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Lilly Singh Set to Do Two Part Sketch Special Where She Plays Every Character at NBC

August 18, 2020

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Save for the unfortunate cancellation of Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj, the rest of late night has gotten back to some semblance of production. A number of late night hosts have even ventured back into studio or will do so soon.

Well, actually, A Little Late with Lilly Singh has yet to do a remote version of her show on a regular basis like her other late night counterparts. Instead, she has just gotten the go-ahead over at NBC to do a two-part sketch special Sketchy Times with Lilly Singh where she will play every character and will be shot entirely at her home. Writers Sean O’Connor and Keisha Zollar will help Singh write these sketches and make for another intriguing foray into attempting to make comedy television during this pandemic.

Having Singh play every character is a clever workaround for social distancing purposes and will be the latest big time sketch comedy produced during this pandemic since the end of last season’s Saturday Night Live. To see what Singh attempts and subsequently pulls off from making an entire sketch comedy special from her home has us very intrigued.

There’s no premiere date as of yet, but we’ll keep you posted here at TCB.

A Little Late with Lilly Singh to Replace Last Call with Carson Daly at NBC

March 16, 2019

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A Little Late with Lilly Singh to Replace Last Call with Carson Daly at NBC

We were curious with what NBC was going to do after announcing the end of Last Call with Carson Daly. Given that it airs at 1:30AM after the block of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Late Night with Seth Meyers, we kind of thought they would just end that slot together.

Yet, a pleasant surprise came today when they announced that international YouTube star Lilly Singh would take over that slot with her own late night show. This marks a few pretty significant firsts as Singh is the first female-POC to host in late night on a broadcast network. Singh also enters as one of the first YouTube stars to have her own talk show on traditional linear TV (the other being Grace Helbig with the very short-lived The Grace Helbig Show on E!).

We’re curious what Singh will do in the parameters of traditional late night talk show and, more importantly, what NBC will let her do with a slim half-hour slot, especially since 1:30AM is so late (though, we have a feeling that pushing the content online the following day will be a major component to this show).

We’ll just have to wait and see when A Little Late with Lilly Singh debuts in September.