EXCLUSIVE: James Corden is making ready to say his goodbyes to The Late Late Present.

The Brit has prolonged his contract for the CBS late-night collection for one yr and can depart forward of summer season 2023.

Corden can have hosted The Late Late Present for eight and a half years by the point he departs – a significant achievement.

“It’s been it’s a extremely arduous choice to depart as a result of I’m so immensely pleased with the present. I’m thrilled to be extending [for a year],” Corden advised Deadline. “I at all times thought I’d do it for 5 years after which depart after which I stayed on. I’ve actually been excited about it for a very long time, pondering whether or not there is perhaps another journey.”

Corden signed a contract to host The Late Late Present, which had been beforehand hosted by Ferguson, in 2014 and premiered on March 23 2015.

The Gavin & Stacey co-creator was considerably of a shock alternative however he reinvigorated the 12:30pm timeslot on CBS and breathed new life into late-night with viral segments similar to Carpool Karaoke, Drop The Mic, Spill Your Guts and Crosswalk Musical.

The truth is, Corden’s Carpool Karaoke with Adele has been watched greater than 250M instances on YouTube, whereas his journey with One Route has racked up 189M views. The Late Late Present YouTube web page itself has had practically 10B views and has over 27M subscribers, the second highest in late-night.

CBS chiefs, together with President and CEO George Cheeks, CBS Leisure President Kelly Kahl, SEVP Programming Thom Sherman and Nick Bernstein, SVP, Late-Evening Programming, West Coast, have been eager to maintain Corden and provided quite a lot of offers together with a three-year extension, a two-year extension and a rolling one-year deal earlier than he made his choice. “My bosses right here at CBS have been extremely supportive and terribly affected person with me whereas I made this choice,” Corden added.

“Seven years in the past, James Corden got here to the U.S. and took tv by storm, with large inventive and comedic swings that resonated in an enormous means with viewers on-air and on-line. From Crosswalk the Musical to the legendary Carpool Karaoke, and each distinctive comedy phase he launched, James has really reimagined many parts of the late night time format. He has additionally been the consummate community showman, entertaining audiences from his nightly perch at Tv Metropolis in addition to the Tony and Grammy stage,” stated Cheeks. “In my two years at CBS, I’ve had the privilege to see James’ inventive genius up shut and expertise his helpful partnership with CBS, each as a performer and a producer. We want he might keep longer, however we’re very proud he made CBS his American dwelling and that this partnership will prolong another season on The Late Late Present.”

Corden’s transfer marks the second high-profile change in late-night over the past 12 months after a comparatively steady few years. Conan O’Brien not too long ago left the house after a protracted profession behind the desk and Jimmy Kimmel’s future can be unsure with the comic publicly discussing whether or not or not he’ll proceed to host his ABC present.

CBS will even need to work out what they do after Corden and the way they’ll substitute him.

There’s been a lot hypothesis over the previous couple of years whether or not Corden would exit The Late Late Present and return to the UK. However Corden advised Deadline that he and his household “genuinely don’t know the reply to that”.

“It’s one thing we take into consideration and we speak about so much however we haven’t actually decided on that but. That’s the life facet of issues which we’ll work out,” he added. “I like residing right here. I like all the things it’s given. My household and I’ve by no means taken this unimaginable journey as a right. Each day I drive down Sundown to work and I simply suppose I’m from Excessive Wycombe.”

Corden has at all times been an anomaly in late-night, starring in movies similar to Peter Rabbit, Cats and The Promenade, the place he acquired his first Golden Globe nomination for Greatest Actor, and internet hosting HBO Max’s Associates: The Reunion, whereas he was internet hosting a nightly talkshow. He’s additionally a accomplice in Fulwell 73, the manufacturing firm accountable for Hulu’s The Kardashians and Camila Cabello’s Cinderella and stars alongside Sally Hawkins in Amazon’s upcoming comedy drama collection Mammals.

“There’s nonetheless another issues that I really feel I need to do. I’d wish to attempt to write. There’s some [stories] I’d like to inform. I’d wish to see if I’m able to it. The truth that it’s terrifying is the explanation to do it,” he added.

However first, he’s acquired 200 extra exhibits to go, which is able to take him to round 1250 since he began. Having advised his workers this afternoon, Corden needed to provide his total workforce a great quantity of discover in order that the transfer wasn’t a shock.

Produced by CBS Studios and Fulwell 73, and exec produced by Rob Crabbe and Ben Winston, Corden referred to as The Late Late Present the “most joyous working atmosphere”.

“Out of respect for all the [staff]. I need to inform them that now and say that we will actually go into this final yr with absolute enthusiasm and keenness and love. These exhibits are usually not constructed by one individual. I’m very lucky I get to work with some individuals whose abilities and items simply blow my thoughts,” he stated.

The extension additionally implies that he’ll get to spend a while on the placing inexperienced together with his buddy Mark Noble, captain of his beloved West Ham United, who’s retiring on the finish of this season. “He’s the happiest that I’m not leaving in September as a result of he’s determined to get out and play some golf,” Corden laughs. “I’ll have been right here for eight and a half years, he’s been at that membership since he was 9. Nothing makes me happier to be considered in the identical breath as Mark Noble however I might be undeserving of such reward.”

Now, Corden and his workforce need to attempt to prime their entrance – the place Corden persuaded Tom Hanks to do a profession retrospective with him in his opening episode, which additionally featured appearances from Arnold Schwarzenegger, Billy Crystal, Chris Rock and Meryl Streep.

“I’ll miss the adrenaline of pondering ‘Subsequent week I’m going to leap out of a aircraft with Tom Cruise or in two weeks’ time, we’re going to drive across the White Home in a automobile with Michelle Obama or sing Penny Lane with Paul McCartney driving down Penny Lane,” he stated.

“All of my best ambitions for what it what [the show] could possibly be, it’s completely surpassed all of them,” he added. “My intention is to attempt to exit in precisely the identical means we got here in, which is simply going out with a with a bang.