Taylor Tomlinson hosted the ultimate episode of After Midnight on Thursday (June 12), the place she spoke of how grateful she was for the chance and the way disillusioned she was that CBS isn’t changing her with a brand new host.
The comic defined to viewers how she determined to step away from the present to concentrate on her stand-up profession, and in doing so, CBS selected to finish After Midnight fairly than proceed with a brand new host. “It was my dream that I might get to complete out this season and hand it off to a brand new host,” she mentioned. “I actually needed CBS to interchange me.”
After Midnight premiered on January 17, 2024, as a alternative for The Late Late Present, which ended after James Corden stepped down as host. Based mostly on the Comedy Central present @midnight, the present noticed a panel of comedians taking part in video games and discussing sizzling matters to earn factors.
The present was initially renewed for a 3rd season till Tomlinson introduced she was leaving. As a substitute, CBS will exchange the present with Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen, which is ready to start out in September within the 12:30 am slot.
“I’m so grateful that I acquired an opportunity to do that. I by no means thought that I might be capable to host a late evening present. This was by no means one thing that was on my imaginative and prescient board in any respect as a result of I simply didn’t assume it was attainable for me, like I’m a touring arise,” Tomlinson mentioned in her monologue.
She continued, “And I really feel very grateful to have that profession that I do, and this chance got here alongside at a time in my life the place I may make the most of it, and whereas, sadly, I couldn’t hold doing the present, it simply wasn’t sustainable for me. I simply… I can’t imagine that I acquired to do it so long as I did.”
Talking on her hopes of the present persevering with, Tomlinson acknowledged, “I simply assume there are such a lot of wonderful comedians who would have finished an ideal job with this present. And the explanation I really feel that manner is as a result of, actually, I can’t.”
She went on to reward the group behind the present and all of the company who’ve taken half, saying, “Lots of people have informed me, like, ‘Oh, you’re so good at this job. Like, who else may have finished it?’ I’m not kidding… lots of people may have finished it as a result of this group is so supportive and is so good at making ready folks to be on tv.”
“I imply, we’ve three company minimal each single evening who’re on the entire hour,” she added. “We make them stand like the entire time… it’s an enormous ask to have folks do that present. Let me simply be sentimental for a second, however like, the quantity of labor that goes into doing a present like this, it’s insane.”
Tomlinson additionally thanked hair, make-up, and wardrobe for making her look good each evening, saying they “deserve an award.”
“I had no thought the best way to be on TV day by day. I had no thought the best way to do any of this. I had no thought how a lot work it was to make a late evening present each single day, and like, to be completely frank, we didn’t have the price range of a conventional late evening present,” she shared. “We actually, actually didn’t. And everybody who works right here was doing the job of, like, a number of folks, not simply their very own. All people was working time beyond regulation, and everyone cared a lot.”
After thanking extra of the forged and crew, Tomlinson wrapped up by saying, “I simply want everyone watching to know the way a lot this expertise has meant to me. And the explanation I took this job was to work with these people who find themselves so good at what they do, and anybody you see on stage tonight, behind the scenes, simply know, like, that is the A group.”
She concluded, “So I simply wish to say on digicam thanks a lot to the workers and crew of After Midnight for having me as your host for 200 episodes.”