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With Kilborn only announcing in early August that he would not be returning to the ''Late Late Show'' in the fall, CBS and Worldwide Pants executives decided to have a series of guest hosts helm the show in on-air auditions. While initially saying they would choose a permanent host by the end of October, the process ended up extending into December. [[Drew Carey]] was the first guest host on September 20, 2004, and again the following night.<ref name=carey/> Subsequent guest hosts included: [[Jason Alexander]], [[Jeff Altman]], [[Tom Arnold (actor)|Tom Arnold]], [[Michael Ian Black]], [[Tom Caltabiano]], [[Adam Carolla]], [[Tom Dreesen]], [[David Duchovny]], [[Damien Fahey]], [[Craig Ferguson]], [[Jim Gaffigan]], [[Ana Gasteyer]], [[David Alan Grier]], [[D. L. Hughley]], [[Lisa Joyner]], [[Donal Logue]], [[Rosie Perez]], [[Ahmad Rashad]], [[Jim Rome]], [[Aisha Tyler]], and ''The Late Late Show'' head writer Michael "Gibby" Gibbons<ref name=why>{{cite news|title=Why CBS Should Audition Its Potential 'Late Late Show' Hosts On Air Again|url=http://splitsider.com/2014/05/why-cbs-should-audition-its-potential-late-late-show-hosts-on-air-again/|access-date=December 27, 2014|work=SplitSider|date=May 29, 2014}}</ref> culminating in four finalists being involved for week long final tryouts: Craig Ferguson, D. L. Hughley, Damien Fahey, and Michael Ian Black. It was announced on December 7, 2004, that Ferguson, a [[Scotland|Scottish]] comedian best known from his role as Mr. Wick on ''[[The Drew Carey Show]]'', was to become Kilborn's permanent replacement. [[David Letterman]] later said he made the selection based on the recommendation of [[Peter Lassally]].<ref>{{cite magazine | url = https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/22791344/dave_at_peace_the_rolling_stone_interview/print | title = Dave at Peace: The Rolling Stone Interview | date = September 18, 2008 | magazine = [[Rolling Stone]] | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080909092744/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/22791344/dave_at_peace_the_rolling_stone_interview/print | archive-date = 2008-09-09 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
Following the conclusion of the on-air auditions on December 3, 2004, guest hosts continued to fill out the roster until the end of the year and included
===Craig Ferguson (2005–2014)===
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