Late night show hosts for key American late-night talk shows include:
- David Letterman, Conan O'Brien, Jimmy Fallon, and Seth Meyers have hosted the NBC "Late Night" franchise since 1982, with Seth Meyers currently hosting since 2014.
- Jay Leno hosted "The Tonight Show" on NBC for over 22 years until his retirement in 2014.
- Stephen Colbert has hosted "The Late Show" on CBS since taking over from David Letterman and continues to host it in 2025, though the show is set to end in mid-2026.
- Jimmy Kimmel hosts "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" on ABC.
- Other notable hosts include Jon Stewart, John Oliver, Trevor Noah, and Jimmy Fallon who now hosts "The Tonight Show" as of 2014.
- John Mulaney has a Netflix live talk show called "Everybody’s Live."
Currently prominent hosts on major late-night shows are Seth Meyers, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, and John Oliver.
