I would not compare myself to Tynan, critically or romantically, but...
New PRESS BOX:
How to Interview Wemby
Our Clipping Nightmare
Bari Weiss
Dad Books RIP
The Best Story About Star Wars
PLUS: Stephen Colbert's last stand w/ @jasonzinoman.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/5Fbs...
Literally laughing out loud reading this interview
Got on with @jasonzinoman.bsky.social to talk about the two movies nobody will shut up about (to be fair, we won't either) and I got a little punchy
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/08/m...
Arsenio Hall to @jasonzinoman.bsky.social on the fate of late night. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/b...
Josh Yunis
Bryan Curtis
Große Vorfreude! Am 14. Oktober 2026 erscheint "Let's Be Silly, Bitch! Wie wir mit Comedy und Satire das Patriarchat stürzen" 🤡 ein feministisches Sachbuch zum Thema Humor & Macht / Details zum Buch & Vorbestellungen aus Österreich: bit.ly/4cNz8io Vorbestellungen aus Deutschland: bit.ly/4eYs8R7 1/3
Great piece on the rise and fall of late-night television talk show comedy — RIP. Thanks, @jasonzinoman.bsky.social!
THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!
Bryan Curtis
Recommended, + peak @jasonzinoman.bsky.social:
"I assumed anyone who preferred Leno was not worth knowing. To paraphrase Kenneth Tynan’s review of Look Back in Anger, I doubt I could love someone who didn’t enjoy Letterman. This helps explain my lack of girlfriends."
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/a...
David Letterman said he no longer feels a sense of ownership as the “The Late Show” on CBS comes to an end this month — but the program’s first host has harsh words for the network.
Greetings, new friends! You may know me as an author, a prolific Bluesky poster and 4th place finisher on So You Call That Dancing? But you might not know that my partner Judith (@mzpress) and I have an online arts bookstore that's growing every day. Full inventory here: mzs.press/EVERYTHING-W...
Matt Zoller Seitz
In wake of Colbert's exit from CBS, I re-read this brief history of the politicization of late night TV. The format may be in decline, but a sharp reminder it ain't dead:
"The government doesn’t go after entertainers because they are irrelevant."
Adam Rose
I thought Ross Douthat's recent explanation of how late night became more political was off. So I dug into the history. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/a...
