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3	''The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo'' is a spin-off of ''Series/SesameStreet'' developed exclusively for the Creator/HBOMax streaming service. The series debuted on the platform on May 27, 2020. The first three episodes were available at launch, with new episodes premiering weekly afterwards thru to the end of the first season. Each episode runs 15 minutes long. The show is as follows:
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5	The series parodies the late night TalkShow format with Elmo as the host, chatting with guest stars before he goes to bed. Cookie Monster appears as a sidekick, and other ''Sesame Street'' characters make appearances working backstage on the show. Being a ''Sesame Street'' property, it's also an EdutainmentShow, teaching young viewers how to get ready for bedtime.
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7	The guest stars featured in the show include:
8	* Season 1: Creator/JimmyFallon, Music/KaceyMusgraves, Music/TheJonasBrothers, Creator/JohnMulaney, Music/LilNasX, ComicBook/{{Batman}}, Music/{{Pentatonix}}, Nature Nick, Jordin Sparks, Creator/MilesBrown, The Joyous String Ensemble, Creator/BlakeLively, Music/DanAndShay, Creator/JohnOliver, Kwame Alexander, Music/SofiaCarson, Creator/HodaKotb, Creator/BenPlatt, Mykal-Michelle Harris, Jonathan Van Ness, Music/{{HER\|Musician}}, Creator/AndyCohen, Music/JoshGroban, Creator/OliviaWilde, Music/SaraBareilles, Creator/JasonSudeikis, and Music/{{Ciara}}.
9	* Season 2: Creator/DrewBarrymore, Keedon Bryant, Creator/SethMeyers, Music/KellyRowland, Brady Noon, Creator/AmberRuffin, Music/BebeRexha, Creator/JennaBushHager, Sophie Fatu, Ames [=McNamara=], Creator/LeslieOdomJr, Dani & Dannah Lane, Music/{{AJR}}, Rohan Chand, Music/KaneBrown, Creator/BusyPhilipps, Creator/AidyBryant, Hello Sunday, [=MacKenzie=] Hancsicsak, Juanes, Sway Bhatia, Tori Kelly, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Madison Reyes, Tamron Hall, Brandon Niederauer, Big Bird, Kelvin Dukes, Isaiah Russell-Bailey, and Creator/JamesMonroeIglehart.
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11	You can watch an [[https://youtu.be/lHLJG_ALP20 episode]] on Website/YouTube.
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13	On August 19, 2022, the series was removed from HBO Max as part of a cost-cutting move that saw the removal of numerous other series and films in advance of the service's merger with Discovery+. The series was eventually rescued by Creator/{{PBS}}, [[https://schedule.whro.org/program?programid=32901 and premiered on their stations in February 2023]].
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16	!!''The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo'' provides examples of:
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18	* TheBackstageSketch: Nearly every episode includes some kind of running storyline taking place behind-the-scenes of the main show.
19	* BigEater: In the Jonas Brothers episode, the "light snack" Cookie Monster ordered is a sandwich so big that Biff and Sully, who are '''''construction workers''''', have to bring it in. In the Blake Lively episode, he mentions having a MarshmallowDream which resulted in the disappearance of not only his pillow but his bed and various other things that were in the same room.
20	* TheCameo:
21	** Many obscure and retired ''Sesame Street'' Muppets appear in the audience, including Roosevelt Franklin, Harvey Kneeslapper, Don Music, Lefty the Salesman, Sherlock Hemlock, Forgetful Jones, Captain Vegetable, Humphrey, The Amazing Mumford, Horatio the Elephant, Chipowski, Little Murray Sparkles, Madame Chairbird, Leo Birdelli, Bug and others.
22	** In addition to appearing as a guest on the show in one episode, Creator/JohnOliver is a recurring cameo performer, with Grover blundering onto the set of Oliver's show ''[[Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver Last Week Tonight]]'' on multiple occasions.
23	* QuarterHourShort: Each episode lasts 15 minutes long.
24	* {{Retool}}: The show became a GameShow for its second season and thus was rebranded as ''The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo: Games Edition'', dropping many elements from the first.

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