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{{Short description|American television talk and variety show (1995–2023)}}
{{About|the American late-night talk show franchise that aired from 1995-2023|the Irish late-night talk show of the same name|The Late Late Show (Irish talk show)}}
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*1,190 (under Kilborn)
*2,058 (under Ferguson)
*124 (under guest hosts
*<!--Episode count can be edited in the info box of the main page.
*'''Total:''' 5,346
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| first_aired = {{Start date|1995|1|9}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2023|4|27}}
| related = ''[[The Late Show (franchise)|Late Show]]''<br>''[[The Tomorrow Show]]''
}}
'''''The Late Late Show''''' is an [[Television in the United States|American]] [[late-night talk show|late-night television talk and variety comedy show]] that originally aired from January 9, 1995, to April 27, 2023, on [[CBS]]. [[Tom Snyder]] was the show's first host, followed by [[Craig Kilborn]], [[Craig Ferguson]], and [[James Corden]]. The show originated from [[Television City]] in [[Los Angeles]].
==History==
===Tom Snyder (1995–1999)===
[[Tom Snyder]] hosted the program from its inception in January 1995 until March 1999. The choice of Snyder as host was made by [[David Letterman]], whose contract with CBS gave him (via production company [[Worldwide Pants]]) the power to produce the show in the
Letterman and Snyder had a long history together: a 1978 ''[[The Tomorrow Show|Tomorrow]]'' episode hosted by Snyder was almost exclusively devoted to a long interview with up-and-coming new comedy talents Letterman, [[Billy Crystal]] and [[Merrill Markoe]]. And in 1982, when ''Tomorrow'' was
▲[[Tom Snyder]] hosted the program from its inception in January 1995 until March 1999. The choice of Snyder as host was made by [[David Letterman]], whose contract with CBS gave him (via production company [[Worldwide Pants]]) the power to produce the show in the timeslot immediately after his own program and who had an affinity for Snyder, whose NBC late night series ''[[The Tomorrow Show|Tomorrow]]'' had been succeeded by ''[[Late Night with David Letterman]]''. The time slot on CBS previously carried repeats of ''[[Crimetime After Primetime]]''. Snyder departed [[CNBC]] to host ''The Late Late Show'' on CBS.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1995-01-09/features/1995009116_1_tom-snyder-show-with-tom-late-late|title=After a lo-o-o-ong wait, it's Tom Snyder TURNED ON IN L.A.|last=Zurawik|first=David|date=9 January 1995|work=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|access-date=7 May 2015}}</ref>
▲Letterman and Snyder had a long history together: a 1978 ''[[The Tomorrow Show|Tomorrow]]'' episode hosted by Snyder was almost exclusively devoted to a long interview with up-and-coming new comedy talents Letterman, [[Billy Crystal]] and [[Merrill Markoe]]. And in 1982, when ''Tomorrow'' was canceled by NBC, Letterman's series ''[[Late Night with David Letterman]]'' succeeded ''Tomorrow'' in the timeslot, and Snyder had been offered but refused a move to follow ''Late Night'' by NBC.
Snyder's show featured a mix of celebrities, politicians and other newsmakers, but was otherwise quite unlike the program hosted by Letterman; Snyder was a former newsman, not a comedian, and his show featured an intimate [[interview]] format with no studio audience present, similar to his old ''Tomorrow'' show of the 1970s, or to ''[[Charlie Rose (show)|Charlie Rose]]'' show and ''[[Later (talk show)|Later]]'', which had abandoned the format the previous year and had followed ''Late Night'' under Letterman on NBC. Though the show lacked a studio audience, Snyder still frequently gave extended conversational monologues, many of which contained jokes that prompted audible laughter from the off-camera production staff. Without the need for an audience, the show originated from the intimate Studio 58 at CBS Television City.
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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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Ferguson's contract was set to expire in June 2014.<ref>{{cite news|title=CBS' Nina Tassler: No Craig Ferguson Replacement Before Upfronts (Exclusive)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/craig-ferguson-replacement-wont-be-699948|access-date=April 30, 2014|newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter|date=April 30, 2014}}</ref> His contract called for him to be first in line to replace [[David Letterman]] as host of the ''[[Late Show (CBS TV series)|Late Show]]''. Because CBS chose [[Stephen Colbert]] for that position, Ferguson reportedly received a windfall of as much as $10,000,000.<ref name="dn">{{cite news|title=Craig Ferguson faces uncertain future at CBS with David Letterman gone, contract ending in 2015|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/craig-ferguson-stay-cbs-2015-article-1.1754069|newspaper=New York Daily News|access-date=April 12, 2014|date=April 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200227193532/https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/craig-ferguson-stay-cbs-2015-article-1.1754069 |archive-date=February 27, 2020}}</ref>
On April 28, 2014, Craig Ferguson announced he would leave ''The Late Late Show'' at the end of the year.<ref name="fergretire">{{cite news|last=Carter|first=Bill|title=Craig Ferguson to Leave CBS at End of Year|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/29/business/media/craig-ferguson-to-leave-cbs-at-end-of-year.html?_r=0|access-date=April 28, 2014|newspaper=New York Times|date=April 28, 2014}}</ref> He had reportedly made the decision prior to Letterman's announcement but agreed to delay making his own decision public until the reaction to Letterman's decision had died down. He had also originally intended to leave in the summer of 2014 but agreed to stay until the end of the year to give CBS more time to find a successor.<ref>{{cite news|title=Craig Ferguson: 'I Wanted to Leave the Show Before I Stopped Enjoying It' (EXCLUSIVE)|url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2014/04/29/307994790/how-craig-ferguson-unmade-the-late-night-talk-show|access-date=April 30, 2014|newspaper=Variety|date=April 30, 2014}}</ref> His last show was December 19, 2014, and began with Ferguson performing "Bang Your Drum" with many of his guests over the years banging drums, including [[Desmond Tutu]]. The show featured [[Jay Leno]] as Ferguson's guest and cameos by [[Bob Newhart]] and [[Drew Carey]] in the closing segment, a parody of the finales of ''[[Newhart]]'', ''[[The Sopranos]]'' and ''[[St. Elsewhere]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title='Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson': Jay Leno Gives Host Great Sendoff|url=http://hollywoodlife.com/2014/12/20/the-late-late-show-with-craig-ferguson-finale-jay-leno-drew-carey-newhart/|access-date=December 20, 2014|work=Hollywood Life|date=December 20, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Late Late Show: Craig Ferguson Says Goodbye With Incredible Twist Ending|url=http://tvline.com/2014/12/19/craig-ferguson-late-late-show-finale-bob-newhart-drew-carey/|access-date=December 20, 2014|date=December 19, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Craig Ferguson Signs Off 'Late Late Show' with Jay Leno, Homage to Classic TV Finales|url=https://variety.com/2014/tv/news/craig-ferguson-signs-off-late-late-show-with-jay-leno-homage-to-classic-tv-finales-1201384206/|access-date=December 20, 2014|work=Variety|date=December 19, 2014}}</ref>
===Transition (January–March 2015)===
{{main|List of The Late Late Show episodes (2015 guest hosts)}}
In the interim between Ferguson's departure in December 2014 and James Corden's premiere on March 23, 2015, CBS scheduled a number of guest hosts to helm the program. Repeats of Ferguson's show finished out 2014. [[Drew Carey]] hosted the week of January 5 and did so again the week of March 2, while CBS daytime talk show ''[[The Talk (talk show)|The Talk]]'' aired a special week of ''The Talk After Dark'' episodes on the week of January 12. Other guest hosts included [[Judd Apatow]], [[Will Arnett]], [[Wayne Brady]], [[Whitney Cummings]], [[Jim Gaffigan]], [[Billy Gardell]], [[Sean Hayes (actor)|Sean Hayes]], [[Thomas Lennon (actor)|Thomas Lennon]], [[John Mayer]], [[Kunal Nayyar]], [[Adam Pally]], [[Jim Rome]], [[Lauren Graham]], and [[Regis Philbin]].<ref>{{cite news|title=CBS Taps 'The Talk' and Guest Hosts To Fill 'Late Late Show'|url=https://variety.com/2014/tv/news/cbs-taps-the-talk-and-guest-hosts-to-fill-late-late-show-1201365480/|access-date=December 9, 2014|work=Variety|date=November 26, 2014}}</ref> [[Peter Lassally]] remained executive producer during this period and retired from television after a six decade career with the taping of Arnett's show on February 20, 2015, in which Lassally appeared in a [[cameo appearance|cameo]]. Shows that aired for the rest of February, into March, had been pre-recorded in January for later broadcast in order to give CBS time to dismantle the Ferguson set and traditional audience seating, and build out a new set and audience arrangement for Corden's show. Shows taped by Cummings, Philbin, and Pally originated from [[New York City|New York]] and were recorded without an audience from Studio 57 at the [[CBS Broadcast Center]], the home studio for ''[[CBS This Morning]]''. Repeats were to fill out the two weeks between the final new Carey
===James Corden (2015–2023)===
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On April 28, 2022, Corden announced that he would step down as host in 2023, stating that "I always thought I’d do it for five years and then leave, and then I stayed on. I’ve really been thinking about it for a long time, thinking whether there might be one more adventure."<ref name=":0" />
==Retirement and replacement==
In February 2023, ''Deadline Hollywood'' reported that CBS was considering using Corden's departure to reevaluate the future of ''The Late Late Show'' as a franchise, with the network considering alternative formats for the timeslot that would be cheaper to produce than a traditional talk show. That month, the network reportedly settled on a [[Stephen Colbert]]-produced revival of ''[[@midnight]]'', a social media-themed [[panel show]] aired by sibling [[Comedy Central]] from 2013 through 2017, bringing an end to ''The Late Late Show'' franchise after 28 years.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Andreeva |first1=Nellie |last2=White |first2=Peter |date=February 7, 2023 |title='The Late Late Show With James Corden' To Be Replaced With '@midnight' Reboot Exec Produced By Stephen Colbert On CBS |url=https://deadline.com/2023/02/the-late-late-show-with-james-corden-replaced-at-cbs-with-midnight-1235252659/ |access-date=February 7, 2023 |website=Deadline}}</ref> In November 2023, CBS and Colbert officially announced that ''[[After Midnight (TV series)|After Midnight]]'', hosted by stand-up comedian [[Taylor Tomlinson]], would be taking over the ''Late Late Show'' timeslot in early 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Steinberg |first=Brian |date=2023-11-01 |title=‘After Midnight,’ CBS’ New Late-Night Entry Produced by Stephen Colbert, to Debut in 2024 |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/after-midnight-cbs-late-night-stephen-colbert-funny-die-1235776470/ |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=del Rosario |first=Alexandra |date=2023-11-01 |title=Taylor Tomlinson to host 'After Midnight' on CBS, filling 'Late Late Show' slot |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2023-11-01/cbs-after-midnight |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Squires |first=Bethy |date=2023-11-01 |title=Taylor Tomlinson to Host After Midnight, After Midnight |url=https://www.vulture.com/2023/11/taylor-tomlinson-after-midnight-host.html |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]] |language=en}}</ref> Due to the [[2023 Hollywood labor disputes]], CBS acquired [[Byron Allen]]'s ''[[Comics Unleashed]]'' in September 2023 to fill the timeslot in the interim, with a mix of reruns and unaired first-run episodes.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Petski |first=Denise |date=2023-09-11 |title=‘Comics Unleashed With Byron Allen’ Joins Fall CBS Late-Night Line-Up |url=https://deadline.com/2023/09/comics-unleashed-with-byron-allen-cbs-late-night-1235543726/ |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>▼
In February 2023, ''Deadline Hollywood'' reported that CBS was considering using Corden's departure to reevaluate the future of ''The Late Late Show'' as a franchise, with the network considering alternative formats for the time slot that would be cheaper to produce than a traditional talk show. That month, the network reportedly settled on a [[Stephen Colbert]]-produced revival of ''[[@midnight]]'', a social-media-themed [[panel show]] aired by sibling [[Comedy Central]] from 2013 through 2017, bringing an end to ''The Late Late Show'' franchise after 28 years.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Andreeva |first1=Nellie |last2=White |first2=Peter |date=February 7, 2023 |title='The Late Late Show With James Corden' To Be Replaced With '@midnight' Reboot Exec Produced By Stephen Colbert On CBS |url=https://deadline.com/2023/02/the-late-late-show-with-james-corden-replaced-at-cbs-with-midnight-1235252659/ |access-date=February 7, 2023 |website=Deadline}}</ref>
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==List of hosts==
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'''Notes'''
* {{sup|{{note|a|[a]}}}} [[Jason Alexander]], [[Jeff Altman]], [[Tom Arnold (actor)|Tom Arnold]], [[Michael Ian Black]], [[Tom Caltabiano]], [[Drew Carey]], [[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]], [[Sara Rue]], [[John Witherspoon]], [[Joe Buck]], [[Susan Sarandon]], [[Don Cheadle]], [[Daryl Mitchell (actor)|Daryl Mitchell]], [[Bob Saget]], and Michael "Gibby" Gibbons (head writer)
* {{sup|{{note|b|[b]}}}} [[Drew Carey]], [[Julie Chen]], [[Sara Gilbert]], [[Sharon Osbourne]], [[Sheryl Underwood]], [[Aisha Tyler]], [[Jim Gaffigan]], [[Judd Apatow]], [[Regis Philbin]], [[Whitney Cummings]], [[Adam Pally]], [[Sean Hayes]], [[John Mayer]], [[Wayne Brady]], [[Tom Lennon]], [[Lauren Graham]], [[Will Arnett]], [[Billy Gardell]], and [[Kunal Nayyar]]
==References==
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[[Category:2020s American variety television series]]
[[Category:2023 American television series endings]]
[[Category:American English-language television shows]]
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