List of The Late Late Show episodes (2015 guest hosts)

This is the list of episodes for The Late Late Show in 2015 with guest hosts.[1][2][3] Guest hosts were scheduled to helm the program between the end of Craig Ferguson's tenure as host in December 2014 and the beginning of James Corden's tenure on March 23, 2015. In this transitional period, the show continued to be co-produced by Worldwide Pants and the staff was mostly made up of holdovers from Ferguson's era. The off-camera announcer continued to be Shadoe Stevens, except for the week of New York shows, where another announcer was used. The executive producer remained Peter Lassally, however the show was produced by newcomer Jeff Stilson, formerly of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Late Show with David Letterman and Lopez Tonight. The writing staff consisted of Stilson along with Ferguson-era writers Jonathan Morano, Bob Oschack, Ben Stout and Joe Strazzullo. Other continuing staff included Catherine Hoeven as supervising producer and Tim Mancinelli as director. New shows were aired from January 5, 2015 until March 6, 2015 with repeats of guest hosted programs being run during the final two weeks prior to Corden's premiere.

List of The Late Late Show episodes
Season 2015
Country of originUnited States
No. of episodes45 (incl. 5 episodes of The Talk)
Release
Original networkCBS
Season chronology

The show was filmed using the old Craig Ferguson set at CBS Television City in Los Angeles, but on a separate soundstage to allow The Late Late Show with James Corden to begin constructing their set in Stage 56. The fireplace component was removed, as were the props that sat on Ferguson's desk, and the door previously used by Secretariat, the pantomime horse, remained closed, and the set used a black vinyl surface floor. Geoff Peterson, Ferguson's animatronic sidekick, did not continue on the program but his podium remained and was used during several weeks by sidekicks, for instance when either CBS Daytime game show host served as guest host, the podium was used by that game show's respective announcer, who served as his sidekick. A different, shorter, and instrumental theme song was used for the program played over a montage of time lapse images of Los Angeles. For the week of programs recorded in New York City, the show was broadcast from Studio 57 at the CBS Broadcast Center, which is the home of CBS This Morning, without a studio audience. The opening credit sequence consisted of a montage of stock time-lapse videography of New York City scenes while the theme music remained the same. The show used the same logo as Ferguson's show except with Ferguson's name removed.

The Talk aired a nighttime edition in the Late Late Show timeslot for one week which was taped in its home studio and another week of Late Late Shows was filmed in New York City instead of Los Angeles. As the Late Late Show set in Studio 56 set in CBS Television City, Los Angeles, was not being used for these two weeks the producers were able to pre-record two weeks of programs for broadcast in late February and early March which, in turn, gave CBS more time to strike the old set from Studio 56 and erect a new one for The Late Late Show with James Corden, also giving Corden and his team additional time to rehearse and do advance taping of segments on their new set prior to Corden's March 23 premiere.

This was not the first time a major late-night US talk show has experienced an interregnum period. In 1962, after Jack Paar's departure and prior to Johnny Carson beginning his 30-year tenure as host, The Tonight Show underwent a period of approximately six months during which a number of temporary guest hosts were used. From September to December 2004, the Late Late Show had a series of guest hosts in a series of on-air auditions to replace departed host Craig Kilborn. The longest interregnum was from 1996 until 2000 for NBC's Later, which had a 'guest host of the week' format between Greg Kinnear and Cynthia Garrett as the timeslot was a low priority for NBC to fill with a permanent host.

Hosts

HostAppearancesSidekick
Drew Carey 10 George Gray
Wayne Brady 5 Jonathan Mangum
Kunal Nayyar 3 none
Tom Lennon 3 Figs Housecat
John Mayer 3 Ed Sheeran
Jim Gaffigan 3 Jeannie Gaffigan
Judd Apatow 2 none
Regis Philbin 2 none
Whitney Cummings 2 Bridget Everett
Sean Hayes 2 none
Billy Gardell 2 none
Adam Pally 1 Ben Schwartz
Lauren Graham 1 none
Will Arnett 1 none

2015

January

No.Original air dateGuest(s)Musical/entertainment guest(s)
1January 5, 2015 (2015-01-05)Eric Idle, Tessa ThompsonLachlan Patterson
Host: Drew Carey; Sidekick: George Gray
2January 6, 2015 (2015-01-06)Alyssa Milano, Joel SteinRyan Hamilton
Host: Drew Carey; Sidekick: George Gray
3January 7, 2015 (2015-01-07)Mark Harmon, Jessica St. Clair. David Arquette was originally scheduled as a guest but cancelled.Esther Povitsky
Host: Drew Carey; Sidekick: George Gray
4January 8, 2015 (2015-01-08)Ethan Hawke, Monica PotterPennybirdrabbit
Host: Drew Carey; Sidekick: George Gray
5January 9, 2015 (2015-01-09)Larry King. Sharon Osbourne was originally scheduled as a guest but cancelled.Penn & Teller
Host: Drew Carey; Sidekick: George Gray
6January 12, 2015 (2015-01-12)Ozzy Osbourne, RettaLinda Perry & Holy Coyote
After-dark edition of The Talk in The Late Late Show timeslot with Julie Chen, Sara Gilbert, Sharon Osbourne, Sheryl Underwood & Aisha Tyler.
7January 13, 2015 (2015-01-13)Seth Green, Melissa FumeroLinda Perry & Holy Coyote
After-dark edition of The Talk in The Late Late Show timeslot with Julie Chen, Sara Gilbert, Sharon Osbourne, Sheryl Underwood & Aisha Tyler.
8January 14, 2015 (2015-01-14)Nick CannonLinda Perry & Holy Coyote
After-dark edition of The Talk in The Late Late Show timeslot with Julie Chen, Sara Gilbert, Sharon Osbourne, Sheryl Underwood & Aisha Tyler.
9January 15, 2015 (2015-01-15)Kristin ChenowethLinda Perry & Holy Coyote
After-dark edition of The Talk in The Late Late Show timeslot with Julie Chen, Sara Gilbert, Sharon Osbourne, Sheryl Underwood & Aisha Tyler.
10January 16, 2015 (2015-01-16)George LopezLinda Perry & Holy Coyote
After-dark edition of The Talk in The Late Late Show timeslot with Julie Chen, Sara Gilbert, Sharon Osbourne, Sheryl Underwood & Aisha Tyler.
11January 19, 2015 (2015-01-19)Michael Ian Black, Ashley WilliamsJustin Willman
Host: Jim Gaffigan; Co-host: Jeannie Gaffigan; Featuring: Marre, Katie, Jack, Michael, & Patrick Gaffigan
Cameo: Eddie Pepitone
12January 20, 2015 (2015-01-20)Sarah Silverman, Kumail NanjianiWolfgang Puck
Host: Jim Gaffigan; Co-host: Jeannie Gaffigan; Featuring: Marre, Katie, Jack, Michael, & Patrick Gaffigan
Cameo: Bob Saget
13January 21, 2015 (2015-01-21)Adam Goldberg, Dave Koechner, Tig NotaroN/A
Host: Jim Gaffigan; Co-host: Jeannie Gaffigan; Featuring: Marre, Katie, Jack, Michael, & Patrick Gaffigan;
Cameo: Kiefer Sutherland
14January 22, 2015 (2015-01-22)Adam Sandler, Lena Dunham (also co-host), Maria BamfordN/A
Host: Judd Apatow
15January 23, 2015 (2015-01-23)Jeff Goldblum, Garry ShandlingRyan Adams
Host: Judd Apatow
Cameos: Lena Dunham, Bill Hader, Amy Schumer, James Corden
16January 26, 2015 (2015-01-26)Martin Short, Susan Sarandon, Alan AldaAnnie Lennox
Host: Regis Philbin
Show is taped in New York City this week on the CBS This Morning set, without a studio audience.[4]
17January 27, 2015 (2015-01-27)David Letterman and Paul Shaffer, Donald Trump, Charlie Rose, Tracy WolfsonCounting Crows
Host: Regis Philbin
Show is taped in New York City this week on the CBS This Morning set, without a studio audience. Tony Danza and Martha Stewart were originally scheduled instead of Trump and Rose.[5]
18January 28, 2015 (2015-01-28)Kat Dennings and Beth Behrs, Ana Gasteyer, Rhea SeehornBridget Everett (with Marc Shaiman)
Host: Whitney Cummings, Sidekick: Bridget Everett
Cameo: Chris D'Elia
Show is taped in New York City this week on the CBS This Morning set, without a studio audience. Interview with Dennings and Behrs was pretaped on 2 Broke Girls set; Cummings is a creator/executive producer of that series.
19January 29, 2015 (2015-01-29)Alan Cumming, Alison Brie, Joanne FroggattOK Go
Host: Whitney Cummings, Sidekick: Bridget Everett
Show is taped in New York City this week on the CBS This Morning set, without a studio audience. Interview with Brie pre-recorded in California.
20January 30, 2015 (2015-01-30)Martellus Bennett, Beth Stern, Eric AndréDeath Cab For Cutie
Host: Adam Pally; Sidekick: Ben Schwartz
Show is taped in New York City this week on the CBS This Morning set, without a studio audience. Bennett was interviewed via satellite from Glendale, Arizona Super Bowl XLIX festitives.

February

No.Original air dateGuest(s)Musical/entertainment guest(s)
21February 2, 2015 (2015-02-02)Marion Cotillard, Dame Edna EverageComic: Darrin Rose
Host: Sean Hayes.
Jon Ryan was originally scheduled as a guest but cancelled.
22February 3, 2015 (2015-02-03)Allison Janney, Jim Rash, Bob HarperN/A
Host: Sean Hayes
23February 4, 2015 (2015-02-04)Andy Cohen, Alison BeckerJohn Legend (with John Mayer)
Host: John Mayer
Cameo: Super Bowl XLIX halftime show sharks with Brian Huskey in character as Carl
24February 5, 2015 (2015-02-05)Bob Saget, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Bob WeirBob Weir (with John Mayer)
Host: John Mayer
25February 6, 2015 (2015-02-06)Ed Sheeran, Stephen Merchant, Jillian BellEd Sheeran (with John Mayer)
Host: John Mayer
Cameo: Tattoo artists Marv and Freddie from Shamrock Social Club
26February 9, 2015 (2015-02-09)Sara Rue, Ross MatthewsRobert Glasper
Host: Wayne Brady; Sidekick: Jonathan Mangum
27February 10, 2015 (2015-02-10)Aisha TylerMagician: Justin Flom
Host: Wayne Brady; Sidekick: Jonathan Mangum
28February 11, 2015 (2015-02-11)William Shatner, Cesar MillanFreestyle Love Supreme
Host: Wayne Brady; Sidekick: Jonathan Mangum
29February 12, 2015 (2015-02-12)John Leguizamo, Ryan XieMagicians: David Blatter & Leeman Parker
Host: Wayne Brady; Sidekick: Jonathan Mangum
30February 13, 2015 (2015-02-13)Dick Cavett, Morena Baccarin, Derrick PittsN/A
Host: Wayne Brady; Sidekick: Jonathan Mangum
31February 16, 2015 (2015-02-16)Weird Al Yankovic, Natasha Leggero, Maz JobraniWeird Al Yankovic
Host: Tom Lennon; Sidekick/Announcer/Drummer: Figs Housecat
32February 17, 2015 (2015-02-17)Kal Penn, Lindsay SloaneComic: Troy Walker
Host: Tom Lennon; Sidekick/Announcer/Drummer: Figs Housecat
33February 18, 2015 (2015-02-18)Matthew Perry, Nick KrollComic: Ronny Chieng
Host: Tom Lennon; Sidekick/Announcer/Drummer: Figs Housecat
34February 19, 2015 (2015-02-19)Ray Romano, Busy PhilippsComic: Tom Papa
Host: Lauren Graham
35February 20, 2015 (2015-02-20)Jimmy Kimmel, John Krasinski, David CrossN/A
Host: Will Arnett
Cameo: Peter Lassally
Last taped show on the old Ferguson set and last pre-Corden show in order of taping. With this show, Peter Lassally retired after six decades of producing talk shows, and Worldwide Pants ended its involvement in the production of The Late Late Show.
36February 23, 2015 (2015-02-23)Sharon Osbourne, Steve ByrneL.A. Rocks
Host: Billy Gardell
Show was pre-recorded the last week of January for broadcast in February.
37February 24, 2015 (2015-02-24)Jeff Probst, Yvette Nicole BrownComic: Greg Warren
Host: Billy Gardell
Show was pre-recorded the last week of January for broadcast in February.
38February 25, 2015 (2015-02-25)Billy Bob Thornton, Sarah HylandGarfunkel and Oates
Host: Kunal Nayyar
Show was pre-recorded the last week of January for broadcast in February.
39February 26, 2015 (2015-02-26)Bob Newhart, Cat Cora, Sim BhullarN/A
Host: Kunal Nayyar
Show was pre-recorded the last week of January for broadcast in February.
40February 27, 2015 (2015-02-27)Simon Helberg, Britt Robertson, Owen Benjamin,N/A
Host: Kunal Nayyar
Show was pre-recorded the last week of January for broadcast in February.

March

No.Original air dateGuest(s)Musical/entertainment guest(s)
41March 2, 2015 (2015-03-02)Pauley Perrette, Josh MalinaComic: Cathy Ladman
Host: Drew Carey; Sidekick: George Gray
Show was pre-recorded in January for broadcast in March.
42March 3, 2015 (2015-03-03)Angela KinseyComic: Paula Poundstone
Host: Drew Carey; Sidekick: George Gray
Show was pre-recorded in January for broadcast in March.
43March 4, 2015 (2015-03-04)David Arquette, Steve WozniakComic: Josh Robert Thompson
Host: Drew Carey; Sidekick: George Gray
Thompson voiced and operated Geoff Peterson on Ferguson's Late Late Show.
Show was pre-recorded in January for broadcast in March.
44March 5, 2015 (2015-03-05)Jane Lynch, Dan RiskinComic: Brendon Walsh
Host: Drew Carey; Sidekick: George Gray
Show was pre-recorded in January for broadcast in March.
45March 6, 2015 (2015-03-06)Ben McKenzie, Lennon ParhamComic/Magician: Ed Alonzo
Host: Drew Carey; Sidekick: George Gray
Show was pre-recorded in January for broadcast in March.

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