Taylor Tomlinson bids farewell to “After Midnight” in emotional remaining monologue

• Taylor Tomlinson gave her final After Midnight monologue on Thursday evening.
• The comic introduced her choice to depart the late-night present in March.
• "It was my dream that I might get to complete off this season and hand it off to a brand new host. I actually needed CBS to exchange me," she stated.

Comic Taylor Tomlinson stated goodbye to her late-night present After Midnight with a heartfelt monologue — and a notice of disappointment within the present's community, CBS.

Calling it a "very emotional evening," the comic — who introduced her choice to depart the present in March — admitted that she had hoped CBS would maintain After Midnight going with a brand new host. (As a substitute, the community canceled the present and selected to not substitute it with any unique programming.)

"I’m so grateful that I obtained an opportunity to do that," Tomlinson stated in her remaining monologue. "I by no means thought that I might be capable to host a late-night present. This was by no means one thing that was on my imaginative and prescient board in any respect… Whereas sadly I couldn't maintain doing this present, it simply wasn't sustainable for me, I can't consider that I obtained to do it so long as I did. It was my dream that I might get to complete off this season and hand it off to a brand new host. I actually needed CBS to exchange me as a result of I simply assume there are such a lot of wonderful comedians who would have executed an important job with this present."

Watch her full monologue beneath:

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Tomlinson — a comic who was a finalist on Final Comedian Standing in 2015 and launched her first stand-up particular, Quarter-Life Disaster, in 2020 — selected to depart After Midnight so she may return to touring as a humorist.

"Internet hosting After Midnight has genuinely been the expertise of a lifetime, and I'll be ceaselessly grateful for the chance to be a part of this unbelievable journey," Tomlinson stated in a press release on the time. "Although it was a particularly powerful choice, I knew I needed to return to my first ardour and return to stand-up touring full-time. I respect CBS, Stephen Colbert, the producers, and your entire After Midnight employees and crew for all of the love, help, and unforgettable recollections."

A reboot of @midnight hosted by comic Chris Hardwick, After Midnight premiered in January 2024, changing The Late Late Show with James Corden. Government producer Colbert told Entertainment Weekly in 2024 that he was a fan of the comic previous to After Midnight.

"When she was simply beginning out, the algorithm began feeding her to me years in the past," Colbert stated. "I keep in mind considering, 'Who is that this particular girl?'"

Tomlinson ended her monologue by thanking the late-night present's manufacturing group.

"I had no concept be on TV day-after-day," she stated. "I simply wish to say on digital camera to the employees and crew for After Midnight, thanks a lot for having me as your host."

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