James Corden’s final ‘Late Late Show’: Tom Cruise, musicals, Carpool Karaoke and more
nypost.comstar-studded final show.Corden, 44, announced his departure from “The Late Late Show” in April 2022, just before renewing his contract for an eighth and final year.CBS revealed that after almost three decades, the network will be ending the franchise with Corden’s departure.
They’re expected to replace the time slot with a reboot of Comedy Central’s series “@midnight,” executive-produced by “The Late Show” host Stephen Colbert, according to Deadline.He revealed on “The Drew Barrymore Show” that his decision to leave was a “very easy” one.“Look, it’s not easy in any way to walk away from something that is so … I mean I’ll never work in a better environment than the one I work in now,” he said in January.“Nothing about leaving the show was to do with not enjoying it.
I love it, but the truth is it became a very easy decision because I always knew it was an adventure and I never ever considered it to be the final destination.”Corden — who has hosted the show since March 2015 — is the fourth and last person to host “The Late Late Show.”“I’m James Corden, and for the last time, this is ‘The Late Late Show,'” he started off the episode.The night kicked off with a primetime special followed by the episode itself, with many fun segments and moments.As Corden does, the talk show host started off the special with a musical number on the roof of the Television City building.
He sang a rendition of Donna Summer’s “Last Dance” — but his version was fittingly “Last Show.”“Let’s blow CBS’ dough one last time / Go big or go home on my last day in the sunshine,” Corden sang.The musical number was followed by a highly-anticipated bit with Tom Cruise which started out with the two of them flying fighter jets “Top Gun” style and Corden.
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