And it all may soon be coming to an end. In 2025 we saw the biggest tumult in the world of late night TV since Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien were at odds back in 2010, a dustup that seems like an amusing kerfuffle these days.

The entertainment industry was stunned when CBS announced in July that the liberal-leaning "Late Show with Stephen Colbert" would end in 2026.

A former employee for Letterman's long-running CBS talk show, Malkoff had the "lackluster job" of selling Late Show tickets to anyone who called the network. In spite of this minor position, however, Malkoff, like most Late Show employees, was "forbidden" from attending tapings of Letterman's show.

Our critic Jason Zinoman describes how the late-night talk show, whose death had been declared by many observers, came back to life this year.

On Wednesday, Stephen Colbert spoke to Kumail Nanjiani, specifically about how he closed his Vulture No. 1 Best Stand-up Special of 2025 Night Thoughts. He tells the audience, “Shit is fucked up, and you’re going to be okay.

Stephen Colbert has officially taken his final holiday break before his final run of shows in 2026. These final two weeks of 2025 will consist of reruns, according to EW, with Colbert coming back in the new year to kickstart the final five months of his run before ending in May.

Jimmy Kimmel called the president’s last-minute speech “a surprise prime-time episode of ‘The Worst Wing’ tonight on every channel.”

Research suggests that our minds work differently when we’re awake during hours typically reserved for sleep. Here’s how this translates to our late-night conversations. There’s something undeniably special about those deep conversations that happen ...

Wild CCTV footage captures driver's joyride gone wrong as car crashes into Christmas tree in Kazakhstan square, toppling holiday display before fleeing.