After Midnight: next episode, guests and everything we know about the Taylor Tomlinson late night show

Taylor Tomlinson on After Midnight
Taylor Tomlinson on After Midnight (Image credit: Terence Patrick/CBS)

Late night TV has a new face, as comedian Taylor Tomlinson hosts the new show After Midnight on CBS.

Tomlinson's new late-night program is going to air immediately after The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on CBS, occupying the time slot that previously belonged to The Late Late Show with James Corden which ended its run in 2023. Tomlinson's show of course joins the late-night lineup that also includes The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and Late Night with Seth Meyers on NBC, and Jimmy Kimmel Live on ABC.

What is going to make After Midnight different from the other late-night offerings and who is going to be on it? We have everything we know about the series laid out for you directly below.

When is the next After Midnight episode?

After Midnight is off for the week of May 27-31, though reruns of the late night game show are still airing on CBS at its usual time of 12:37 am ET/PT.

After Midnight guests: May 27-31

Here is the slate of After Midnight reruns airing May 27-31:

*Editor's note, we are classifying the days guests appear as how CBS lists them: 

Monday, May 27

  • Hari Kondabolu
  • Liz Miele
  • Dave Hill
  • Original airdate April 15, 2024

Tuesday, May 28

  • Beth Stelling
  • Mo Welch
  • Zach Noe Towers
  • Original airdate March 7, 2024

Wednesday, May 29

  • Jourdain Fisher
  • Arden Myrin
  • Zach Zimmerman
  • Original airdate April 1, 2024

Thursday, May 30

  • Jack Martin
  • Maggie Winters
  • Vinny Thomas
  • Original airdate April 2, 2024

Friday, May 31

  • Chloe Radcliffe
  • Matt Braunger
  • Chris Fleming
  • Original airdate March 25, 2024

After Midnight host

Taylor Tomlinson is a stand-up comedian who has filmed multiple Netflix stand-up comedy specials, including Quarter Life Crisis, Look at You and Have It All. 

Tomlinson was announced as the new host of After Midnight by Stephen Colbert during a special segment on The Late Show back in November 2023.

After Midnight premise

After Midnight is a slightly tweaked version of the Comedy Central show @midnight that was hosted by Chris Hardwick and ran from 2013-2017. CBS is billing the late-night show as "the smartest show on television about the dumbest things on the internet."

Tomlinson will lead a panel of rotating guests from the worlds of entertainment, comedy, music and beyond as they tackle the buzziest things on the internet in a game-show-style format.

Let Tomlison give you a preview of what to expect with this promo video shared on Instagram:

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After Midnight guests

After Midnight is going to feature a rotating cast of guests that make up the panels discussing the latest in internet trends.

No guests have been announced as of publication, but we'll update this post as they are announced.

How to watch After Midnight

After Midnight is going to air live on CBS, which is available to all viewers that have a traditional pay-TV subscription, a TV antenna receiving local stations or a live streaming TV service that carries CBS, which includes Fubo, Hulu with Live TV and YouTube TV. Paramount Plus with Showtime subscribers can also watch a live stream of the show through the streaming service.

If 12:37 am is too late for you but you want to watch After Midnight on-demand, all episodes are going to be available to stream on Paramount Plus (to all subscribers) the day after they air on CBS.

Michael Balderston

Michael Balderston is a DC-based entertainment and assistant managing editor for What to Watch, who has previously written about the TV and movies with TV Technology, Awards Circuit and regional publications. Spending most of his time watching new movies at the theater or classics on TCM, some of Michael's favorite movies include Casablanca, Moulin Rouge!, Silence of the Lambs, Children of Men, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest and Star Wars. On the TV side he enjoys Only Murders in the Building, Yellowstone, The Boys, Game of Thrones and is always up for a Seinfeld rerun. Follow on Letterboxd.