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Amber Ruffin appeared on Tuesday’s episode of “Late Night With Seth Meyers” for a segment called “Amber Says What”, where the television personality dished on various news stories: from the passing of Betty White to Machine Gun Kelly and Megan Fox’s engagement.

The CW’s adaptation of British panel show Would I Lie To You? has found its lineup.

EXCLUSIVE: NBC has handed a put pilot commitment to Aunties, a comedy from The Amber Ruffin Show team of writer Shantira Jackson, star/executive producer Amber Ruffin and executive producers Seth Meyers and Mike Shoemaker via their Sethmaker Shoemeyers production company.

Amber Ruffin offered some words of encouragement to viewers of her Peacock talk show on Friday, addressing the shock and horror that many were feeling over the jury in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial finding the 18-year-old gunman not guilty on all counts after he was accused of shooting three people — two fatally —  with an assault rifle during a Black Lives Matter protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin last year.

William Earl Amber Ruffin delivered an emotional statement about the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict at the start of Friday’s episode of “The Amber Ruffin Show.”The host of the Peacock talk-variety show was on the verge of tears as she addressed the shocking acquittal of the Kentucky teenager who killed two men and shot another with a rifle at a Black Lives Matter protest in Illinois.Ruffin’s voice quavered at times as she delivered the raw commentary, part of what she described her “responsibility to

Mindy Kaling is celebrating 2021 Halloween in an epic way!

EXCLUSIVE: Full Frontal with Samantha Bee will be back on TBS in 2022 after the network renewed the late-night series for a seventh season.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterTina Fey and Amber Ruffin are among the prominent NBCUniversal stars who have signed a petition urging MSNBC employees to support the unionization drive for writers and other editorial staffers at the all-news network.The WGA East has led the organizing effort at MSNBC that will culminate with an election administered by the National Labor Relations Board. Ballots are to be mailed out today and are due back by Aug.

UPDATE, July 13: Just For Laughs Montreal has announced that Hacks star Jean Smart will be honored with its Comedy Performance of the Year award. Hosting the Just For Laughs Awards Show will be Amber Ruffin.

Amber Ruffin launched her eponymous late-night talkshow during the pandemic and as such has never experienced the roar of her own studio audience.

Amber Ruffin will be on the ground in Tokyo to cover the Olympics for Peacock.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVAmber Ruffin and Robin Thede go way back.The writers, producers and performers entered late-night TV around the same time (Ruffin in 2014 on “Late Night With Seth Meyers” and Thede the following year on “The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore”).

Amber Ruffin is using her platform to highlight America’s “long and well-documented” record of bigotry against Asian people.

On her half-hour Peacock series, Amber Ruffin's sunny spin on the late night talk format helps lighten the weight of the week's news, mixing monologue, original music and sketch. But as NBC gives The Amber Ruffin Show a broadcast run on Friday nights (since February) and Peacock extends its episode order through at least September, the Nebraska native, 42, isn't just smiling because of her innate effervescence.

Amber Ruffin is getting a linear bow for her Peacock late-night show.

Time has released its Time100 Next list, featuring Dua Lipa, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Olivia Rodrigo, and many more.

Amber Ruffin has joined the Broadway-bound team of Some Like It Hot as a co-writer of the film-to-stage adaptation. The host of Peacock’s The Amber Ruffin Show will partner with Tony nominee Matthew López on the new musical’s book.

LOS ANGELES -- If you're someday in need of a plus-one to liven an unpromising party, consider Amber Ruffin.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticIn 2013, after years of scraping by on improv and putting on free comedy shows for the joy of it, Amber Ruffin got what she thought might be her big break. “Saturday Night Live” was (finally) looking to add a Black woman to the cast after years without, and flew Ruffin to New York from Los Angeles to try out alongside many other comedians she’d long admired.

Also Read: Peacock Drops Trailers for Larry Wilmore and Amber Ruffin's Late-Night Shows (Video)“Are you upset because you saw Mary J. Blige on TV the other day and it reminded you that you desperately need for her to find love?” she asked, to which he nodded.”Aw, you know what pal? Couples grow apart and her being single means she’s ready to fall back in love.

Dino-Ray Ramos, Amanda N'Duka If there is anyone who could deliver the worst news in the world with a smile on her face and give you hope that everything will be OK, it’s Amber Ruffin.With her sweet and cheery demeanor and a don’t-mess-with-me twist of irreverent shade, Ruffin has written for various shows and her signature comedy has been featured on Drunk History, but she is best known from her work as a writer on Late Night with Seth Meyers.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterIn a special surprise panel at CTAM, comedian Amber Ruffin was joined by Jenny Hagel and Seth Meyers to talk about her upcoming half-hour talk show The Amber Ruffin Show on Peacock which according to her, will take the best parts from regular late-night shows.

election happening soon, so I’m happy to have a place in the conversation,” Wilmore said in a statement. The shows are set to launch in September, with 11 episodes ordered for Wilmore's series and nine for Ruffin's, Peacock said.

, where she became the first Black woman to write for a late-night network talk show, Ruffin will host  as she takes on what’s happening in the world with her signature style.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorNBCUniversal broadcasts some of the best-known and longest-running programs in late-night TV. Now the company hopes to add two new shows to its wee-hours roster.The company behind “The Tonight Show,” “Saturday Night Live,” “Late Night” and “A Little Late” will launch two weekly programs on its Peacock streaming-video outlet, one led by “Late Night” writer and personality Amber Ruffin and the other hosted by former “Comedy Central” host Larry Wilmore.

Larry Wilmore and Amber Ruffin leading their line up, the new NBCUniveral streaming service announced on Monday. Amber Ruffin, formerly a writer on Late Night with Seth Meyers who is well known for her appearances in a recurring segment called "Jokes Seth Can't Tell," will anchor The Amber Ruffin Show, which was picked up for nine episodes airing weekly starting in September.

Peter White Television EditorSeth Meyers has, like the rest of the late-night community, been doing his NBC talkshow from his own house since the end of March.Late Night With Seth Meyers, filmed in the comedian’s attic, has been gaining particular steam thanks to his A Closer Look segments, which dissect the craziness of the news, as well as Amber Ruffin’s takeover of the start of his show following the death of George Floyd and the subsequent protests against police brutality.Taking over from

When Late Night With Seth Meyers returned June 1 after a weeklong hiatus, it was the NBC show's first opportunity to speak to the social justice movement and protests following the killing of George Floyd. To do so, Amber Ruffin, who's been a writer on the program since 2014, opened the show by sharing stories about her own experience with the police.