If you’re one of the many folks who plan on coming down with a mysterious, one-day illness on the Monday following CBS’ Super Bowl broadcast, then you should have no problem staying up for a special episode of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, which boasts a seriously star-studded lineup. The show will air directly after the Super Bowl, marking the first time that one of The Big Three (CBS, NBC, ABC) has followed the game with a late-night program.
Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, Will Ferrell and comedy duo Key & Peele will be dropping by for the February 7 show, according to Deadline. The show is scheduled to air at 10 p.m. EST, barring overtime, a power outage, or any other issue that might cause the big game (kickoff: 6:30 EST) to run longer than expected.
Fey and Ferrell recently starred in Sisters and Daddy’s Home respectively, while Robbie is fresh off wrapping on Suicide Squad. As for Key and Peele, the pair will soon star side-by-side in Keanu, a comedy about friends that plot to retrieve a stolen kitten by posing as drug dealers to gang members.
Since the Super Bowl is almost always the highest-rated telecast of any kind in any particular year, this edition of The Late Show is expected to draw a big audience and will attempt to convince as many folks as possible not to touch that dial after the final whistle blows.
To give you an idea of just how big a ratings bump this slot provides, NBC’s The Blacklist aired after the game last year and pulled in 26.5 million viewers, making it the most-watched scripted show on the network since a 2004 episode of ER.
CBS will be hoping that Colbert and his recently finalized guest-list can lock down a sizable portion of the “what else is on?” and “thank God it’s over” crowds, but we’ll have to wait and see.
One thing, however, is certain: Whether its the Carolina Panthers or the Denver Broncos that come out on top, there will be plenty of football-related jokes flying around after the game.
Some of the best shots in Grok Imagine’s AI-made Odyssey don’t contain actors. Ancient landscapes stretch into the distance. Close-ups of grimy hands suggest people who have touched something rougher than a keyboard. For a few seconds, the illusion holds.
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YouTube videos could soon look better without eating quite so much data, right? Thankfully, the platform plans to introduce a new video format called AV2 on its web player in early 2027, promising more efficient streaming and potentially fewer playback hiccups on slower internet connections. The big headline is a roughly 30% improvement in compression efficiency over AV1, YouTube's existing video format. That doesn't guarantee every video will use 30% less data, but it could make streaming a little easier on both internet connections and data allowances.
What is AV2, and why should viewers care?
YouTube is changing how its Home page works, giving viewers more control over what shows up there and making some of the app’s most-used sections easier to reach. Custom Feeds are now replacing the existing topic chips for eligible users, while YouTube is also testing a redesigned top bar on mobile that moves Subscriptions closer to the Home feed.
YouTube first started experimenting with Custom Feeds earlier this year, letting you type out what you wanted to watch and turning that request into its own stream of recommendations. Now, the feature is starting to look less like a side experiment and more like something YouTube actually wants people to use as part of their everyday Home page.