Taylor Tomlinson on Being the Lone Woman in Late-Night: ‘It Feels Like Pressure When People Ask Me About It’

variety.com:

Megan Vick Taylor Tomlinson didn’t imagine herself as a host when she first met with CBS about their “@Midnight” reboot last year.

She assumed the filming schedule would interfere with her first love — stand-up — but it was worth taking the meeting to meet new people and maybe score some panelist appearances.

But when the executives in charge revealed they’d create a filming schedule that would allow her to still perform comedy gigs on the weekends, an entirely new world opened up. “I took this job because I wanted to develop new skills and grow as a person,” Tomlinson tells Variety while walking around her set. “I think I have definitely experienced that.

I am able to work on a team of people that I really like, respect and enjoy.” Now, Tomlinson is months into hosting “After Midnight,” a panel comedy show modeled after the former Comedy Central series, which brings in comedians from various backgrounds to riff and comment on trending topics for arbitrary points and prizes.