Late-night shows reportedly plan to skip their live election night broadcasts for the first time in 24 years.
\n\nABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! will pre-record its Tuesday episode, which will only feature early reactions to results coming in from the East Coast — but will not air live on the West Coast with the final outcomes, according to a report by TheWrap.
\n\nComedy Central’s The Daily Show, meanwhile, is expected to tape its Tuesday episode before polls close in New York. As for NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Late Night With Seth Meyers, both shows will reportedly not air on Tuesday.
\n\nBecause CBS’ The Late Show was canceled earlier this year, no episodes will air on Tuesday — or ever again. When the show was still on the air, however, Stephen Colbert used to go live with midterm coverage.
\n\nLate-night shows falling silent on election night is a change up from 24 years ago, when Jon Stewart went live on The Daily Show with midterm election night coverage in 2002.
\n\nOthers quickly follow suit, adjusting their taping schedules so they could go live with their audiences as election results came in.
\n\nIn the last midterm elections in 2022…
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