Late-night TV is back this week ... except for one show
By Matt Moore
Thanksgiving is in the rearview mirror and the calendar has flipped to December. That means (almost) all of late-night TV will be back on the air this week.
Last week, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and The Daily Show aired reruns every night. Jimmy Kimmel Live! and Late Night with Seth Meyers ran an abbreviated schedule, leaving The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as the only show to produce new episodes all week.
Things get back to regularly scheduled programming on Monday, December 2. Every late-night TV show is expected to air new episodes with the exception of Late Night with Seth Meyers.
The NBC show has reruns planned beginning on Monday night. However, Seth Meyers and is team are expected to be back on Monday, December 9.
Who's on late-night TV this week?
Jimmy Kimmel will likely have a story or two to share from Thanksgiving. Then, it's back to business with a stacked lineup for the week:
Monday: Jamie Lee Curtis, Hannah Einbinder, Ava Max
Tuesday: Jude Law, Kyle Mooney, Denzel Curry
Wednesday: Tyler Perry, Anthony Jeselnik, Busta Rhymes
Thursday: Billy Eichner, Chris Martin, Dick Van Dyke, Thee Sacred Souls
Stephen Colbert continues to be the go-to late-night show after Donald Trump's every move. The Late Show also has some A-list talent to draw in audiences this week:
Monday: Daniel Craig, Auli'i Cravalho
Tuesday: Selena Gomez, José Andrés
Wednesday: Anderson Cooper, Andy Cohen, Doechii
Thursday: Kate McKinnon, Peter Sarsgaard, Ben Folds
Jimmy Fallon is the busiest man in late-night TV right now. After appearing at the Thanksgiving parade, he's back with more big-name celebrities this week:
Monday: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Shailene Woodley, Nathy Peluso
Tuesday: Amy Adams, Fortune Feimster, Dan + Shay
Wednesday: Ice-T, Isabella Rossellini, Body Count
The Daily Show will also be new this week. However, Comedy Central has not released the lineup of guests. But Jon Stewart should be back behind the desk on Monday night.