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Old 07-08-2014, 09:50
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fergurson isnt funny. corden should do fine
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Old 08-08-2014, 09:38
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You've got to be kidding me. Corden's a good actor and writer but he's not right for hosting a chat show.
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Old 09-08-2014, 20:54
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I would love it if he pissed off over there to become popular late at night where we will barely ever hear or see him back here in the UK. More power to him. More peace for us.
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Old 09-08-2014, 21:22
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Anything that sends James Corden packing to another country is a great idea as far as I'm concerned.
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Old 04-09-2014, 12:08
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Its all gone very quite on this, I wonder if CBS are going to change their minds based on the feedback from the public. Nothing was ever officially announced so they could easily choose someone else if they wanted to.

I was in LA for the summer and went to see a taping of Craig Fergusons new game show. It was interesting speaking to some of his American fans and talking about this news with them, only one of them had any idea who James Corden was and all of them were surprised he was rumoured to be the new host.

It’s also since been announced that Craig Ferguson is close to agreeing a deal to host a new nightly talk show, at 7pm.
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Old 04-09-2014, 15:18
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Its all gone very quite on this, I wonder if CBS are going to change their minds based on the feedback from the public. Nothing was ever officially announced so they could easily choose someone else if they wanted to.

I was in LA for the summer and went to see a taping of Craig Fergusons new game show. It was interesting speaking to some of his American fans and talking about this news with them, only one of them had any idea who James Corden was and all of them were surprised he was rumoured to be the new host.

It’s also since been announced that Craig Ferguson is close to agreeing a deal to host a new nightly talk show, at 7pm.
Does that really matter?
Who knew who Craig Ferguson was?

What about the other chat show hosts? Some of them might have been known from other things. Some may have worked themselves up from guest hosts to be the main host. Some may have started in the late late night slot and then been promoted to the flagship show.

Same with actors. Who knew who Hugh Laurie was? Even the producer thought he was American when he did his screentest.
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Old 04-09-2014, 16:13
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Its all gone very quite on this, I wonder if CBS are going to change their minds based on the feedback from the public. Nothing was ever officially announced so they could easily choose someone else if they wanted to.
Or maybe it was never on the cards in the first place?
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Old 05-09-2014, 12:42
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Does that really matter?
Who knew who Craig Ferguson was?

What about the other chat show hosts? Some of them might have been known from other things. Some may have worked themselves up from guest hosts to be the main host. Some may have started in the late late night slot and then been promoted to the flagship show.

Same with actors. Who knew who Hugh Laurie was? Even the producer thought he was American when he did his screentest.
I’m not saying it matters that next to no one in the US knows who James Corden is, and neither were the Americans I was talking to, just that it was somewhat surprising because there was this assumption that the replacement host would be a well know face.

You’re right, sometimes networks can pick an unknown person that they think has potential and make a star out of them. Equally they can do this and fail miserably. Its a risk that may or may not pay off.
Ferguson was already known in the US when he started the ‘Late Late Show’ due to his 7 years on ‘The Drew Carey Show’, but he was considered a bit of an outsider for getting the talk show gig. A better example would be Conan O’Brien, picked by NBC to replace David Letterman on ‘Late Night’ in 1993 and completely unknown to audiences (due to the fact all his major work had been as a writer). After a very rocky start the risk paid off and he’s still a successful talkshow host today.

Or maybe it was never on the cards in the first place?
I suspect given the evidence there must have been at least discussions between CBS and James Corden in regards to him being the new host, even if they weren’t as final as the press suggested.


One thing is for sure, Craig Ferguson leaves on 19th December. If CBS are going to have a new show in place in January they’ll need to announce their plans soon.
Or maybe they want to launch the new ‘Late Late Show’ when they launch the new ‘Late Show’ later in 2015, and will therefore run Ferguson repeats until then. But they are going to be practically giving viewers away to NBC’s ‘Late Night’ if they choose to do that.
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Old 07-09-2014, 22:07
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12.30am?

That really is a late late show.

Two men and a dog would be watching that over here.

Do Americans not sleep?
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Old 07-09-2014, 22:09
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Anything that sends James Corden packing to another country is a great idea as far as I'm concerned.
I thought that with Russell Brand but he keeps coming back
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Old 07-09-2014, 22:55
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12.30am?

That really is a late late show.

Two men and a dog would be watching that over here.

Do Americans not sleep?
Late night is extremely popular hence why all networks and a few cable channels run them.
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Old 08-09-2014, 12:42
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12.30am?

That really is a late late show.

Two men and a dog would be watching that over here.

Do Americans not sleep?
I agree, 12:30am is really really late, but these shows still get a few million viewers so the American viewing audience is very different to the British viewing audience.
What I find interesting is that their morning shows start at around 4:30am.

So in conclusion, no Americans don’t sleep.

(In all seriousness, the people watching the late night talk shows are generally a younger audience, which is very popular with the advertisers, which is why the networks love them so much)
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Old 08-09-2014, 13:25
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I agree, 12:30am is really really late, but these shows still get a few million viewers so the American viewing audience is very different to the British viewing audience.
What I find interesting is that their morning shows start at around 4:30am.

So in conclusion, no Americans don’t sleep.

(In all seriousness, the people watching the late night talk shows are generally a younger audience, which is very popular with the advertisers, which is why the networks love them so much)
I'm tucked up in bed by 11 so I can get my 7-8 hours before the next day starts
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Old 08-09-2014, 16:12
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I'm surprised at this as I wouldn't have expected Corden to test well with American audiences. Obviously he must have though.
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Old 08-09-2014, 16:25
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I imagine CBS have to find out when Letterman will announce his final show but I imagine the new Late Late Show will arrive first followed by The Late Show a few months later. Fallon did Late Night before Conan started his Tonight Show so it's not unusual
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Old 08-09-2014, 16:44
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Hope he doesn't quit ALOTO!
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Old 08-09-2014, 16:45
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Hope he doesn't quit ALOTO!
He will probably have to since he'd be moving to LA or NY to do the show
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Old 08-09-2014, 16:52
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12.30am?

That really is a late late show.

Two men and a dog would be watching that over here.

Do Americans not sleep?
Don't forget the US has several time zones. So it starts at 9.30pm on the West Coast. Not so late for the whole country.

Also you underestimate the number of shift workers and insomniacs in this country.
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Old 08-09-2014, 17:41
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I am still a bit surprised and bewildered at their selection. I don't know what they see in him personally - A part from being British, which may be something they want to exploit to gain international traction. But, I would think that's more dependant on his fanbase, which I can't see being enough to generate that kind of buzz.

Overall, I don't see it being a success and it will be a Jay Leno sort of scenario.
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Old 08-09-2014, 18:16
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Don't forget the US has several time zones. So it starts at 9.30pm on the West Coast. Not so late for the whole country.

Also you underestimate the number of shift workers and insomniacs in this country.
Still on at 12.30 in the West coast, although the Central time zone gets it at 11.30. Although when I was in Houston they had an episode of jeopardy between Letterman and Ferguson when I was there.
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Old 08-09-2014, 18:59
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I am still a bit surprised and bewildered at their selection. I don't know what they see in him personally - A part from being British, which may be something they want to exploit to gain international traction. But, I would think that's more dependant on his fanbase, which I can't see being enough to generate that kind of buzz.

Overall, I don't see it being a success and it will be a Jay Leno sort of scenario.
It's a bold move, but to be fair CBS have nothing to lose. Ferguson is already a distant third behind NBC's Myers and ABC's Nightline - so Corden isn't going to be under particular pressure on ratings at first. And those late night shows are so lead-in dependent, he'll probably sunk or swim on the strength of his Stephen Colbert lead in anyway.

It's also CBS's attempt to venture into the new type of late night show that Kimmel, Fallon & Myers have been introducing - the focus on interactivity, creating online viral videos and getting celebrities to do silly things. It's worked rather brilliantly for NBC, so I can see why they want a piece of that.
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Old 08-09-2014, 19:12
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It's a bold move, but to be fair CBS have nothing to lose. Ferguson is already a distant third behind NBC's Myers and ABC's Nightline - so Corden isn't going to be under particular pressure on ratings at first. And those late night shows are so lead-in dependent, he'll probably sunk or swim on the strength of his Stephen Colbert lead in anyway.

It's also CBS's attempt to venture into the new type of late night show that Kimmel, Fallon & Myers have been introducing - the focus on interactivity, creating online viral videos and getting celebrities to do silly things. It's worked rather brilliantly for NBC, so I can see why they want a piece of that.
The Colbert and Corden combo could work and for CBS, getting younger viewers from the two Jimmys and Meyers is more important than overall viewers as Letterman skewed quite old and Ferguson lagged behind,
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Old 08-09-2014, 19:23
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Corden is confirmed

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/new...oPipGsfdecatbf
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Old 08-09-2014, 19:38
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I quite like him in ALOTO although he and his laugh can be a little OTT. Not seen any of his straight acting.



btw, I thought that pic of Ferguson was Dale Winton for a second
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Old 08-09-2014, 19:42
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My watching something else is confirmed.
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