Jimmy Kimmel Live returns July 6 (Photo: LateNighter)
Most of late night is taking an early summer break ahead of the July 4th holiday weekend.
Jimmy Kimmel taped his final episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! until Labor Day on June 18, with the show’s regular host now off on his annual summer break. The show will return Monday July 6 with Tiffany Haddish, the first of this year’s summer guest hosts.
July 6 will also see Andy Cohen’s Watch What Happens Live return from its own one-week break. Cohen himself will still be working this week: he’s co-hosting CNN’s coverage of this year’s semiquincentennial Times Square summer ball drop with Anderson Cooper.
Meanwhile, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Late Night with Seth Meyers are both dark until July 13. All four shows will air repeats during their breaks.
Switching to cable: The Daily Show is taking one week off, returning Tuesday July 7. Comedy Central will air alternate programming in its time slot while the show is away.
Among the weekly shows, Last Week Tonight is on a three-week summer break, with John Oliver’s HBO series returning with new episodes July 31. His HBO colleague Bill Maher also isn’t expected back with Real Time until late July or early August.
Not everything is going dark. Gutfeld! and Nightline will continue airing new episodes, as will Fox’s FIFA World Cup coverage with James Corden.
LateNighter will also be on a lighter schedule during the break, though as always, if big news breaks while the shows are away, we’ll be back.
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