DVR Alert: The Late Late Show will be a repeat Monday night and will air approximately 40 minutes late in the Eastern and Central time zones Monday night, due to US Open tennis coverage on CBS. The Mountain and Pacific time zones will remain on time, with the overrun being covered by local programming. Guests are updated below!
Well WishesCraig sent out a tweet on Monday to British actor/comedian Matt Lucas who has been hospitalized with an ear infection. Matt had commented on the drugs he had been given and Craig said:
Send good wishes & enjoy the morphine laced tweets of @RealMattLucas. He’s even more adorable when he’s high. Get well soon Bald Adonis.
Hollywood Changes
Craig’s partner of five years in his production company, Tracey Pakosta has taken a new job in charge of comedy at the newly-reformed Universal Television, under the Comcast/NBC/Universal umbrella. Reports on the story appeared in Variety, The Hollywood Reporter and the Los Angeles Times.
More on Late Night
Writer Jamie Weinman at Macleans spotted the same two sentences we did in Bill Carter‘s Friday New York Times article about late night television and takes the story’s prognostications a bit further.
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Tonight’s GuestsMonday on the Late Late Show, due to the US Open tennis event running long, CBS will air an encore presentation of the August 22nd episode, featuring actor Hugh Laurie and actress Saffron Burrows. The previously scheduled actress Lauren Graham and country singer Chris Young will be moved ahead to a future date. Tuesday, Craig’s guests are scheduled to be actor James Woods and actress Kathryn Hahn.
Updated Guest List
James Spader
The once-bumped actress Olivia Munn has been added to Wednesday’s show this week, the oft-bumped comedian Ted Alexandro has been added to Thursday’s show and several new guests are in next week’s lineup including Keith Olbermann, Kelly Macdonald, Harry Connick Jr., James Spader (who is the only guest next Wednesday, perhaps remembering his last appearance that bumped a guest), the @NerdistChris Hardwick, Billy Gardell, Gerard Butler and Kat Dennings. Check out the most up to date listings on our Guests page.