@Midnight Returning, To Replace James Corden on CBS

[Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast]

EXCLUSIVE: CBS is shaking up the late-night landscape by bringing back an old Comedy Central format to replace The Late Late Show with James Corden, ending The Late Late Show franchise after almost three decades, we have learned.

No one would comment but we hear that a reboot of @midnight, a series that ran for 600 episodes on Comedy Central between 2013 and 2017, has been chosen for the 12:30 a.m. time slot currently occupied by The Late Late Show.

It comes as Corden is putting away his late-night desk later this spring, as revealed by Deadline last year.

[Feargus McReddit]

I just imagine one executive being giddy that Viacom and CBS re-merged because he couldn’t shut up about making this idea happen so they just let him do it.

There’s no other reason I could possibly think for this to happen.

[Cyno]

I had a lot of fun watching the show back in the day, and it introduced me to some funny comedians like former DDT Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion Ron Funches.

Wonder who they're getting to host it since it sounds like Chris Hardwick isn't coming back. Funches or Thomas Lennon could be fun hosts.

[Zombie Mod]

America is keeping james corden though... right? right?

[Stu]

I support this only because my twitter account once appeared on an episode of @midnight

[The Summer of Muskrat XVII]

I generally enjoyed @ midnight so I’ll give this a shot depending on the host

[Heart of fools gold]

Feb 7, 2023 20:31:53 GMT -5 Zombie Mod said:

America is keeping james corden though... right? right?

Nope sorry America will be trading him to Canada for the expiring contract of Matthew Perry and a player to be named later

[Zombie Mod]

Feb 7, 2023 21:08:06 GMT -5 Heart of fools gold said:

Feb 7, 2023 20:31:53 GMT -5 Zombie Mod said:

America is keeping james corden though... right? right?

Nope sorry America will be trading him to Canada for the expiring contract of Matthew Perry and a player to be named later

that's fine, as long as he doesn't get sent back to the uk.

[IgnahtaSempria]

Feb 7, 2023 21:08:06 GMT -5 Heart of fools gold said:

Feb 7, 2023 20:31:53 GMT -5 Zombie Mod said:

America is keeping james corden though... right? right?

Nope sorry America will be trading him to Canada for the expiring contract of Matthew Perry and a player to be named later

No no no, we already got screwed out of Ryan Reynolds, Ryan Gosling, and a bunch of other Hollywood actors. We're not taking James Corden.

Send him to Germany; I hear they could use some "comedy" over there.

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I liked @midnight because it gave podcast and lesser named comedians some run. Something tells me this is going to be unfunny B list actors

[Z-A Sandbaggin' Son of a b!%@h]

But will it have Chris Hardwick?

[Mighty Attack Tribble]

Feb 7, 2023 20:31:53 GMT -5 Zombie Mod said:

America is keeping james corden though... right? right?

[thegatewaydrug]

Hashtag games!

[Display Name]

Crossing my fingers that smug as f*** Chris Hardwick doesn’t return.

[Cranjis McBasketball]

I know this show was popular in its day, I watched it when someone I liked was on it, don't even remember who. Never my thing, I stopped with late night shows when Letterman retired.

I'll throw the name Daniel Tosh as host out there, just because.

[Zombie Mod]

Feb 8, 2023 0:01:38 GMT -5 Mighty Attack Tribble said:

Feb 7, 2023 20:31:53 GMT -5 Zombie Mod said:

America is keeping james corden though... right? right?

God damn it... close the boarder, flood the moats and pull up the draw bridge and dig up the oaf eating dragon!

[Mozenrath]

Feb 8, 2023 0:01:38 GMT -5 Mighty Attack Tribble said:

Feb 7, 2023 20:31:53 GMT -5 Zombie Mod said:

America is keeping james corden though... right? right?

Scotland's definitely seceding now.

[G✇JI☈A]

Chris Hardwick was such a kiss ass.

I remember one episode of @midnight where he promoted the audience to give Jim Gaffigan a round of applause.

Gaffigan was not on the show, they played a clip from Super Troopers he had a cameo in.

[The Dark Order Inferno]

Feb 7, 2023 20:01:09 GMT -5 Feargus McReddit said:

I just imagine one executive being giddy that Viacom and CBS re-merged because he couldn’t shut up about making this idea happen so they just let him do it.

There’s no other reason I could possibly think for this to happen.

They needed something, in his final episode, James Cordon ransacked the studio, sealed the crew inside then set it on fire before salting the earth to ensure nothing could grow there again, all while proclaiming himself a likeable everyman who doesn't understand why people think he's an a-hole. He's chubby and smiles, he can't be a boor, you see.

[Feargus McReddit]

Feb 8, 2023 5:59:45 GMT -5 The Dark Order Inferno said:

Feb 7, 2023 20:01:09 GMT -5 Feargus McReddit said:

I just imagine one executive being giddy that Viacom and CBS re-merged because he couldn’t shut up about making this idea happen so they just let him do it.

There’s no other reason I could possibly think for this to happen.

They needed something, in his final episode, James Cordon ransacked the studio, sealed the crew inside then set it on fire before salting the earth to ensure nothing could grow there again, all while proclaiming himself a likeable everyman who doesn't understand why people think he's an a-hole. He's chubby and smiles, he can't be a boor, you see.

Yeah, I can get why they needed to do something. Doesn't help the show gets that good at the last minute.