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After Midnight Desperately Wants to Make the Internet Fun
The debut of the Taylor Tomlinson–hosted CBS show is a mixed bag, signaling a show still tinkering with its formula.
There remains a panel of three comedians — the premiere features Kurt Braunohler, Whitney Cummings, and Aparna Nancherla — and they still compete in a series of internet-themed games, a mix of new segments and mainstays from the original like the interactive Hashtag Wars and FTW at the end of each episode. Standing beside a giant screen designed to look like a phone, Tomlinson opens the premiere by explaining the show’s intention (“taking the internet and desperately trying to make it fun”) and introducing the audience to her comedic sensibility: “Comedians, you’ll be competing for the grand prize of my father’s approval. After the episode finished airing, Variety reported that the premiere had been kept intentionally “lowkey” to give the show a chance to “find its voice over the next few weeks” (before the Super Bowl and the return of CBS’s scripted series in February presumably bring in more viewers).
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