‘After Midnight’ Canceled at CBS as Taylor Tomlinson Focuses on Stand-Up

variety.com:

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Late-night shows simply aren’t the durable roosts they used to be. Taylor Tomlinson, the host of CBS’ “After Midnight,” is the latest host to exit the wee-hours space as more comedians see better career opportunities in the worlds of stand-up, podcasts and other creator-based media.

Tomlinson felt more drawn to stand-up comedy and other potential opportunities, says one person familiar with her thinking, and felt the demands of a regular network show would crimp her ability to consider other projects. “I am doing less stand-up than I was [before hosting ‘After Midnight‘].

I was on tour three weekends a month for years, so to take this job and to know that I was gonna have to scale back a little bit was a very difficult decision for me.

I wasn’t sure if it was something I wanted to do or not, because stand-up is the most important things to me. It’s the most rewarding thing,” Tomlinson said last month during a panel with Variety’s Selome Hailu at SXSW in February. “I was very clear about that in the interview process.