Jennifer M. Wood

Jennifer M. Wood

Editor-in-Chief Jennifer M. Wood's interest in late-night began with sneak-watching Saturday Night Live in the '80s. She has been writing about film and television for more than 20 years and can often be found writing about the intersection of late-night and politics on The Daily Beast. Her work has also appeared in WIRED, GQ, Rolling Stone, Esquire, Vanity Fair, The New York Times and Mental Floss. She's still waiting for SNL to greenlight a Massive Head Wound Harry movie.
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Sep 25, 2024

Hasan Minhaj Confirms It: He Lost The Daily Show Because of The New Yorker

In a new interview with Esquire, Hasan Minhaj officially confirms what most people already knew: He was set to succeed Trevor Noah as host of The Daily Show—”we were pretty much good to go.” Then he talked to The New Yorker about “emotional truths” and it all went away. “That’s part of showbiz,” he says.

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Sep 16, 2024

Emmys Producers Can’t Apologize Enough to John Oliver—or His Dog

Emmys executive producer Jesse Collins told TheWrap: “I apologize to John and his family for playing the music—and the dog,” while his fellow EP Dionne Harmon swore to THR that “We had no idea that the dog that he was talking about had passed away.”

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Sep 13, 2024

The Daily Show Dogs React to Trump’s Wild Pet-Eating Claims

The pups have spoken—and they’re “appalled by the accusations that Trump has leveled at the Haitian community.”

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Sep 6, 2024

Michael Che and Colin Jost to Guest on Howard Stern Monday

The “Weekend Update” co-anchors are dropping by The Howard Stern Show to chat about SNL‘s 50th season and New York After Dark, their upcoming live comedy special for Peacock.

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Aug 27, 2024

Jose Canseco is Still Laughing About Being Mocked by The Lonely Island

Jose Canseco took to X/Twitter to share that The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience—The Lonely Island’s 2019 “visual poem” that imagined what would happen if Canseco (Andy Samberg) and fellow slugger Mark McGwire (Akiva Schaffer) released a rap album—“is still hilarious to me.” (NSFW video included.)