2020–21 United States network television schedule (late night)

The 2020–21 network late night television schedule for the five major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the late night hours from September 2020 to August 2021.

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New series are highlighted in bold.
All times are U.S. Eastern and Pacific Time (except for some live sports or events). Subtract one hour for Central, Mountain, Alaska, and Hawaii-Aleutian times.
Affiliates fill non-network schedule with local, syndicated, or paid programming. Affiliates also have the option to preempt or delay network programming at their discretion.
NBC's programming will be pre-empted from July 23 to August 8, 2021 for the network's coverage of the rescheduled 2020 Summer Olympics from Tokyo, Japan.
All sporting events airs live in all time zones in U.S. Eastern time, with local programming by affiliates in western time zones after game completion.

Network		11:00 p.m.	11:30 p.m.	12:30 a.m.	1:00 a.m.	1:30 a.m.	2:00 a.m.	3:00 a.m.	4:00 a.m.	4:30 a.m.
ABC		Local programming	Jimmy Kimmel Live! (11:35)	Nightline (12:35)	Local programming (1:06)		ABC World News Now		America This Morning	Local programming
CBS			The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (11:35)	The Late Late Show with James Corden (12:37)		Local Programming (1:37)	CBS Overnight News		CBS Morning News
NBC	Fall		The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (11:35)	Late Night with Seth Meyers (12:37)		A Little Late with Lilly Singh (1:37)	Local Programming (2:05)	Early Today
	Winter					A Little Late with Lilly Singh (Mon–Thu; 1:37) / The Amber Ruffin Show (Fri; 1:37)
	Spring					A Little Late with Lilly Singh (1:37)
	Late spring					A Little Late with Lilly Singh (R) (1:37)^[1]

Note: ABC, CBS and NBC offer their early morning newscasts via a looping feed (usually running as late as 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time) to accommodate local scheduling in the westernmost contiguous time zones or for use a filler programming for stations that do not offer a local morning newscast; some stations without a morning newscast may air syndicated or time-lease programs instead of the full newscast loop.
Note: ABC, CBS and NBC affiliates offer their rebroadcasts of the network evening newscasts to accommodate local scheduling in selecting markets that do not offer encores of the local late news; some stations with encores of local late news will air alongside the network evening news rebroadcasts leading in to the networks' overnight newscasts, or with syndicated and time-lease programs.
Note: A Little Late with Lilly Singh aired its final episode on June 3, 2021. Repeats of the series are currently scheduled to air thereafter.^[1]

Network		11:00 p.m.	11:30 p.m.	12:00 a.m.	12:30 a.m.	1:00 a.m.	1:30 a.m.
Fox	Fall	Labor of Love (R)^[2]		Local programming
	Mid-fall	Fox College Football^[3]	Cosmos: Possible Worlds (R)^[4]		Local Programming
	Winter	I Can See Your Voice (R)^[5]		Local Programming
	Spring	Name That Tune (R)^[6]
	Summer	Game of Talents (R) ^[7]
NBC	Fall	Local programming	Saturday Night Live (11:29)^[8]			1st Look (1:02)	Local programming (1:32)
	Spring					1st Look Presents: Celebrity Sleepover (1:02)
	Summer					1st Look (1:02)

Note: ABC, CBS and NBC affiliates offer their rebroadcasts of the network evening newscasts to accommodate local scheduling in selecting markets that do not offer encores of the local late news; some stations with encores of local late news will air alongside the network evening news rebroadcasts leading in to the networks' overnight newscasts, or with syndicated and time-lease programs.
Note: Cosmos: Possible Worlds encores aired at 11 p.m. in the Pacific Time Zone/10 p.m. Mountain Time Zone as Fox College Football aired live in all time zones.

Note: ABC, CBS and NBC offer their early morning newscasts via a looping feed (usually running as late as 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time) to accommodate local scheduling in the westernmost contiguous time zones or for use a filler programming for stations that do not offer a local morning newscast; some stations without a morning newscast may air syndicated or time-lease programs instead of the full newscast loop.
Note: ABC, CBS and NBC affiliates offer their rebroadcasts of the network Sunday political newsmagazine programs to accommodate local scheduling in selecting markets that do not offer encores of the local late news; some stations with encores of local late news will air alongside the rebroadcasts leading in to the networks' overnight newscasts, or with syndicated and time-lease programs.

Returning series:

Returning series:

Returning series:

New series:

1st Look Presents: Celebrity Sleepover—Renewed for a second season on April 28, 2021.^{[citation needed]}

A Little Late with Lilly Singh—Cancelled on May 6, 2021, after two seasons. The series will conclude on June 3, 2021.^[1]