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Late-Night Talk Show Hosts

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Oct 24, 2018 5:12 PM
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Morgan Stewart, Nina Parker and Hunter March

Eager for unfiltered takes on Hollywood's hottest headlines? Morgan, Nina and Hunter offer up just that through their E! pop culture show Nightly Pop.


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Busy Philipps

The seasoned actress will join the late-night lineup with her new E! chat show Busy Tonight. The mother of two is slated to interview A-listers, like Julia Roberts.


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Trevor Noah

The South African comedian has been named Jon Stewart's successor to The Daily Show throne.


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James Corden

Here with Mila Kunis and Tom Hanks, the British Tony winner—adept at both song and dance—aptly replaced Craig Ferguson as host of CBS' Late Late Show in March 2015.


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Jimmy Fallon with Kim Kardashian

The former SNL star has a new gig after five successful years on Late Night; Fallon now hosts The Tonight Show.



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Seth Myers with Kanye West

After eight years of hosting "Weekend Update" on SNL, the comedian sits behind a new desk to take on a larger role as host of Late Night.



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Jay Leno with Selena Gomez

As Jay celebrates his 20 year association with The Tonight Show, let's take a look at some of the other celebs who have hosted late-night chatfests over the years.


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Chelsea Handler with Rihanna

E!'s own late-night funnylady has been keeping us up at night since 2007.


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Johnny Carson with Zsa Zsa Gabor

The gold standard of late night, Carson hosted The Tonight Show for nearly 30years, before signing off in 1992.


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David Letterman and Conan O'Brien

Two men who had less-than-happy outcomes with The Tonight Show—Letterman hoped to take it over and O'Brien did for a time—both hosts went on to do quite well with their own shows.


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Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart and Oprah

Though playing a blow-hard character created on Stewart's show, Colbert has managed to create one of the sharpest late-night programs ever.

 


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Chevy Chase

After Saturday Night Live and before Community, the Caddyshack comic hosted a very poorly received talk show in 1993.


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Arsenio Hall

His defining moment? Getting presidential hopeful Bill Clinton to play sax on his eponymous talk show that ran from 1989-1994.


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Zach Galifianakis with Sean Penn

Even before his goof Between Two Ferns, the Hangover star had his own talk show Late World on VH1 in 2002.


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Joan Rivers

Before her glorious stints with E!, the Fashion Police funnylady was a permanent guest host on The Tonight Show, as well as the host of The Late Show in 1986-87.


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Magic Johnson

The Magic Hour was one of the few low points in the career of the basketball legend (and now Los Angeles Dodgers part owner).


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Craig Ferguson

The Scottish actor took over CBS' The Late, Late Show in 2004, replacing Craig Kilbourn.


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Steve Allen

The piano-playing funnyman hosted The Tonight Show in the mid-1950s.


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Jon Stewart & Barack Obama

Smart and funny, The Daily Show under Jon Stewart (who took over for Craig Kilbourn) has managed to become a trusted voice even as it claims to just want to make jokes.


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Tom Snyder

A late-night legend, Snyder hosted Tomorrow as well as The Late Late Show.


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Carson Daly

Prior to hosting prime time's The Voice, Daly spent more than a decade hosting his early a.m. show, Last Call.

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