Greg Kinnear left the show in 1996 to concentrate on his budding acting career. The show had a series of guest hosts until 2000 when Cynthia Garrett was hired as the permanent host.
After the show was canceled in 2001, NBC aired reruns of SCTV Network (1981) in the time slot. They were titled "Later Presents SCTV". The reruns were eventually replaced with Last Call with Carson Daly (2002).