Late-night TV has a new kid on the block.
Comedian Taylor Tomlinson, known for her Netflix specials “Quarter-Life Crisis” and “Look at You,” has been chosen to host the CBS talk show series “After Midnight,” as announced by late-night host Stephen Colbert on Wednesday.
“I got a job 😮,” Tomlinson wrote on Instagram.
“After Midnight,” produced by Colbert, takes inspiration from the social media-based game show “@midnight,” which aired on Comedy Central from 2013-2017. The show will occupy the 12:30 a.m. time slot, previously held by “The Late Late Show With James Corden.”
Corden concluded his run as host of “The Late Late Show” in April. Reflecting on his departure in April 2022, Corden stated that leaving the show was “the hardest decision I’ve ever had to make.”
“When I started this journey, it was always going to be just that. It was going to be a journey, an adventure. I never saw it as my final destination,” Corden said at the time. “I never want this show to overstay its welcome in any way. I always want to love making it. And I really think in a year from now that will be a good time to move on and see what else might be out there.”
Colbert congratulated Corden on Twitter following the news. “12:30 won’t be the same without you,” he wrote. “But looking forward to your exciting adventures as the new Doctor Who!”
Tomlinson’s new hosting gig shakes up the lineage of “Late Late Show” hosts.
Corden took over as host of “The Late Late Show” after Craig Ferguson’s departure in 2014, who had hosted the show for 10 years. Tom Snyder was the first to host “The Late Late Show” when it premiered in 1995, with Craig Killborn taking over from 1999 to 2004.
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Contributing: Charles Trepany, USA TODAY
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