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With scores of well-known comedians vying for the job, it came as a shock to many when CBS decided in September that the replacement for outgoing Late Late Show host Craig Ferguson would be British comedic actor James Corden. Not only is he unknown to many in the U.S., he didn’t even know he was up for the gig. In an…

Ben Winston, currently exec producer of the UK version of The X Factor, will executive produce James Corden’s late-night show, debuting on CBS on March 9, the network said this morning. The show will be shot in Los Angeles at CBS Television City, the network said, ending speculation Corden, well-known in Broadway…

Despite one late-night pundit’s crack that they’d be shocked if CBS went with another white male Brit to host its Late Late Show, it appears the network has done just that. CBS has lassoed  James Corden to replace Craig Ferguson when Ferguson steps down at the end of the year, according to informed sources. Related: Wa…

Late-night hosts last night warmed up the audience for today’s televised news conference, in which new-ish NBA Commissioner Adam Silver reveals how he will punish Clippers owner Donald Sterling for racist comments caught on audio tape made public by TMZ. Related: Sterling Firestorm Drives Clippers Playoff Game To Top O…

Craig Ferguson tonight announced to his studio audience he would be leaving The Late Late Show at the end of the year. "CBS and I are not getting divorced, we are 'consciously uncoupling,' but we will still spend holidays together and share custody of the fake horse and robot skeleton, both of whom we love very much,"…

EXCLUSIVE: Brian McAloon, the only person to ever direct CBS’ Late Late Show throughout all of its incarnations, is leaving the late-night show and the company that produces it, David Letterman’s Worldwide Pants. Taking over directing duties on Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson is McAloon’s longtime assistant…