(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Late Nighter Roundup-Friday, June 12th, 2026 [1] ['Greg Dworkin', 'Angela Marx'] Date: 2026-06-12 Well, what have we this morning? I’m trying to get a little legwork in on Thursday evening. I’m in central time. Seth Meyers often drops things after 5:00 AM my time and I impose a publishing time for myself at 6:00 AM. These news items were readily available, so I’m putting them in tonight. I really need to get better at finding some “vintage” late night content to use when there isn’t enough in the main body of stuff. It’s on my to-do list. I was thrilled to discover https://latenighter.com/. I look to other sources, but Late Nighter gives me so much to work with. The summer doldrums are on the horizon, so I may give myself some time off. In the meantime, I found these two stories interesting: Late Nighter Report: John Oliver Taping Role on Days of Our Lives John Oliver’s soap opera dreams may be coming true. Three months after the Last Week Tonight host used the closing minutes of his HBO show to publicly beg daytime dramas to cast him, a new report says Days of Our Lives has taken him up on the offer. Consider the source, but according to the Daily Mail, Oliver has started taping a role on the long-running Peacock soap, with the part reportedly written specifically for him. The site describes the role as “wacky,” which—given Oliver’s stated wish list—sounds about right. Back in March, Oliver closed a Last Week Tonight episode with an extended tribute to the anything-goes pleasures of daytime soaps, citing everything from demonic possession on Days of Our Lives to Stephen A. Smith’s recurring role on General Hospital. That last revelation seemed to genuinely haunt him. “I am jealous,” Oliver said at the time, before making his pitch directly to the producers of The Young and the Restless, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, and Beyond the Gates. ✂️ The article includes a video (which I can’t find a YouTube link to) of the March plea. It’s pretty funny. More Late Nighter Jimmy Kimmel’s Spencer Pratt Bit Gets a Pointed Response From Pratt Jimmy Kimmel had a parting gift for Spencer Pratt Tuesday night after the former reality star failed to make the runoff in Los Angeles’ mayoral race: a moving truck. On Tuesday night’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Kimmel revisited Pratt’s campaign-trail vow that he would leave L.A. if either Mayor Karen Bass or City Councilmember Nithya Raman won the election. With Bass and Raman now headed to a November runoff—and Pratt finishing third—Kimmel decided to help him keep his word. “So now we wait to hear from Spencer Pratt,” Kimmel told viewers, noting that Pratt had “clearly promised” to leave town if Bass or Raman prevailed. The show then displayed a U-Haul-style truck decorated with an image of Pratt looking emotional and the message “Just defeated,” a not-especially-subtle sendoff. ✂️ Is Andrew Cuomo still in NYC? Let’s move on. Late Nighters Seth Meyers: Jimmy Kimmel: Jimmy Fallon: The Daily Show: I’m not a sports guy, but when you have two icons in an interview, it can’t be denied. Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova on The Daily Show. This content has not been previewed. Watch it at your own risk. I’ll reply in the comments if anything worthy comes up. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/6/12/800053992/community/late-nighter-roundup-friday-june-12th-2026/ Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/