: a night when a person stays awake until a late hour
We're tired today because we had a late night last night.
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Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
Cancellation of The Late Show also came amid uncertainty around the network late-night landscape.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Jimmy Kimmel addressed the shooting death of Charlie Kirk on his ABC late night show on Thursday, this time calling out Donald Trump‘s casting of blame on the rhetoric of the left.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
Ego Nwodim is one of the Saturday Night Live stars not returning for Season 51 of the NBC late-night sketch show.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
Cancellation of The Late Show also came amid uncertainty around the network late-night landscape.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
This is purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Jimmy Kimmel addressed the shooting death of Charlie Kirk on his ABC late night show on Thursday, this time calling out Donald Trump‘s casting of blame on the rhetoric of the left.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
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“Late-night.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/late-night. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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