Late Night
‘LUCKY TO HAVE THIS SHOW’
UNDER THE BUS
In his first show back after the WGA strike came to an end, Maher found common ground with Ron DeSantis and barely acknowledged the writers he was willing to abandon.
‘FOOTBALL BODY’
The hosts shared the news stories they wish they’d been on the air to joke about this summer—and John Oliver revealed the one that would make him “break the strike.”
‘DOES MY SONG F**K?’
“Music should sound like a slut or a whore,” the comedian says as she smokes several cigarettes at once. “... Come on, let's practice the dance for the song that I hate.”
‘NO ESCAPE’
A new excerpt from Maureen Ryan’s “Burn It Down” the “Mad Max: Fury Road–style sink-or-swim environment” (and the alleged assault) that have plagued Studio 8H.
NO NOTES
Writers from six late-night shows are working together on “Contract TK”—a comedy-variety web series dedicated to roasting studios during their strike.
‘THE BEST PEE’
“The Late Show” host’s return after a week of vacation was bittersweet, as the set is scheduled to go dark once again as the first writers’ strike in 15 years happens.
CRAZY LIKE FOX
“It’s like a horror movie,” says the “Late Night” host of the current atmosphere at Fox News.