Taylor Tomlinson’s ‘After Midnight’ makes quiet debut: ‘Mediocre’ and ‘unwatchable’

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made his exit from “The Late Late Show” on CBS, he has been replaced by comedian Taylor Tomlinson, 30. Her new show, “After Midnight,” quietly premiered on CBS on Tuesday, Jan.

16 (technically Wednesday morning), at 12:37 am, following “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.” Corden, 45, used to occupy that time slot, hosting “Late Late” from 2015 until 2023, and he revealed that following his stint on CBS, he will shift his focus to theater work.

Tomlinson — who has 2.6 million TikTok followers and two Netflix stand-up specials (2020’s “Quarter-Life Crisis” and 2022’s “Look at You”) — succeeded Corden, but her show appears to be stumbling out of the gate. “I really like Taylor Tomlinson, but I don’t think After Midnight is gonna work out.

It’s frantic, pointless, and the comedians spend most of the show forcing themselves to laugh at each others’ mediocre jokes,” one fan commented on X (formerly Twitter). “After Midnight” began with Tomlinson not giving a monologue like a typical late-night show, but rather jumping straight into a game-show format with little setup or fanfare. “I’m Taylor Tomlinson and this is ‘After Midnight,’ where three comedians enter, one wins and two will regret participating,” she said in the opening of the series premiere. “We’re taking the internet and desperately trying to make it fun.