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Late Nighter Roundup-Thursday-June 4th, 2025 [1]

['Chitown Kev', 'Sabrina Haake', 'Belinda Ridgewood']

Date: 2026-06-04  

Good morning, folks! Let’s start off with a concept I can completely get behind.

Late Nighter

Could Stephen Colbert Save PBS? Inside the Campaign Working to Make It Happen

Stephen Colbert has only been off CBS for a week, but the internet is already drafting him for a new job: saving PBS. The pitch is simple: put Colbert on public television as the host of a series of specials built around the same mix of comedy, politics, culture, and civic-minded mischief that made him broadcast television’s No.1 late-night host. The proposed version of the idea has PBS using each installment as a pledge-drive event. In concept, it’s not all that far removed from the comedy specials satirist Mark Russell produced for PBS over three decades, from 1974 to 2004. Only this version comes with a newly available late-night host, a threatened public-media landscape, and an extremely online fan base ready to make noise. The idea began picking up steam over Memorial Day weekend after Ashley Rickards posted a plea to social media: “Colbert could save PBS. Please have your NEW show on PBS. We will buy all the tote bags. PLEASE.” ✂️

I wonder how it would work? There’d have to be a staff of writers and production people. Depending on where he bases it, a lot of the production equipment could already exist. If he based out of New York, he could possibly retain some of his existing staff. Or he could get a Clarence Thomas sized RV and take it on the road and visit stations across the country.

It’s an interesting concept.

Late Nighters

Seth Meyers:

Jimmy Kimmel:

Jimmy Fallon:

The Daily Show:

There aren’t any non-celebrity interviews that I found. Here’s some later content from yesterday.

Here’s some more content from SNL UK’s first season series. So far I’m only hitting the cold opens. They apparently have Weekend Update as well. Yesterday’s cold open was quite funny, so I have high hopes for this one.

This content has not been previewed. Watch it at your own risk. I’ll reply in the comments if anything worthy comes up.

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