LOS ANGELES – NBC is shaking up late-night TV, giving Carson Daly‘s slot to a woman of colour who’s a star on YouTube.
The network said Thursday that a new show, titled “A Little Late with Lilly Singh,” will air at 1:35 a.m. EDT beginning in September.
Get daily National news
Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you'll never miss the day's top stories.
By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy.
Singh will be the only woman to host a daily late-night show on a major broadcast network.
- Tom Skerritt, Emmy-winning actor with roles in ‘Picket Fences,’ ‘Alien’ and ‘Top Gun,’ dies at 93
- John Anderson, Country Music Hall of Famer, dead at 71
- Prince Harry wants to reconcile ‘complicated relationship’ with brother, father
- Christina Applegate says she was misdiagnosed with multiple sclerosis
NBC says her half-hour program will include in-studio interviews and pre-taped comedy sketches.
Singh calls the prospect of being an Indian-Canadian woman with her own late-night show “a dream come true.”
Her acting credits include HBO’s movie “Fahrenheit 451” and “Bad Moms.”
Comments
Want to discuss? Please read our Commenting Policy first.