@fter Midnight, the revamped version of the old Comedy Central show @midnight which has spent two seasons following Stephen Colbert on CBS, will be wrapping up its run after host Taylor Tomlinson announced she would be leaving the program. CBS had previously renewed the show for a third season but decided to pull the plug rather than try and start over with a new host. There will be no replacement program, and CBS will return this timeslot to its affiliates.
Tomlinson, who has been touring with her latest stand-up show while hosting the show during this second season, will be returning to stand-up full time, saying in an Instagram post, “Though it was an extremely tough decision, I knew I had to return to my first passion and return to stand-up touring full-time.”
I was unaware of Tomlinson prior to the show, but, having been a fan of the previous incarnation, I was excited to see the show come back. Over the past two years, I’ve become a fan and saw her standup live at the Chicago Theatre this past February. I look forward to more good comedy in the years to come.
