Kimmel, Fallon, Jon Stewart & More Make Changes for Midterm Elections Night
TV Insider • • entertainment
Key Points:
- For the first time since 2002, no late-night television shows will air live episodes reacting to the midterm election results on November 3.
- NBC and CBS are preempting their late-night shows, including The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Late Night With Seth Meyers, with live news coverage of the midterms.
- ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live! will air a new episode taped later than usual to include some early East Coast results but may be interrupted for live news updates if key election outcomes emerge.
- Comedy Central’s The Daily Show will also air a new episode, but it will be taped before polls close, limiting its ability to respond to election results in real time.
- The trend of live late-night election coverage has declined over recent cycles, dropping from multiple shows in 2018 to none scheduled for live broadcasts in 2026.
