, 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 givesa broadcast run on Friday nights and Peacock extends its episode order through at least September, the Nebraska native, 42, isn't just smiling because of her innate effervescence.
People are scared to change the format of late night. It was a big deal when Seth decided to start the show sitting down. But if you change it to exactly what suits you, people don't care. If you change it for change's sake, then people are going to smell a rat.last year with personal stories about being targeted by police for being Black.
You recently published a book with your sister — and some of the stories of her experiences working in Omaha are quite wild. Has she seen a noticeable difference in the way she's been treated since it came out?