Late Night

A late-night talk show host suspects that she may soon lose her long-running show.

Her big-screen credits include box office smash Junior, holiday perennial Love Actually, the Nanny McPhee movies (for which she also wrote the screenplays), as well as such under-appreciated curiosities as The Tall Guy and The Love Punch, but Emma Thompson’s comedic prowess is a lesson that seemingly needs to be rediscovered every several years. Perhaps it’s a function of the exquisitely crafted dramas which served as her introduction to many viewers – movies like Henry V, Dead Again, Howards End, and The Remains of the Day, the latter two resulting in the first two of her ten Golden Globe nominations.

In the upcoming Amazon Studios comedy Late Night, Emma Thompson plays a first-ever, longest-running female host of a late night talk show, Katherine Newbury. After years of success, with ratings sagging, she was put on notice by the network that she may lose her show.