Last Night on Late Night

Jimmy Fallon celebrates the Democrats’ blue wave, jokes about a 19-year-old unseating a Republican lawmaker in Massachusetts, and previews guests Sarah Paulson and Caitlin Clark while riffing on the week’s political news.

Jimmy Kimmel reacts to the midterm election results with jokes about the blue wave, Trump’s losses, and the chaos of election-night coverage, then brings in his assistant Natalie for a comic interruption.

Seth Meyers stages a surprise inspection of his monologue writers, mocking the hundreds of jokes they produce and the bad punchlines that survive long enough to become part of the writing-room chaos.

Sarah Paulson talks about Harryween, her Halloween costume and friendship with Jimmy, then discusses season 2 of All’s Fair and makes a Rotten Tomatoes prediction while sharing stories from the production.

The Pod Save America hosts discuss the midterm results, Democratic strategy, Trump’s final two years, and possible 2028 presidential candidates, balancing election analysis with their podcast’s familiar group banter.

Kim Kardashian discusses All’s Fair and The Kardashians, including her trouble with Sarah Paulson while filming, the show’s Hulu release, and the experience of balancing her business, acting, and family life.

Caitlin Clark discusses her childhood Future Dreams drawing, her WNBA ambition, her Nike friendship bracelet, and the pressure and excitement surrounding her rise in basketball before playing a cheeseball-shooting game with Jimmy.

Jeff Hiller discusses returning to the stage in The Exhibitionist, his work on Somebody Somewhere, and the humiliating anal-exam story that unexpectedly led to him being recognized for UCB improv.

Dinner Party performs “Sleepless Nights” and “If It Ain’t Broke” from the album Whatchu Bringing?, combining Kamasi Washington, Robert Glasper, Phoelix, 9th Wonder, and Terrace Martin in a medley about worry, change, and persistence.

Cage the Elephant performs “Make It Easy,” a new song about a relationship caught between blame, fear, and the desire to stop complicating what the couple already has.