MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Why do late night shows start at 11:35?

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MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Why do late night shows start at 11:35?

Leno, Letterman, Conan, Fallon, Colbert, you know all the famous names from over the years. The host of Late Night Television. The Tonight Show and The Late Show which have always started at 11:35pm instead of 11:30pm. Why is that?

The 11:35 start time began in the 90s when the Gulf War was going on. Networks wanted the extra 5 minutes of news coverage on the war in the 11 o’clock broadcast. Then it’s just stayed that way ever since.

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