Later

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Later
Genre	Talk Show
Starring	Bob Costas, Greg Kinnear, Cynthia Garrett
Country of origin	United States
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	NBC
Original run	1988 – 2000
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Later, now called Last Call with Carson Daly, was a nightly half hour-long talk show on NBC. It premiered in 1988 and went off the air in 2000. Later typically aired for half an hour following Late Night with David Letterman and its succeeding program, Late Night with Conan O'Brien (i.e. 1:35 a.m.).

The show won the 1993 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Series.

Bob Costas hosted Later from 1988-1994. This show was something of a break from the typical TV talk show format of the era, featuring Costas and a single guest having a conversation for the entire half hour, without a band, opening monologue or studio audience. On several occasions, Costas held the guest over for multiple nights, and these in-depth discussions won Costas much praise for his interviewing skills.

Following Costas' departure, the show became a much more conventional talk show, hosted first by Greg Kinnear and later by Cynthia Garrett, follwing her departure in 2000, the show went into Saturday Night Live repeats called "Later Presents SCTV." In 2001, NBC announced that MTV VJ Carson Daly will be the new host of Later. When Carson took over in 2001, the show was renamed Last Call with Carson Daly.