Taylor Tomlinson’s After Midnight, the late night comedy show that took over James Corden’s old slot in 2023, has come to an end.
In the clip above Tomlinson, who is leaving to continue her standup career, expresses her gratitude for the opportunity, thanks her team, and expresses some regret that After Midnight won’t continue after she’s gone.
“As you can imagine it’s a very emotional night,” she says. “It’s gonna be an amazing show, but you know, there’s a lot happening internally for me, at least. I’m so grateful that I got a chance to do this. I am. I never thought that I would be able to host a late night show. This was never something that was on my vision board at all because I just didn’t think that it was possible for me. I’m a touring standup and I feel very grateful to have that career, I really do, and this opportunity came along at a time in my life when I could take advantage of it, and while unfortunately I couldn’t keep doing the show – it just wasn’t sustainable for me – I can’t believe that I got to do it as long as I did.
“It was my dream that I would finish off this season and get to hand it off to a new host. I really wanted CBS to replace me because I just think there are so many amazing comedians who would have done a great job with this show. And the reason I feel that way is, honestly I can’t really express, how special this team of people is that I got to work with on this show.”
After Midnight‘s time slot will now be replaced with episodes of Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen, per Deadline.
