The Pete Best: For the second time in two shows; the first being The Daily Show. Just over a month after Kilborn stepped down, he caught a shot from a Billboardmagazine article previewing which music acts would be appearing on TV that week; when mentioning that Tears for Fears would be appearing on the September 27, 2004, LLS episode hosted by Michael Ian Black, it mentioned that the show was "thankfully no longer hosted by Craig Kilborn."
What Could Have Been: Peter Lassally wanted Jon Stewart to replace Tom Snyder. At one point in the mid 1990s, Stewart had a holding deal with Worldwide Pants, and was on the verge of hosting a 1:35 AM show that would've competed with NBC's Later; the show would've began in the 1997-98 TV season, and would've had a huge advantage, as Greg Kinnear, who succeeded Later's first host, Bob Costas, had left when his acting career took off, and the show was on a run of having Guest Hosts that would last until the year 2000, when Cynthia Garrett would become the show's final host. When Kilborn was selected, Lassally, who didn't exactly care for him, entered into semi-retirement, re-emerging when Kilborn left to help pick his replacement.
When the roster of guest hosts was being put together, Amy Sedaris was heavily speculated to be one of them, but she never ended up fronting an episode.
previewing which music acts would be appearing on TV that week; when mentioning that Tears for Fears would be appearing on the September 27, 2004, LLS episode hosted by Michael Ian Black, it mentioned that the show was "thankfully no longer hosted by Craig Kilborn."