CBS has finally made it official: British comic actor James Corden will replace Craig Ferguson as host of The Late, Late Show. This was reported several weeks ago on some websites but it's not real until it's formally announced and Bill Carter reports it. Betcha the delay was because it wasn't firm and contracts were still being hammered out.
As I'm not familiar with Mr. Corden, I have no opinion on the selection. I would guess though that the deciders at CBS had to be really impressed with the guy. They had loads of applicants and some pressure to not pick a white guy. Still, they decided this white guy was their guy.
We still have no firm announcement of when Mr. Letterman will do his last show and what he'll do after that. I'm hearing the end of May is likely and that when the network announces that, they'd like to be able to also announce a continuing relationship with David Letterman to remain as part of the CBS family. Just what he'd do is a good question.