"audience, and to the guest, that this conversation need not be rigidly managed"". Sometimes, a stand-up comedian, cooking segment, or a musical guest performs, the latter of which is typically pre-taped. Ferguson has had many running gags. These have included themed weeks such as ""Crab Week"", ""Magic Week"", and ""Shark Week""; and the long running ""photo of Paul McCartney"" joke, wherein Ferguson will call for a photo of McCartney, which is actually a photo of actress Angela Lansbury and vice versa. The show infrequently uses variations of the latter gag featuring other pairs of look-alike celebrities, such as Cher being"
"January 11, 2011. In Canada, the series aired on CHCH, Global, and Omni Television. The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson is an American late-night talk show hosted by Scottish American comedian Craig Ferguson. It was the third iteration of the ""Late Late Show"" franchise, airing from 2005 to 2014. It followed the ""Late Show with David Letterman"" in the CBS late-night lineup, airing weekdays in the U.S. at 12:37 a.m. Taped in front of a live studio audience from Monday to Friday at CBS Television City in Los Angeles, California, directly above"
"The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson is an American late-night talk show hosted by Scottish American comedian Craig Ferguson. It was the third iteration of the ""Late Late Show"" franchise, airing from 2005 to 2014. It followed the ""Late Show with David Letterman"" in the CBS late-night lineup, airing weekdays in the U.S. at 12:37 a.m. Taped in front of a live studio audience from Monday to Friday at CBS Television City in Los Angeles, California, directly above the Bob Barker Studio (Studio 33), it was produced by David Letterman's production company"
"Craig Ferguson Craig Ferguson (born 17 May 1962) is a Scottish-American television host, comedian, author and actor. He was the host of both the syndicated game show ""Celebrity Name Game"" (2014–2017), for which he has won two Daytime Emmy Awards, and of ""Join or Die with Craig Ferguson"" (2016) on History. He was also the host of the CBS late-night talk show ""The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson"" (2005–2014). In 2017 he released a web show with his wife Megan, titled ""Couple Thinkers"". It ran for six episodes from October 9, 2017. It is available on YouTube. After starting"
"11 June 2013. In December 2004, it was announced that Ferguson would be the successor to Craig Kilborn on CBS's ""The Late Late Show"". His first show as the regular host aired on 3 January 2005. By May 2008, Ben Alba, an American television historian and an authority on US talk shows, said Ferguson ""has already made his mark, taking the TV monologue to new levels with an underlying story. But he is only just starting ... He is making up his own rules: It's the immigrant experience."" The show was unique in that it had no ""human"" sidekicks such"
"introduction by announcer Shadoe Stevens, Ferguson begins with ""Welcome to Los Angeles, California, welcome to the ""Late Late Show."" I am your host, TV's Craig Ferguson""; this is soon followed by ""It's a great day for America, everybody!"" and a free-form, largely ad-libbed monologue. After another commercial break, Ferguson is seated behind his desk, where he usually reads and responds to viewer emails and (since February 2010) tweets from his proclaimed ""robot skeleton army"". Generally, one or two celebrities are interviewed. Starting in 2008, Ferguson began each by dramatically ripping up note cards written for the interview, ""signalling to the"
"April 28, 2014, Craig Ferguson announced he would leave ""The Late Late Show"" at the end of the year. 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. His last show was December 19, 2014 and began with Ferguson performing ""Bang Your Drum"" with many of his guests over the"
"radio show on which King was a guest, he stated that the show had been cancelled. The final episode of the season, ""History's Biggest Douchebag"", was scheduled for June 16, 2016, but it was removed from the day's schedule. ""History's Biggest Douchebag"" aired July 28, 2016 on History Canada. Join or Die with Craig Ferguson Join or Die with Craig Ferguson is an American panel show hosted by Scottish-American comedian Craig Ferguson. The first season, consisting of 22 episodes, began airing on History on February 18, 2016. The show features Ferguson and a panel of special guests including comedians, actors"
"Angeles, California, welcome to the ""Late Late Show"", I am your host, TV's Craig Ferguson"") and the proclamation that ""It's a great day for America, everybody!"". From 2010 the monologue also included banter with Geoff Peterson, his ""robot skeleton sidekick"", voiced and controlled by Josh Robert Thompson. This animatronic was constructed by the Mythbusters' Grant Imahara but went through many revisions, the most important was the regular live control and voicing by Thompson. This changed the dynamic of the show as Ferguson had a recurring 'sidekick' to banter with. After another commercial break, the banter continued with Ferguson sitting behind"
"on most other weeks in the four-month period between Craig Ferguson's departure from ""The Late Late Show"" in December 2014 and the start of James Corden's tenure as host of that program in March 2015). Recorded each afternoon that week before the studio audience in attendance for the earlier live daytime broadcasts for broadcast each night, the episodes featured a separate slate of guests and featured topics from the daytime editions, and featured a special house band exclusive to the late-night editions led by rock musician/songwriter Linda Perry (wife of series creator and co-host Sara Gilbert). From March 15 to"
"late show was called ""The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson"", which aired from 2005 until December, 2014. The show received a ""Peabody Award"". CBS Sports programming is also provided weekend afternoons at any time between 12:00 and 7:00 p.m. (9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Pacific Time). Due to the unpredictable length of sporting events, CBS will occasionally delay scheduled primetime programs to allow the programs to air in their entirety (this is particularly prevalent on Sunday evenings during the NFL season, on weeks when CBS is scheduled to broadcast a late afternoon game). In addition to rights to sports events from"
"Join or Die with Craig Ferguson Join or Die with Craig Ferguson is an American panel show hosted by Scottish-American comedian Craig Ferguson. The first season, consisting of 22 episodes, began airing on History on February 18, 2016. The show features Ferguson and a panel of special guests including comedians, actors and academics discussing unorthodox and provocative historical topics. The title of the show refers to the well-known 1754 political cartoon of the same name, which was created by Benjamin Franklin and became a symbol of colonial freedom during the American Revolutionary War. Ferguson also got the cartoon tattooed on"
"comedy, insightful interviews, and some of the most heartfelt monologues seen on television"". In an interview with Larry King, Ferguson stated that the final episode of ""The Late Late Show"" with him as host would air December 19, 2014. In September 2014, comedian James Corden was announced as host of ""The Late Late Show with James Corden"", beginning in 2015. In November 2014, CBS announced Jay Leno would be Ferguson's guest on his final show; during December ""notable friends of the show"" scheduled for appearances in December included Kristen Bell, Steve Carell, Jon Hamm, Rashida Jones, Mila Kunis, Thomas Lennon,"
"the episodes, Ferguson also addressed difficult subject matters, such as the deaths of his parents, his struggles with alcoholism, and commenting on national tragedies; and undertook serious interviews, such as one with Archbishop Desmond Tutu, which earned the show a 2009 Peabody Award. Despite not initially having a sidekick, comedian and voice actor Josh Robert Thompson joined the show in 2010 and voiced sidekick Geoff Peterson until the show's finale. On April 28, 2014, Ferguson announced that he was ending the show at the end of the year. The last episode aired on December 19, 2014. Afterwards, ""Late Late Show"""
"a guest appearance, Morgan Freeman described Thompson's prompted vocal impression of himself as ""impeccable"". Sometimes the show featured a stand-up comedian or a musical guest, the latter of which is typically pre-taped. Ferguson incorporated various running gags. Early examples included themed weeks such as ""Crab Week"", ""Magic Week"" and ""Shark Week"". Shark Week was apparently a reference to Shark Week on the Discovery Channel, and that channel, saying that Ferguson has always loved Shark Week, scheduled him for an appearance on August 4, 2010. A ""photo of Paul McCartney"" joke (wherein Ferguson called for a photo of McCartney, which was"
"tongue-in-cheek Nebraska Navy. Governors Jon Corzine (New Jersey), John Hoeven (North Dakota), Mark Sanford (South Carolina), Mike Rounds (South Dakota), Rick Perry (Texas), Sarah Palin (Alaska) and Jim Gibbons (Nevada) sent letters to him that made him an honorary citizen of their respective states. He received similar honours from various towns and cities, including Ozark, Arkansas; Hazard, Kentucky; and Greensburg, Pennsylvania. Ferguson became an American citizen on 1 February 2008 and broadcast the taking of his citizenship test as well as his swearing in on ""The Late Late Show"". Craig Ferguson Craig Ferguson (born 17 May 1962) is a Scottish-American"
"name tag from ""The Price Is Right"" on his jacket, as well as Mardi Gras beads and a Super Bowl XLVII press pass around his neck. He serves as a co-host of sorts and Ferguson refers to him as ""my gay robot pal"". He was most visible during the first half of the show (the cold openings, monologues, and Tweets and Emails segments) and the final segment, ""What Did We Learn on the Show Tonight, Craig?"". According to a Tweet from Imahara dated on December 23, 2016, Ferguson took the robot home as a souvenir after his run on ""The"
"Late Show"". Eight episodes (""with one repeat"") of the show included custom-written skits in which Ferguson played the leader of a Scottish rap band called The Highlanderz (consisting of Angus ""Big Ginger"" Ferguson, Philip ""The Howler"" McGrade, and Shannon ""Bubbles"" McGee), riding in a Flex as they traveled from Los Angeles International Airport to the CBS Studio. The skits were shown on successive Thursdays starting on September 4. On August 31, 2009, the show began broadcasting in high definition, featuring a refitted studio and production facilities, along with a new show logo, new lights, an opening title sequence that ""features"
"Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson"" on Eleven and ""Conan"" on GEM. From 1991 to 2000 the cable channel Superstation showed both ""The Tonight Show"" and ""Late Show"" in daily bases, one week after airing in the United States. From 2011 the show was broadcast on Record News with Brazilian Portuguese subtitles at midnight (local time), two days after airing in United States. Canadian viewers watched the show on CTV Two and NBC. For many years, ""The Tonight Show"" episodes from the week ran back-to-back on Saturday and Sunday on CNBC Asia, available to Brunei, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia,"
"show that combines the best of pop culture with the best of comedy."" Ferguson remained with the project through its transition to syndication, considering it to be ""a wonderful concept with such great potential, from two of my favorite people"". Ferguson later announced in April 2014 that he would step down as host of ""The Late Late Show"" in December 2014. Debmar-Mercury and Fremantle planned to market the new series to station owners as a complement to ""Family Feud""—whose current incarnation, hosted by fellow comedian Steve Harvey, has been a ratings success for the two companies. In November 2013, Tribune"
"have included: In 2006, clips of ""The Late Late Show"" began appearing on the video sharing website YouTube. Subsequently, Ferguson's ratings ""grew seven percent (or by 100,000 viewers)."" During the week ending March 31, 2006, ""The Late Late Show"" attracted an average of 1.9 million total viewers, a number that increased to 2.0 million a year later. During the week ending April 4, 2008, ""The Late Late Show"" attracted an average of 1.88 million total viewers; that week, for the first time since Ferguson began hosting, the show's ""five-night week of original head-to-head broadcasts"", which was later discovered to actually"
"discussed the day's lesson with the robot. Ferguson's tenure included the show's first high definition broadcast, on August 31, 2009. In March 2010, the ""Late Late Show"" won the Peabody Award for Excellence in Television for its ""Evening with Archbishop Desmond Tutu"" episode. According to the Peabody Board, ""the Scottish-born Ferguson has made late-night television safe again for ideas."" The show had Peter Lassally as its executive producer through Ferguson's entire tenure. Lassally had previously been executive producer of ""The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson"", ""Late Night with David Letterman"", and ""Late Show with David Letterman"". In April 2012, CBS"
"his arm when he became an American citizen. Individual episodes cover topics such as bad medical ideas, worst political blunder, most influential drug, most influential band, greatest Founding Father, and history's biggest frenemies. Ferguson and a three-guest panel (usually consisting of scholars, comedians and people that Ferguson ""talked to, liked, and respected"" during his time as host of ""The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson"") conduct a humorous discussion about six candidates for the title in question. Viewers are invited to vote for their top choice on Twitter, and once the panel has narrowed the field from six candidates to"
"permission to air the ""Late Show with David Letterman"" on a half-hour delay, in order to air syndicated reruns of ""Designing Women"" after its 10:00 p.m. newscast; it would give in to airing ""Letterman"" in its recommended timeslot in January 1994. The station also delayed ""The Late Late Show"" – during the entire Tom Snyder and Craig Kilborn runs, and the first six years of Craig Ferguson's tenure – until 12:07 a.m. from the program's September 1995 debut until March 28, 2011 in favor of syndicated sitcom reruns and, later, same-day encores of ""Inside Edition"". As a result of the"
"2012, Duncan appeared as a guest on the late night talk show ""The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson"" when the show was taping for a week in Scotland. Duncan was one of the show's most frequent guests, appearing a total of 18 times, and, the day after Duncan's death in September, Ferguson began his show with a tribute to him. In January 2013 during ""The Late Late Show""s winter break, reruns of the Scotland episodes were broadcast with a tribute to Duncan at the beginning of each of the five episodes, featuring Duncan on a pink background and the"
"that a French talk show called ""Ce Soir Avec Arthur"" had stolen his show's opening sequence, as well as some of his puppet and song-and-dance concepts. On November 30, 2010, Ferguson introduced Arthur in the cold opening of the show; they joked back and forth for about two minutes, and then Arthur returned to help Ferguson answer viewer emails and again at the end of the show. When he was hired as the full-time replacement for Craig Kilborn, Ferguson co-wrote and recorded a theme song. The theme tune was re-recorded for the show's switch to HD, premiering on August 31,"
"on History titled ""Join or Die with Craig Ferguson"". The title is a reference to a Benjamin Franklin political cartoon published in the ""Pennsylvania Gazette"" on 9 May 1754, which Ferguson had tattooed on his forearm after becoming an American citizen. Ferguson and a three-guest panel of comedians and historians conduct a humorous discussion of a different topic on each episode, such as the most doomed presidential campaign, greatest Founding Father and greatest invention, with viewers invited to share their opinions via Twitter. On February 27, 2017, Ferguson launched ""The Craig Ferguson Show"", a two-hour talk radio show on the"
"of ""The Late Late Show"", have not commented officially, but sources familiar with the matter said that legal action was being contemplated. However, Arthur made an appearance on Ferguson's program on 29 November, arguing that the similarities are an homage rather than a copy, and indicating that no animosity exists between the two hosts; the program ended with the two imitating the final scene of ""Casablanca"" and suggesting a new friendship. In June 2011, Craig went to France with Kristen Bell and his robot sidekick, Geoff Peterson, during which he appeared on Arthur's show. In September 2005, Arthur began a"
"CBS Entertainment chairman Nina Tassler said that the CBS management are ""big fans of Craig"" and that ""Craig is here and doing his show at 12.30am, and we love having him there"". Chelsea Handler had reportedly begun negotiations to take over hosting of ""The Late Late Show"" when Ferguson's contract expired; however, both Handler and CBS later denied this, saying she was in fact in negotiations with CBS' syndication arm for a daytime show. John Oliver was also reportedly approached by CBS as a possible ""Late Late Show"" host prior to his signing a contract with HBO, as were Neil"
"that the late night timeslot was ""crowded"" and ""the formats repetitive"" and that he wanted to be part of ""the first comedy show at dinner time"". Kilborn's last episode of ""The Late Late Show"" aired on August 27, 2004. The Scottish-born American comedian Craig Ferguson took over the show on January 3, 2005."" Craig Kilborn returned to television on June 28, 2010 after six years off the air, when his new half-hour show ""The Kilborn File"" debuted on select Fox stations. The show aired for a six-week test run on a 7:00 pm time slot in most markets, but was"
"December. His contract was set to expire in June 2014, but a six-month extension was agreed on to provide a more graceful exit and give CBS more time to find a replacement host. He reportedly received as part of his contract because he was not selected as the replacement for David Letterman's ""Late Show"". Ferguson 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. CBS Entertainment Chair Nina Tassler said, following the announcement, that in his decade as host Ferguson had ""infused the broadcast"
"the 9 - 11 AM CT time slot. Ben currently lives in Dallas, Texas.[5] Ferguson's national talk-radio show focuses on current events from a conservative point of view. The Ben Ferguson Show can be heard over ICON Radio Network weekly on Sunday evenings from 7-10 PM ET. Ferguson hosted a local radio show in Memphis during evening drive time slot (from 4-7 PM) weekdays on WREC (600 AM) in Memphis until April 20, 2010. On May 3, 2010, KWAM 990 announced that he would be their new evening drive time host. On April 25, 2011, Ben moved to WKIM 98.9"
"Worldwide Pants Incorporated and CBS Television Studios. The ""Late Late Show"" franchise had previously aired as ""The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder"", then as ""The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn"". During the late 2004 transition of guest hosts following Craig Kilborn's departure, Craig Ferguson hosted a series of shows in October and November, culminating in being announced on December 7 as the pick for new host. After launching ""The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson"" on January 3, 2005, Ferguson achieved the highest ratings since the show's inception in 1995. While comedy was emphasized in the majority of"