He’d probably be quite good, although probably very similar to Ricky Gervais' approach.
It’s not going to happen though, 99.99% of Americans don’t know who Jimmy Carr is.

New interview in which Corden bizarrely claims there were only 10 weeks between him committing to the job and hosting his first show where-as a quick trip to his Wikipedia page has him being officially announced as the new LLS host in October 2014.

Weird.
I just checked our very own thread on the subject – it was rumoured from early August 2014 (8 months before his debut) and was confirmed in late October 2014 (5 months before his debut). I’m not sure where his 10 weeks comment has come from?!

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1994416

Thanks for the link to the interview by the way.

Chelsea Handler seems an awkward guest. She's been on twice so seeming willing to appear but does make snide remarks and sometimes looks like she doesn't want to be there.

Is that just her thing or a side effect from her 'lifestyle'?


btw, his audience wrangler who he setup the dates for was absolutely gorgeous. Rememded me slightly of Chloe Bennet.

She was rumoured to be in the running for TLLS so maybe there's a bit of jealousy there but cant really fault her for ripping on Piers Morgan, Katie Price and Russell Brand.link

I think that’s just Chelsea Handler’s personality. And it’s why I’ve never really been a fan of any of her shows.
For me she sometimes comes across as mean spirited and spiteful, I know all the late night hosts mock people (it’s part of the job), but when she does it comes across as more venomous. Maybe it’s just me...
She works better with some interviewers than others too, her interviews with Howard Stern and Conan O’Brien are usually entertaining, maybe they just know how to handle her better than James Corden does.

Anyone seen the rap battle between him and Anne Hathaway?. Quite brilliant

https://youtu.be/_MR2-vBYRjM

It was another excellent show.

When she's been on Norton she'd been quite a poor guest. I think Norton has got lazy and just expects guests to make the show happen.


With Corden being relatively new he's working hard to make the show entertaining, fun and popular and he's doing a good job.
Obviously every show can't be great and I think there still are several segments that could be ditched or rethought but overall it's a very decent show.

Rumours circulating that James Corden will quit the show and return to the UK once his current contract expires. Personally I doubt there's much truth to it.

And he's in a contract with CBS until 2020, so the article seems a little premature. Even he won't know how he feels in 4 years time.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz...t-expires.html

But he is returning to the UK for 3 weeks at the end of this month to record a new series of 'A League of Their Own' (which will air on Sky in 2017). The Late late Show will take a 3 week hiatus during this time.

Just caught a bit of an interview with Anthony Kiedis on Radio X and he said that they actually had a dance-off in their carpool karaoke segment with Corden but it wasn't used.

Also, he said that when they pulled the car over to have the dance off, they saw a woman run out of her house with a baby screaming that he wasn't breathing. Kiedis apparently took the child and started to do CPR, but that didn't work. He said he started rubbing the child's chest as the ambulance arrived and he started breathing.

He handed him over to the paramedics and they carried on to complete the segment.

I'm surprised it wasn't mentioned.

At the upfronts he got the seal of approval from Moonves:

"When Moonves joined him on stage, the CBS chairman showered his "late night and internet sensation" with praise, noting: "We love that guy." Who he didn't praise, or so much as mention: Colbert."
link

Also interesting that in recent weeks Corden had to deny being interested in being on CBS earlier in the evening. link

More mind boggling censoring this week.

When saying ********, dick was allowed but head was censored.

then when saying cock that was censored.

Edit: haha, didn't realise that would be one of DS censored words

James Corden was on Howard Stern a couple of weeks back (I'm still searching for the audio of the full interview), and Howard Stern is the first person I'm aware of to speak and ask so openly about Stephen Colbert's low ratings and whether CBS have any secret plans to move James Corden to the 11:30pm slot.

The Late Late Show followed by The Late Show?

I actually do believe that once his current contract expires he will return back to the UK. In fact, if his contract hadn't been extended by CBS to 2020, i think he'd have returned back to the UK once the original contract had ended.

I've heard him say in numerous interviews he misses the UK, he dislikes his children speaking with an American accent and all his friends and family are back home. Plus he wants to do more writing and acting and he can't do much tv/film acting if he has to film a chat show every night. Yes, he's being paid a fortune but i don't think money matters much to him.

It's crazy he's coming back to the UK end of June 2016 to record a new series of ALOTO for 2017!!! That's crazy. 3 weeks is nothing.

Looks like there's going to be a lot more Carpool Karaoke this summer with Coca Cola and Mcdonalds announced as brand partners link

How much product placement is there in late night? Guillermo on Kimmel does ads and Fallon has the Mac on his desk but is this the first time a bit has been associated with corporate brands?

The Late Show has several partners that have a logo and voiceover as they go into breaks.

The Late Late Show is sponsored by Bud Light.

This is just huge for Corden. Absolutely huge.


http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/mich...en-1201800676/

Wow, that is crazy! Yip, Corden's hit the big time.

What's the bet Barack makes a special appearance?

He'd probably be up for it but I imagine his advisors will "gently" advise against it. I'd say there's more chance of one, or both, of his kids though.

It'll be funny to see the security escort their car will have though

I’m guessing you’re being sarcastic, but James Corden would obviously be given The Late Show in this scenario, and I suspect Stephen Colbert would be dropped altogether with a new host taking over The Late Late Show.
It’s all rumours and speculation of course, but I bet the executives at CBS have at least discussed the possibility of this happening. But would CBS really put James Corden up against Jimmy Fallon?


I’d say it depends on how important it is to him that’s he’s a high profile celebrity, globally. It’s unlikely anything can match his current job in terms of profile (except maybe a promotion to The Late Show). Doing more acting and writing might be his preference, but is he willing to have a lower profile because of it? That’s his decision to make. And how he feels now might not be how he feels in 2020 when his contract expires. But for now he’s clearly happy, he wouldn’t have signed a contract extension if he wasn’t.

Yes he’s back in the UK next week, for 3 weeks. He’s recording A League of Their Own, I know because I have tickets to see him!


I suspect this product placement is a clever deal by CBS to capitalise on the programmes YouTube viewers, not the traditional television viewers. Carpool Karaoke is watched by a lot more people on YouTube than on television (more than 20 times the people in some cases), so if you can sell adverting based on those figures you’re winning. A very clever business decision by CBS.


It’s a big deal, but I wouldn’t say it’s absolutely huge. Michelle Obama has taken part in a few comedy bits with Jimmy Fallon that have gone on to become viral successes. But it is impressive that James Corden’s influence is starting to match Fallon’s in attracting the biggest names in the world wanting to do something with them.

The Obamas get around. Probably more now that they're crusing into retirement.
They've been on other late night shows and stuff.

I suppose it's more likely for them to appear on Kimmel, Fallon and Colbert but Corden/Carpool does seem popular.


I've noticed they're now shaking it up more. I know he's got out of the car before, I think it was to go shopping, but lately they've done dance offs, wrestling, drive thru, rollercoaster etc.

I doubt they'll drop Colbert so soon, I think maybe at end of the five year contract they will reconsider but it would be suicide for CBS to put Corden against Fallon and Kimmel.

CBS isn't throwing the towel just yet and they'll likely be retooling aspects of The Late Show but I think he's a very good alternative to the Jimmys and it would be a shame if he stood down too soon

I completely agree, I don’t think CBS will drop Colbert any time soon, but I do believe that they must be at least a little disappointed with his performance, and will have at least had the briefest of thoughts about James Corden replacing him, if not soon but in the future. Not that they’d say any of this publically.

I’ve said previously in this thread that I think CBS were very wise in trying to find a good alternative to Jimmy Fallon at 11:30pm (rather than just their own version of him – which is essentially what James Corden is). And Stephen Colbert fulfils that role perfectly. Unfortunately for them, I don’t think there’s as much demand for an alternative to Jimmy Fallon as they were hoping for.

I think had CBS gone for a Jimmy Fallon or Kimmel type host, the result probably would be the same if not worse. I think a female host or NPH would have an interesting alternative even though I still think Colbert has done okay. I suspect they're still making profit from Colbert but I wonder if his more older, political skew is turning off viewers rather than engaging them.