Jed Rosenzweig

Deadline has the first photos of Colbert portraying fictional late-night Scotty Bristol on the CBS procedural. Colbert’s epsiode airs  Oct. 12. [ via TV Tattle]

Emmy rules dictate that the number of nominee slots be a fraction of the number of shows submitted, which is why only three shows (out of 13 submissions) were nominated this year. As Variety‘s Michael Schneider writes, the TV Academy is already allowing YouTube shows like Hot Ones to submit, so why not video podcasts like the Kelce Brothers’ New Heights, too? [via TV Tattle]

As LateNighter’s own Nick Riccardo writes on his Screen Beat Substack, the misattributed and not-at-all-banned clips are being used as a trojan horse to sell… nasal sticks?

Ken Crosby has been the gift that keeps on giving for the flirty JKL guest host, making his third appearance on the show in as many days.