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Craig Ferguson may be no Chris Crocker, but the Peabody-winning television host recently went viral for defending Britney Spears during an opening monologue from 2007. In the old Late Late Show clip, Ferguson asks for sympathy and understanding for the pop singer as she publicly went through a rough patch. From…

ABC has handed a series order to The Hustler, a new mystery-based game showhosted by Craig Ferguson. The series from All3Media-backed Studio Lambert is set to begin production this fall, with an airdate to be announced later. Based on an original format by British TV and radio host Richard Bacon, each episode follows…

EXCLUSIVE: Craig Ferguson recently returned to his stand-up roots with a lengthy tour, and now Comedy Dynamics and Green Mountain West culling those shows for a new limited series. Craig Ferguson: Hobo Fabulous, a six-episode hybrid stand-up/documentary show, is set to stream starting November 12 on the Comedy…

EXCLUSIVE: Craig Ferguson’s Green Mountain West is partnering with Comedy Dynamics to release the six-episode limited series Hobo Fabulous on the Comedy Dynamics Network. It will be available via the Comedy Dynamics channel, iTunes, Amazon Prime Video, Google Play, Comcast, Spectrum, Dish and other platforms. Hobo Fabu…

ABC is piloting a remake of quirky British game show The Time It Takes with former The Late Late Show host Craig Ferguson. The U.S. network has ordered the pilot weeks after it was picked up by the BBC for an eight-episode run. It is being produced by Episodes and Flack producer Hat Trick Productions, best known in…

EXCLUSIVE: Today show host Kathie Lee Gifford is starring alongside Craig Ferguson (The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson) in Love Me To Death, a feature Gifford wrote and will film next month in Scotland.  Adriana Trigiani is on board to direct the pic, which is being produced by Matthew T. Weiner. It follows…

Craig Ferguson is set to launch a live daily show on SiriusXM starting Monday, February 27. The Craig Ferguson Show will feature the former longtime Late Late Show host giving his take on the news of the day, along with celebrity interviews, sketches and correspondent stories. Ferguson also will take calls from…

Syndicated game show Celebrity Name Game will not continue beyond its current third season. The program, hosted by Craig Ferguson, is co-produced by Debmar-Mercury, which distributes it domestically, and FremantleMedia North America, which distributes internationally. Tribune Broadcasting and the Sinclair Broadcast…

Celebrity Name Game host Craig Ferguson will be blending game show hosting and acting as the star of Crunch Time, NBC’s hybrid game show/comedy. Also cast in the project, written by Betsy Thomas based on an original idea by veteran game show producer Phil Gurin (Weakest Link), are Kyle Howard (Royal Pains) and Kellee…

Once upon a time — last fall — reporters writing about Stephen Colbert’s move to CBS’ The Late Show talked about “already too cluttered” world of late-night TV. To borrow a down-home-ism from GOP White House hopeful John Kasich, if you thought that was clutter, you need to head out and buy a seatbelt because there is…

Syndicated game show Celebrity Name Game has been renewed for a third season on Tribune and Sinclair stations. The half-hour weekday strip currently airs in more than 93% of the country, including the top 50 U.S. markets, and as of now has been cleared in more than 70% of the U.S. through the 2016-2017 season. Hosted…

Craig Ferguson brought Socrates to TCA. Ferguson came to talk about his new late-night show for History, Join Or Die, in which he and a panel debate provocative and timely topics in the provocative actually-listen-to-someone interview style that got Ferguson noticed by many, except not enough CBS execs, when he…