EPISODE
The Not Too Late Show with Elmo - Season 1
Inspired by the comedy of Elmo, who hosts the show with his family, discussing bed routines, making interviews with VIPs and musicians and talking about numerous issues of life in a clever manner adjacent to singing and playing games.
25 August 1987, Tarzana, Los Angeles, California, USA
1 June 1963, Chicago, Illinois, USA
9 March 1954, Dearborn, Michigan, USA
28 June 1967, Georgia, USA
7 December 1971, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
10 April 1993
May 29, 2020
Sorry, Stephen Colbert, but you finally have real competition for my not-so-late-night viewing.
May 27, 2020
It's a fun extension of the 'Sesame Street' brand and a good way for kids to get into the fun that a talk show format can be.
May 27, 2020
For all its subtle nods to the adults in the audience, at the end of the night (well, evening, since Elmo's bedtime is at 7:30pm) it is a show for children, in all the best ways.
May 27, 2020
A refreshing antidote to all the Zoom talk shows, or even standard talk show formula in traditional times. Plus, it's canon because this is what Elmo does before he goes to bed every night.
May 27, 2020
It's a clever, charming concept, executed with the Workshop's customary care and craft.
May 27, 2020
It's easy to imagine toddlers watching episodes on repeat. For adults, however, only the occasional guest can make such a concentrated dose of Elmo's high-pitched squeal worth enduring.
May 29, 2020
More often than not, the conversations feel forced and the concept feels too adult for kids to enjoy (does the Sesame Street audience really crave a late-night format?) and too juvenile for grown-ups.
May 27, 2020
The meta, inside-baseball side of The Not Too Late Show is funny, smart and packed with likable gags and puns and general silliness... No, The Not Too Late Show didn't make me love Elmo, but I dug its for-all-ages hijinks much more than I expected to.
May 27, 2020
Supremely adorable, laugh-out-loud funny, and just 15 minutes an episode, The Not-Too-Late Show is an essential addition to your nightly ritual no matter how long you've been out of the series' target demographic.
May 26, 2020
Look out, American talk show hosts. There's a new red, furry host in town.
May 27, 2020
The idea of Kacey Musgraves singing "Rubber Duckie" or Mulaney greeting sidekick Cookie Monster is not without its charms, even if it's a little unsettling to look this much at Cookie Monster's legs.
May 27, 2020
Not Too Late's charmingly original concept will inevitably inspire imitators, as the classic series did all those decades ago - a late show for kids is just too much fun to pass up. So for the time being, don't.
