LateNighter covers the world of late-night television from the inside out. We report on breaking news, programming moves, personnel changes, ratings wins, and more, providing informed perspective on what’s happening across this dynamic television daypart.
Wait, a new site dedicated to late-night TV… now? Our editor-at-large Bill Carter explains.
Meet our team
Jed Rosenzweig’s passion for late-night television can be traced back to his teenage years when he was a regular on the standby ticket line for Saturday Night Live, but it was his own 12 year-old son’s obsession with present-day SNL that inspired this site. Jed cut his teeth on the web working at Yahoo! in its heyday, where he led the site’s movie and TV verticals through a period of explosive growth. Read Jed’s posts⟶
No reporter is more closely associated with late-night TV than Bill Carter. Over a 26 year career at the New York Times, he chronicled the daypart’s many machinations from the Carson era onward. His best-selling 1994 book, The Late Shift, spawned an HBO original movie of the same name and a 2010 follow-up, The War For Late Night. He also executive produced the 2020 CNN docuseries The Story of Late Night and hosted its companion podcast. Read Bill’s posts⟶
Nick Riccardo’s love of late night was forged from SNL’s Best of Commercial Parodies DVD and episodes of Late Night with Conan O’Brien. His writing about television and pop culture has been featured on Splitsider, Screener TV, and elsewhere. He also writes and produces talk programming for television, podcasts, and digital channels. Read Nick’s posts⟶
Ellie Henslee’s appreciation and strong love for late night comedy began as a child with Saturday Night Live, which she has seen in studio 30 times and counting, and quickly spread to all of late night. When she moved to New York at 18, Ellie’s interest in late night only deepened, leading her to major in film and screen studies at Pace University in pursuit of a career in television, ideally writing for late night comedy.
Humanity commitment
We are committed to creating content that’s worth your time. Every story starts and ends with our team. We are currently experimenting with using AI tools to help with proofreading and polish, but every sentence reflects a human voice and editorial decision. We believe technology should support human creativity—not replace it.
