{"id":480790,"date":"2026-05-12T11:53:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T11:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/480790\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T11:53:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T11:53:12","slug":"late-night-hosts-announce-new-strike-force-five-special-video-episode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/480790\/","title":{"rendered":"Late-Night Hosts Announce New Strike Force Five Special Video Episode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/stephen-colbert\/\" id=\"auto-tag_stephen-colbert\" data-tag=\"stephen-colbert\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stephen Colbert<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/jimmy-fallon\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jimmy-fallon\" data-tag=\"jimmy-fallon\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jimmy Fallon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/jimmy-kimmel\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jimmy-kimmel\" data-tag=\"jimmy-kimmel\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jimmy Kimmel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/seth-meyers\/\" id=\"auto-tag_seth-meyers\" data-tag=\"seth-meyers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Seth Meyers<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/john-oliver\/\" id=\"auto-tag_john-oliver\" data-tag=\"john-oliver\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">John Oliver<\/a> are reuniting for a special video episode of their erstwhile podcast <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/strike-force-five\/\" id=\"auto-tag_strike-force-five\" data-tag=\"strike-force-five\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Strike Force Five<\/a>, the quintet of late-night hosts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DYOOmAYRz5T\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a> during their joint appearance on <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert\" data-tag=\"the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Late Show with Stephen Colbert<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cEmergency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/strikeforcefive\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@strikeforcefive<\/a> episode loading! \u26a1,\u201d Colbert and Kimmel posted to Instagram.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe new episode, which will be made available May 13, is in honor of the The Late Show\u2018s impending series finale May 21. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tA limited-run podcast venture that first cropped up in 2023 at the height of the dual Hollywood strikes, Strike Force Five was a surefire hit with audiences, featuring five suddenly unemployed late-night staples having compelling conversations. As with the previous 12 installments, where revenue served to support the shows\u2019 out-of-work staff, the new episode\u2019s proceeds will benefit the World Central Kitchen, an international nonprofit that provides meals during humanitarian crises.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWhen the WGA strike began in May 2023, the quintet began meeting weekly on Zoom to grapple with the serious realities of a work stoppage, resulting in a spate of candid and funny chats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAudiences can stream the new Strike Force Five taping on Spotify, its YouTube channel and wherever podcasts are found.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe news comes after it was <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/05\/stephen-colbert-strike-force-five-late-show-david-letterman-1236887370\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">announced last week<\/a> that Kimmel, Fallon, Meyers and Oliver would be joining Colbert on tonight\u2019s episode as part of a Strike Force Five reunion. Another late-night icon and Colbert\u2019s predecessor, David Letterman, will feature on The Late Show\u2018s Thursday episode.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tEarlier today, Kimmel also revealed he would be airing a <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/05\/jimmy-kimmel-rerun-stephen-colbert-final-episode-1236898308\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">repeat episode May 21<\/a>, going dark that Thursday \u201cout of deference to Colbert\u2019s sendoff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers and John Oliver are reuniting for a special video episode&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":480791,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[265],"tags":[18,117,19,17,9163,7613,47096,5712,4951,8059,8055,128],"class_list":{"0":"post-480790","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-jimmy-fallon","13":"tag-jimmy-kimmel","14":"tag-john-oliver","15":"tag-seth-meyers","16":"tag-stephen-colbert","17":"tag-strike-force-five","18":"tag-the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert","19":"tag-tv"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116561471877660180","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=480790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/480791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=480790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=480790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}