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First Look: Stephen Colbert Plays Late-Night Host on Elsbeth
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]
Could YouTube Podcast Eligibility Save the Emmys Talk Show Category?
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]
Shady TikTok Marketers Are Using ‘Banned’ Late-Night Clips to Game the Algorithm
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?