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The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson - General Information
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Status: Airing Season 2012 (8th season)
Runtime: 60 Minutes
Premiere: January 03, 2005
Classification: Talk Shows
Genre: Comedy
Network: CBS (USA)
Airs: Monday through Friday at 12:35 am
On April 3, 2012, CBS announced that they had reached an agreement with Craig Ferguson to a contract extension through 2014. As part of the deal CBS will co produce the show with World Wide Pants and the show will move to a bigger studio.
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About the show
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The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson is a Peabody Award-winning American/British late-night talk show hosted by Scottish American comedian Craig Ferguson. Ferguson, the third regular host of the Late Late Show franchise, follows Late Show with David Letterman in the CBS late-night lineup. While the majority of the episodes focus on humour, Ferguson has also addressed difficult subject matter, such as the deaths of his parents, and serious interviews with Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Stephen Fry.
Ferguson starts with a cold open, which is a two-minute segment before the first commercials, theme song, and actual show. Originally it was a miniature monologue and to talk about the guests on the show. Over time, this segment has expanded to include short skits and musical sessions often involving puppets, and occasional interaction with members of the studio audience. In actual practice, the cold open is the second segment presented when the show is recorded at the CBS studios.
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Date of last review or update: May 06, 2012
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