Late night TV's newest face is comedian Taylor Tomlinson, who hosts After Midnight on CBS.
Tomlinson's late-night program airs immediately after The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on CBS, occupying the time slot that previously belonged to The Late Late Show with James Corden which ended its run in 2023. Tomlinson's show of course joins the late-night lineup that also includes The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and Late Night with Seth Meyers on NBC, and Jimmy Kimmel Live on ABC.
What makes After Midnight different from the other late-night offerings and who is going to be on it? We have everything we know about the series laid out for you directly below.
After Midnight next episode
After Midnight is not airing a new episode for Friday, March 28, because the latest games of the March Madness tournament are pushing back the CBS schedule.
A new episode of The Late Show is expected to air delayed from its usual time, so After Midnight will also subsequently run later at night in the Eastern and Central time zones; everyone else is slated to get the show at its usual 12:37 am time.
Re-airing an episode from February 5, 2025, the guests appearing are John Hodgman, Urzila Carlson and Jean Grae.
After Midnight guests: March 24-28
Here is a look of the announces guests for this week's After Midnight episodes (based on TV Guide's notes; will update if Paramount shares details).
*Editor's note, we are classifying the days guests appear as how CBS lists them:
Monday, March 24
- Jen Tullock
- Michael Chernus
- Sunita Mani
Tuesday, March 25
- Mayan Lopez
- Jerry O’Connell
- Aida Rodriguez
Wednesday, March 26
- Anna Camp
- Uzo Aduba
- Milana Vayntrub
Thursday, March 27
- Josh Sharp
- Suzi Barrett
- Danielle Perez
- Original airdate October 23, 2024
Friday, March 28
- John Hodgman
- Urzila Carlson
- Jean Grae
- Original airdate February 5, 2025
Is After Midnight cancelled?
On March 26, multiple outlets reported that After Midnight would not be moving forward with a third season.
Tomlinson is the key factor in the decision, opting to exit the show she can focus more on her stand-up career and have the freedom to explore other projects in the future. However, rather than find a new host to take over After Midnight, CBS is reportedly going to end the show and have no immediate plans to replace it with original programming.
At this time an exact end date for After Midnight has not been announced, but it is expected to continue into June.
After Midnight host
Taylor Tomlinson is a stand-up comedian who has filmed multiple Netflix stand-up comedy specials, including Quarter Life Crisis, Look at You and Have It All.
Tomlinson was announced as the new host of After Midnight by Stephen Colbert during a special segment on The Late Show back in November 2023.
After Midnight premise
After Midnight is a slightly tweaked version of the Comedy Central show @midnight that was hosted by Chris Hardwick and ran from 2013-2017. CBS is billing the late-night show as "the smartest show on television about the dumbest things on the internet."
Tomlinson will lead a panel of rotating guests from the worlds of entertainment, comedy, music and beyond as they tackle the buzziest things on the internet in a game-show-style format.
Let Tomlison give you a preview of what to expect with this promo video shared on Instagram:
After Midnight is going to feature a rotating cast of guests that make up the panels discussing the latest in internet trends.
No guests have been announced as of publication, but we'll update this post as they are announced.
How to watch After Midnight
After Midnight is going to air live on CBS, which is available to all viewers that have a traditional pay-TV subscription, a TV antenna receiving local stations or a live streaming TV service that carries CBS, which includes Fubo, Hulu with Live TV and YouTube TV. Paramount Plus with Showtime subscribers can also watch a live stream of the show through the streaming service.
If 12:37 am is too late for you but you want to watch After Midnight on-demand, all episodes are going to be available to stream on Paramount Plus (to all subscribers) the day after they air on CBS.
