‘The Tonight Show’, ‘Last Week Tonight’, And More Late Night Shows Returning Soon, Albeit In Altered Forms
By Ben Pearson/March 26, 2020 12:00 pm EST
The coronavirus has significantly impacted the productions of practically every film and TV show in Hollywood, but as the saying goes, “the show must go on.” Late night shows are taking that saying to heart: while many productions remain temporarily shuttered, shows like The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, and more are finding ways to work through this crisis to keep you entertained during this bizarre, awful stretch of world history.
‘The Tonight Show’, ‘Last Week Tonight’, And More Late Night Shows Returning Soon, Albeit In Altered Forms
By Ben Pearson/March 26, 2020 12:00 pm EST
The coronavirus has significantly impacted the productions of practically every film and TV show in Hollywood, but as the saying goes, “the show must go on.” Late night shows are taking that saying to heart: while many productions remain temporarily shuttered, shows like The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, and more are finding ways to work through this crisis to keep you entertained during this bizarre, awful stretch of world history.
Late Night Shows Returning Soon (Or Are Back Already)
A new quarantine #minilogue from home with Vice President @JoeBiden tonight and we are returning to TELEVISION with new episodes (also from my house) all next week @ABCNetwork #StayHome #Eat
— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) March 26, 2020
Let’s start off with what you can watch tonight. As you can see from the tweet above, Jimmy Kimmel will be speaking with the presumed Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on a special quarantined video that will be released to the show’s YouTube page, and new episodes of the show itself will be coming back to television starting next week. Deadline says guests will include Samuel L. Jackson, Jennifer Aniston, Jeff Tweedy, Grouplove and more. (Presumably, they’ll all be calling in remotely.)
The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon will continue to air hybrid episodes consisting of the host interviewing celebrities remotely (Alec Baldwin tonight and Tina Fey tomorrow night), mixed with throwback segments of previously-aired episodes. The Daily Show with Trevor Noah is already of the curve, so to speak, having been producing remote episodes this week, while Full Frontal with Samantha Bee returned from its hiatus with a remote episode last night.
John Oliver hosted a shortened episode of Last Week Tonight on March 15, but the show will be returning to HBO this Sunday, March 29. Starting Monday, March 30, you’ll be able to see new episodes of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert produced remotely by the host and his team, as well as new episodes of Conan filmed on an iPhone. And finally, a new shot-from-home episode of Real Time with Bill Maher will return to HBO on Friday, April 3.
