Update: The Hollywood trade newspaper Variety is reporting that Craig could be moving into a bigger studio at CBS Television City. There’s no word on a completed deal but it might be nice to move out of the “basement” as Craig calls it:

[stextbox id=”custom”]Craig Ferguson nears new CBS pact

‘Late Late Show’ poised to move to large stage at TV City
By Cynthia Littleton

Craig Ferguson is close to finalizing a deal to stay put at CBS’ “The Late Late Show” through 2014. But he’ll be on the move at CBS Television City.

Ferguson’s “The Late Late Show” is poised to move to a larger stage at CBS’ Beverly Boulevard lot as part of the new pact that is being hammered out with CBS and David Letterman’s Worldwide Pants, which owns the show. Ferguson is also set to get a hefty raise over his previous deals, after putting in seven years of yeoman’s service as the 12:35 a.m. companion to Letterman’s “Late Show.”

Reps for CBS and Ferguson declined comment.

CBS has been eager to lock up the combo of Letterman and Ferguson to ensure stability at a time when the Eye’s latenight shows are increasingly competitive with their NBC counterparts.

Ferguson’s Green Mountain West production banner also is in business on the development side with CBS TV Studios.
-Variety[/stextbox]

West Coast Tour
It’s been a couple of years since Craig Ferguson took his live stand up comedy performances to the west coast and now, fans along the Pacific will get their wish.  As we first reported on Wednesday evening, Craig will be performing at venues in Arizona, California, Oregon and Washington April 19th through the 28th.  We’ve updated our Live Comedy Tour page with all of the information that is available so far.  For most locations, Craig’s show has not yet been added to their websites but we’ve included links to their schedules, so you can learn basic information about the theaters.  We will be adding show times and links to ticket pages as soon as they become available.  We’ll also keep our eyes open for any ticket pre-sale information and pass it along.

Rowdy Fan
The Huffington Post reports on the Christina Applegate fan who got a bit too excited during Wednesday’s show. Lesson: Go to the show and enjoy yourself but don’t go into Assmöde.

Get Ready For Weirdness

“Weird Al” Yankovic takes to the LLS stage Thursday night. The appearance continues to draw media attention from sites like dalje.com and UPI.com. The RSA’s @tardishobo and @sarieswick, who encouraged bringing Al to the show, were in the audience for the taping on Thursday afternoon. Sara will be sending us a story about their experience soon.  Before the show, Al tweeted:

Tonight I’ll be on @CraigyFerg. Yes, LITERALLY ON HIM. Also, his show. #TLLS

And after Thursday’s taping, Craig tweeted:

I am very happy to announce that American treasure @alyankovic is on the show tonight and his mighty entertainment powers are intact.

House, M.D. to End
Hugh Laurie fans are sighing deep sighs today, with word that this will be the final season of House, M.D. on Fox. A date for the final episode has not been set but it is expected to be in April. Us Magazine, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times and Entertainment Weekly are among the outlets reporting the news. Does this mean Hugh will have time to be in a movie? That would be a very nice thing.

Prince Charles Wedding
Craig shows us some exclusive footage from Prince Charles’ wedding:

Video courtesy: RoQu3tO

Tonight’s Guests

Thursday on the Late Late Show, Craig chats with actress Lisa Kudrow and Weird Al Yankovic performs in the studio.  On Friday, Craig chats with comedian Chelsea Handler and biologist Dan Riskin.



Coming Up
In our next post, you’ll meet a Craig fan who went the “extra mile” to see Craig on the Late Late Show.

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