Late-Night Emmy Race: Colbert, Kimmel, Meyers & ‘Daily Show’ Compete

There was a lot of buzz that John Mulaney was expected to gatecrash the late-night Emmy race but it was not to be.

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Daily Show, Late Night with Seth Meyers, and Jimmy Kimmel Live! will fight it out in the Outstanding Talk Series category. These four competed last year alongside The Problem with Jon Stewart, although the host of the latter is now one of the hosts of The Daily Show after his Apple series was canceled. John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s In LA did not make the cut.

This comes after the category nabbed four nomination spots in June, a surprise to many in the late-night world after 14 shows were submitted. Last year, there were five nominations.

Hot Ones, the online chicken talk show hosted by Sean Evans, was one of the other outside bets for a nomination. The show, which was created by Chris Schonberger, is produced by First We Feast and airs on YouTube. It submitted its episode with Conan O’Brien, which went viral earlier this year due to the comedian’s disregard for his own gut health.

Submissions were Black Girl Stuff, The Conversations Project, The Daily Show, Hart to Heart, Hot Ones, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s In LA, Late Night with Seth Meyers, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Pit Stop with Trixie Mattel, Real Time with Bill Maher, Tez on Ten, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen.