late-night talk show
After-hours celebrity chat
A late-night talk show is a television program airing after 11 p.m., typically featuring a host who delivers a comedic monologue, interviews celebrity guests, and presents comedy sketches or musical performances.
The format emerged in American television and remains a fixture of network programming: I stayed up to watch the late-night talk shows.
These programs often blend entertainment with commentary on current events.
- commercialPaid broadcast promotion
- movieRecorded visual narrative
- pilotOne who steers aircraft
- audienceGathered viewers collectively
- monologueUninterrupted solo address
Johnny Carson · David Letterman · host · opening monologue · political humor · guest appearance · rerun · satire · Arsenio Hall · celebrity interview · sketch comedy · audience interaction · Jimmy Fallon · media criticism · live television · network television · serial · Stephen Colbert
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Daytime program airing early
morning news · Good Morning America · Today Show · daytime television
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morning news · documentary · investigative report · news bulletin · Meet the Press
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