Who is On Late Night Tonight in Comedy: Week of January 22, 2018

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Who’s on Late Night Tonight in Comedy?

Here’s what’s going on in late night comedy this week. James Corden is off all week as he prepares and rehearses to host next weekend’s Grammy Awards on CBS. It makes you wonder if Corden can resist doing a musical number at the Grammys because that’s just what you want to see at a music awards show- the host singing instead of one of the hundreds of actual singers sitting in the room. This ain’t the Tonys on Broadway, Jimmy C.

In our highlights this week, we are jumping ahead to Thursday to let you know that one of favorite comedians which you’ve heard several times on Bennington on SiriusXM, Sam Morril will be doing stand up Thursday night on Conan. Sam is hilarious and is just one part of a very funny Conan coming up on Thursday at 11pm. Joining Sam as guests will also be the hilarious Tom Segura and your bestie from “Friends“, Lisa Kudrow.

On Monday, Jimmy Kimmel welcomes one his best guests back to JKL. Zach Galifianakis joins Jimmy K to talk about Season 3 of “Baskets” coming up this Tuesday, January 23 at 10pm on FX. As JKL fans already know, a Zach Galifianakis visit to Kimmel is always a memorable one. Also on Monday, James Corden switches seats when he’s a guest on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert, plus in even more cross-over booking, Stephen also welcomes former Conan O’Brien (Tonight Show era) writer Deon Cole to perform stand up on Monday night.

Tuesday night has plenty of comedy for everyone. Stephen Colbert hosts comedy legend Eugene Levy who will be talking about the new season of “Schitt’s Creek” which starts this Wednesday on Pop TV at 8pm. Conan brings back the Emmy Award winning comedy icon Louie Anderson to talk about Season 3 of “Baskets” on FX. And former Weekend Update anchor Seth Meyers welcomes the current anchor team Colin Jost & Michael Che to Late Night. If you’d like a non-comedy highlight for Tuesday that may have you laughing anyway, former President of Mexico Vincente Fox will be on The Opposition with Jordan Klepper at 11:30 on Comedy Central on Tuesday. The man has no problem dropping some F-Bombs while talking about our current President. Could be worth the space on your DVR.

Wednesday brings us comedy from the very funny Roy Wood Jr. who you know as one of the last 3 finalists on Last Comic Standing on the very competitive 2010 season, one of Variety magazine’s Comics to Watch in 2016, one of the New Faces showcase at JFL in Montreal and of course as a Daily Show with Trevor Noah correspondent. Also, everybody’s favorite Jim Gaffigan will be stopping Late Night with Seth Meyers on Wednesday night, to talk about the very dramatic movie he has coming out, “Chappaquiddick“.

Monday on Late Night

  • Zach Galifianakis is on Jimmy Kimmel Live at 11:30pm on ABC
  • Deon Cole is on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:30pm on CBS
  • James Corden is on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:30pm on CBS
  • Derek Waters is on Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:30am on NBC
  • John Lithgow is on Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:30am on NBC
  • Kristen Wiig is on the Late Late Show with James Corden at 12:30am on CBS (REPEAT)
  • Seth MacFarlane is on the Late Late Show with James Corden at 12:30am on CBS (REPEAT)
  • Romesh Ranganathan is on the Late Late Show with James Corden at 12:30am on CBS (REPEAT)

Tuesday on Late Night

  • Louie Anderson is on Conan at 11pm on TBS
  • Eugene Levy is on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:30pm on CBS
  • Michael Che & Colin Jost are on Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:30am on NBC

Wednesday on Late Night

  • Roy Wood Jr. will be on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:30pm on CBS
  • Jim Gaffigan is on Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:30am on NBC
  • Josh Gondelman is on Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:30am on NBC
  • Natasha Leggero is on Conan at 11pm on TBS
  • Lisa Kudrow is on Jimmy Kimmel Live at 11:30pm on ABC

Thursday on Late Night

  • Sam Morril is on Conan at 11pm on TBS
  • Tom Segura is on Conan at 11pm on TBS
  • Lisa Kudrow is on Conan at 11pm on TBS

Friday on Late Night

  • Nicole Sullivan is on Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:30am on NBC (REPEAT)

Saturday Night Live

  • Will Ferrell hosts a new episode of SNL with musical guest, Country Music superstar Chris Stapleton

 

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Ernie Tripper
Ernie Tripper