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Another one bites the dust.

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No timeline is in place yet, and reports say even his staff was surprised by his announcement.

In other once and future late-night-host news,David Lettermanjoined Jimmy Kimmel for one of his Brooklyn shows.

It was mostly Howard Stern shade.

Apparently, Letterman used to fear Stern in his shock-jock days, but now he mostly admires his watercolors?

Life is short, but it is wide.

Heres who made their time on TV count this week, however much longer theyve got.

Amanpour refused to wear a headscarf after that request was sprung on her very close to interview time.

She went onThe Daily Showto discuss that decision, which felt like a get in the late-night world.

Its a vibe you only get from podcasts, especially podcasts where the hosts are still on good terms.

When Ian Karmel says Corden is lying to his friend right now, its warm.

Remember, late-night comedy originally was TV designed to gently nod off to.

Its comfort TV, something warm and semi-engaging.

But and I say this as a compliment The Late Late Showis still soporific.

Berlant was asked to essentially play catchphrase with gay icons, and Eichner guessed.

Surprise, surprise: Berlant went hyperspecific with her clues.

Andy Cohen was incredulous when her hint for Meryl Streep wasAdaptation,but Eichner got it right away.

Thats how you play the game, folks.

But this rarely happens.

People are on their promo grind, and they are sticking to the vetted anecdotes,thankyouverymuch.

They left poor Corden in the dust as they bonded over blasting that thing all high holiday.

But his story of ruiningBrendan Frasers standing ovation at Venicehad two highlights.

Toddlers have enough going on they dont need things cross-promoted to them.

Krolls story was dishy, mean only to Meyers and his own baby, and fun.

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