Late night TV has a new face, as comedian Taylor Tomlinson hosts the new show After Midnight on CBS.
Tomlinson's new late-night program is going to air 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 is going to make 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.
When is the next After Midnight episode?
After some initial confusion with no announcement form CBS, After Midnight has been airing some new episodes this week and will do so again for Thursday, January 23, at 12:37 am ET/PT (technically Friday morning). The guests for this episode are Joe Manganiello, Thomas Lennon and Paul F. Tompkins.
If you missed the new episodes from earlier this week, they are available to stream on Paramount Plus.
After Midnight guests: January 20-24
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, January 20
- Opey Olagbaju
- Laura Peek
- Guy Branum
Tuesday, January 21
- Patton Oswalt
- Brian Posehn
- Mary Lynn Rajskub
Wednesday, January 22
- Utkarsh Ambudkar
- Betsy Sodaro
- Punam Patel
Thursday, January 23
- Joe Manganiello
- Thomas Lennon
- Paul F. Tompkins
Friday, January 24
- Joel Kim Booster
- Pat Regan
- Katya Zamolodchikova
- Original airdate January 6, 2025
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 guests
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.
