UPDATE:Jimmy Fallon won the 2015 People’s Choice Award for Favorite Late Night Talk Show Host. Craig Ferguson had been nominated for the award for the first time this year, following his ten-year run hosting The Late Late Show.

Craig Adds Shows in Boston, Windsor
Craig is gearing up for the late winter/early spring leg of his Hot and Grumpy Tour: Walking The Earth, which will take place in February and March, with more than two dozen shows on the schedule. Craig has added a second show at the Wilbur Theatre in Boston, on Valentine’s Day at 7:00pm, and an 8:00pm show on March 19th in Windsor, Ontario. We have all the details and links on our Live Comedy Tour page.

CF To Emcee Pilot Event
Craig will once again be the “celebrity emcee” at the annual Living Legends of Aviation banquet on January 16th in Beverly Hills. Among the honorees is actress/pilot Angelina Jolie, who will accept her away from John Travolta. Harrison Ford will also present an award to Mark Baker, president and CEO of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. Astronaut Buzz Aldrin‘s 85th birthday will be celebrated at the After Awards Party on the roof of the Beverly Hilton. Craig has emceed the event in the past.

Josh and John Reunite
Josh Robert Thompson reunited with his partner John Mariano for a special Pokin’ Around Podcast, to talk about current and future projects.

Upcoming LLS Hosts and Guests
CBS will be rolling out Late Late Show guests week by week on the network’s website. We’ve posted as many of the guest hosts that we’ve heard about on our Guests page. Drew Carey is hosting the opening week. Even the network web folks apparently haven’t heard that James Corden‘s arrival as the new permanent host is March 23rd, rather than March 9th. So far, they only list guest hosts through March 6th. We’ll include updates when we hear about them.

Post-Show Reaction
Plenty of reaction continued to come in following Craig’s final Late Late Show in December, including posts from Bill Brioux at TV Worth Watching, The Wrap which compared the closing musical numbers on the LLS and the Colbert Report. BlogCritics.com weighed in on the final show and what it means for television, and Pajiba.com lamented Craig’s departure. Fan John Walker wrote about the end of Craig’s run on the LLS. Fan fbihop on tumblr reflected on Craig’s departure as well as Stephen Colbert‘s. Fan Kirthan Aujlay wrote about a Craig crush and missing the show. Fan befferkins wrote a post about some favorite moments from the show. Fan Gwenhwyfar also wanted to express some thoughts about Craig’s final show. Fan Patrick Glynn thanked Craig, Josh and everyone at the show. Toronto radio station 680 News pondered television in the future and included Geoff Peterson. And fan @FUT_Snake sent us a video clip of a very excited fan who got tickets to one of Craig’s stand up shows for Christmas. Thanks to the ever-vigilant @bgrhubarb for linking to every Craig-related post imaginable and keeping us in the loop.

On Location
Fan @LearBeer visited Washington, DC and took a photo that looked rather familiar to fans of Craig’s most recent stand up comedy special.

Bending the Format
In this video from @TheeNerdwriter, Craig’s unique spin on the late-night television format is explained. Thanks to @Hashtaggis for bringing it to our attention.

Video courtesy: Nerdwriter1

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