Back from my werewolfing and I just watched The Late Late Show with Drew Carey. The "with Drew Carey" is not in italics because his name isn't part of the title. He's just one of those filling in 'til James Corden takes over in March. There was something oddly charming about how little Carey was trying. Well, why should he? The permanent position isn't open and even if it was, he already has a pretty good day job. Next week, the CBS series The Talk is supposed to inhabit the time slot for five days.
At least, that's what the TV listings say. My info says that Carey is taping shows on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday next week. Are they for the future? I dunno…because the following week, Jim Gaffigan is taping three shows as host, followed by two hosted by Judd Apatow. The following week, Billy Gardell does two, then Kunal Nayyar does three. Then the week after, Sean Hayes tapes two and John Mayer tapes three. This brings us up to the week of February 9 when Wayne Brady tapes all five days. The week of February 16, Tom Lennon tapes three and then Will Arnett does two…and that's as far as I know.
So where are those three shows with Drew Carey airing? I'm guessing CBS is cutting The Talk down from five days to two and running those three Carey shows next week on the dates when they're taped. If this is true, it's an interesting last minute decision and I'm curious what prompted it.