Published 19:21 IST, September 14th 2019
Lilly Singh to replace Carson Daly on NBC's late-night talk show
Famous Canadian-born Indian Youtuber Lilly Singh is all set to replace Carson on NBC; will host a late-night talk show called 'A Little Late with Lilly Singh'
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Late-night cable and network TV hosts are in for a surprise, as YouTube star, Lilly Singh makes her debut with NBC’s 'A Little Late With Lilly Singh', from Monday. Everything about show is creating buzz and making big news, as it continues to break stereos. Lilly Singh's leap from YouTube to heliners did t just come by accident, as she follows a list of celebrated women, and in particular women of colour who have hosted late-night talk shows over years. What makes this even bigger is that she is only third person after Oprah Winfrey and VJ Cynthia Garrett to be given this opportunity.
Is Singh rey to face new challenges?
During her recent interviews, Canian-born iconic Youtuber said that she is absolutely rey to work with NBC. Canian-born daughter of Indian immigrants established herself online as ‘IISuperwomanII’ as her nickname, and was only woman on Forbes’ 2017 list of highest-paid YouTube stars with estimated earnings of $10 million.
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Singh also explained that Inevitably, it will be a lot of pressure but at same time it’s a huge hour and that she's focusing on latter. She ded by saying that she's focusing on how exciting this business is and how much it could mean, rar than focusing on ‘Oh my God. What will people think, and what if this messes up?’. She said that she is still focusing on keeping fun going and hoping for best.
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'TV will t change anything': Lilly Singh
Lilly assured her fans that TV format won't change anything about her mologue, as it's personal and it's t a script that can be re. She also promises as much sketch comedy as she can fit in, conversations with her audience as well as guests, and musical performances that she envisions.
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“When you’re a mirity, wher it’s a woman or a person of colour, it’s like, ‘this is your shot, and if you mess it up and you’re cut, you’ve ruined it for everybody.’ We need to change that mentality because re are many things on TV from majority groups that are t great,” she said. “This is t shot on behalf of all women of colour. , this is me chipping away a path, and we need to get to a place where (my performance) is t tied to ar woman of colour. We’re all individuals at end of day.” she can be heard saying in interview.
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17:53 IST, September 14th 2019