year Daily Show Deal Through 2028
- Why Comedy Central Couldn’t Afford to Lose Jon Stewart
- Disney President Says Late-Night Economics Complicate Jimmy Kimmel Renewal
- Bill Maher Had Second White House Dinner With Trump Thursday Night
- ‘Yeah, I Did It Again, Bitches’: Bill Maher Defends Second Trump Dinner
- Trump Rips Bill Maher in Record-Length Post After Real Time Monologue
- Shane Gillis—and SNL—Face Growing Backlash Over Monologue Jokes
- SNL UK Calls Shane Gillis the C-Word
- SNL UK Is Making a Case for Rethinking SNL’s Featured Player System
- Judd Apatow’s Norm Macdonald Doc Lets Norm Tell His Own Story—Sort Of
