Late Late Show Format Axed, Replaced By @Midnignt Reboot

[ZariusTwo]

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 from 2013-17, 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.

We hear that Stephen Colbert is to exec produce the new incarnation of @midnight, which comes from comedy brand Funny or Die, the company behind the original series on Comedy Central. That would give The Late Show host/executive producer another hour of late-night that he is involved in (in addition to also exec producing Comedy Central series Tooning Out the News and Hell of a Week with Charlamagne Tha God.

https://deadline.com/2023/02/the-lat...ht-1235252659/

[Andrew NDB]

But Stephen Colbert isn't funny.

[oldmanwinters]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

But Stephen Colbert isn't funny.

I enjoyed the humor of Colbert but no so much Colbert.

[Vegita-San]

itwas so bad under him that cbs axed it? wow.

[Roseangelo]

Late Late Show died with Craig Ferguson.

Honestly, I think the late show format has evolved into a terrible waste pile.

Jimmy Fallon is just a promotional game show, and the others are... ugh.

[ZariusTwo]

Originally Posted by Roseangelo

Jimmy Fallon is just a promotional game show, .

And a toxic one at that as reported by Rolling Stone

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66746801

[KROW]

Originally Posted by Roseangelo

Late Late Show died with Craig Ferguson.

I agree. When he left, I stopped watching. His approach was so refreshing and unique.

As for the others, I have my preferences, but really never found Fallon a good fit and Kimmel's way too hit-and-miss for me to tune in.