CBS Late-Night Rookie ‘After Midnight’ Debuts Jan. 16

'After Midnight' host Taylor Tomlinson
‘After Midnight’ host Taylor Tomlinson (Image credit: Ramona Rosales/CBS)

After Midnight, the new late-night show hosted by Taylor Tomlinson, debuts on CBS Tuesday, January 16. It’s on in the 12:37 a.m. slot and streams on Paramount Plus as well. 

The show is inspired by Comedy Central’s former late show @midnight. CBS calls it “the smartest show on television about the dumbest things on the internet,” and “a late-night comedy series about what set the internet abuzz that day with a game show feel.”

Tomlinson is a comedian. 

CBS Studios, Spartina Industries and Funny Or Die produce the show. Executive producers are Stephen Colbert, Carrie Byalick, Tom Purcell and Evelyn McGee Colbert of Spartina Industries; James Dixon of Dixon Talent; Joe Farrell, Mike Farah, Whitney Hodack and Henry R. Muñoz III of Funny Or Die; and Jason U. Nadler of Serious Business. Jack Martin and Eric Pierce are co-showrunners and executive producers. 

Nadler co-created @midnight and Martin was the showrunner. 

Chris Hardwick hosted @midnight, which was on Comedy Central from 2013 to 2017. 

After Midnight premieres after The Late Late Show signed off on CBS last year. 

Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.