Ferguson Tapped As 'Late Late Show' Host

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He can't stand Bill O'Reilly, which makes him okay in my book!

NEW YORK - Scottish actor Craig Ferguson, who played the boss for many years on "The Drew Carey Show," will be the new host of CBS' "Late Late Show."

A formal announcement was expected Tuesday, according to two executives close to CBS who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Ferguson passed through a gauntlet of on-air tryouts set up by Worldwide Pants, David Letterman's production company. He was one of four finalists with actor Michael Ian Black, comedian D.L. Hughley and MTV "Total Request Live" host Damien Fahey.

He replaces Craig Kilborn, who announced in August that he was leaving the 12:30 a.m. talk show after five years. The "Late Late Show" trails the time slot leader, NBC's "Late Night" with Conan O'Brien, in the ratings.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20041207/ap_en_tv/tv_cbs_ferguson

[underpants]

1. Snoozer

Oh well

[otohara]

2. Ugh - I Wanted DL Hughley

who's smart and funny - but probably too controversial for CBS post-Rather era...

[Carrion]

3. Hughley Would Have Been a Good Choice

...but they could have done a lot worse than Ferge. At the very least he is an improvement from Kilborne.

[Melodybe]

4. I actually liked Ferguson, he never spares the chimp

and he is a good interviewer.

[Toby109]

10. Oddly enough

I thought that Kilborn was hilarious on The Daily Show and was worried that Jon Stewart would screw it up. And yeah, I'm wrong alot.

[SoCalDem]

9. I wanted DL too.. He cracks me up..

and he speaks his mind :)

actually I wish we had Tom Snyder back.. There's a GLUT of "comedy" stuff.. we need a different kind of show :)

[Lerkfish]

5. all men

[rabbit2484]

6. I was hoping it was Turd Ferguson

[Turd Ferguson]

7. ...

What was that Rabbit?

[rabbit2484]

8. Excellent!!!

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