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The five reigning late night talk show kings will host a podcast benefitting writers put out of work amid the strikes.
Move over Fox Force Five, it’s time for some laughs, as late night talk show hosts Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, and John Oliver have launched a new podcast amid the ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes titled Strike Force Five.
The limited podcast will find the late night quintet sitting down to discuss everything going on with the current strikes. The podcast will be available on Spotify starting today. According to Spotify, “The hosts bring their unique opinions, humor, and insights to the show as the navigate the Hollywood strikes.” The series will launch on August 30th and be available across all major podcast platforms. Each host will serve as a rotating moderation. Of course, such tenures wouldn’t be possible without writers, so it is great to see these titans of modern late night comedy giving back to those that help to make their shows such successes.Combined, the late night talk shows have a wealth of Emmy nominations, with many of the shows frequently battling for the Outstanding Talk Series award. The other nominees in the category are The Daily Show with Trevor Noah and
The Problem with Jon Stewart.While we wait to listen to all of the episodes, you can enjoy the hilarious podcast Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend with guests like Liam Neeson, John Mulaney, Steve Martin and Martin Short. The other nominees in the category are The Daily Show with Trevor Noah and The Problem with Jon Stewart.
While we wait to listen to all of the episodes, you may as well listen to former late night talk show host Conan O’Brien’s hilarious podcast Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend, with recent guests including Liam Neeson, John Mulaney, and Steve Martin and Martin Short.Will you listen to the Strike Force Five podcast? Which late night talk show host do you think would be able to lead their own podcast, a la Conan O’Brien?
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