Lilly Singh Gets Primetime Special Sept. 18 on NBC

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NBC is giving late-night debutante Lilly Singh a primetime special. A Little Late with Lilly Singh: The Primetime Special airs Wednesday, Sept. 18, at 10 p.m. It will feature sketches, interviews and games. Guests will be announced later.

A Little Late with Lilly Singh begins on NBC Monday, Sept. 16. The 30-minute show will hold down the 1:35 a.m. slot.

Singh made her name as a YouTube star. She amassed 14.9 million subscribers on that platform.

The primetime special will be produced by Universal Television, Unicorn Island Productions and Irwin Entertainment. Singh and John Irwin will executive produce. Aliyah Silverstein will run the show. 

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.