KY Gov. Andy Beshear to appear on late-night talk show Tuesday
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- Gov. Andy Beshear will appear on NBC’s Late Night with Seth Meyers on Tuesday.
- Beshear hosts a SiriusXM podcast featuring politicians, donors and celebrities.
- Speculation increases around Beshear as a potential 2028 Democratic contender.
If you’re a night owl, look for Gov. Andy Beshear’s appearance early Wednesday morning on Late Night with Seth Meyers.
Beshear will join Chance the Rapper and Seth Reiss as guests on Tuesday’s episode of the popular talk show. Late Night airs on NBC at 12:35 a.m. weeknights and also streams on Peacock.
Late Night, an Emmy-nominated satirical talk show, features celebrity guests. The show, taped at Rockefeller Center in Manhattan, has earned several Emmy nominations and won the Critics Choice Award for best talk show in both 2020 and 2021.
Meyers, host of the show, previously worked as head writer on Saturday Night Live and anchored the show’s popular segment Weekend Update.
Beshear recently signed a deal with SiriusXM to host his podcast, the Andy Beshear Podcast, on the network’s Progress channel 127. The debut SiriusXM episode, featuring an interview with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, will premiere Wednesday on the SiriusXM app.
Before joining SiriusXM, Beshear’s podcast has already posted 22 episodes since starting in April and has featured prominent guests, including Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar and North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein; major donors, such as John Morgan of Morgan & Morgan and entrepreneur Mark Cuban; and various celebrities and sports figures, including University of Louisville basketball coach Pat Kelsey.
The deal comes as Beshear’s name is being circulated by media and party insiders as a potential contender for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2028. Beshear has not denied interest in running for president and so far has parried suggestions that he run for the U.S. Senate in Kentucky instead.
It’s a common occurrence for politicians to appear on late night talk shows. John F. Kennedy was the first president to be featured on a late-night show when he appeared on Jack Paar’s show in 1960, according to Politico.
Other presidents who appeared on late night shows are Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and and Richard Nixon, according to Politico.
This story was originally published September 9, 2025 at 10:08 AM.
