ronaldo9 Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Craig Ferguson has announced that he will step down from the Late Late Show. He says that he "wanted to leave the show before [he] stopped enjoying it." He started making plans to leave before Letterman announced his retirement and had originally planned his final show for the summer, but agreed with CBS to delay his departure until December.Link: http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/craig-ferguson-i-wanted-to-leave-the-show-before-i-stopped-enjoying-it-exclusive-1201166239/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMeltYXaQw0Him, Conan, and Fallon (in no particular order) have been my favorite three traditional late show hosts. Going to miss Ferguson's show, but I'm sure he'll find success in whatever he plans to do next. He certainly had a lot of fun with his show--from the puppet song openings to Secretariat to Geoff Peterson. I always liked when Steven Wright and Kristen Bell were guests--he always had great chemistry with them. Have to think the replacement rumor mill will start up fairly soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhazUp Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Damn he is my favorite late night host, I watch him all the time. This sucks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bran Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 never thought he was all that funny. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacardimayne Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 lol late night talk shows 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosaj Thing Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 bye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsh327 Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 If he had a 10 million dollar guarantee if someone else was chosen to replace Dave, that's pretty awesome. But what was good to read is that he's not trapped at CBS and already working on producing other shows. A lot of people wonder why he would host a game show - he can do a week's worth of shows in one day and doesn't have to do much except move the show along and make some wisecracks. Producing means he has to work his ass off at getting the show off the ground, but now that he has some money in his pocket and a production company of his own, I could see him doing well for himself.It sounds like Letterman was putting the brakes on his production company except for licensing and syndicating Late Night with David Letterman and Everybody Loves Raymond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daedalus Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 "awkward pause" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR DOOM Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 I like the guy but I find his Late Late Show to be overwhelmingly piss poor. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estranged Reality Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 he's doing this because CBS passed over him for the Letterman chair - also, he got $8 - $10 million because they passed him over (I think it was a contractual thing that he'd get first dibs on the Late Show and they had to pay him off if they didn't give it to him) so he's got a nice retirement package. Honestly? Always found the guy pretty fucking annoying on his talk show. Insufferable monologues, just always 'on' and way too loud. His whole shtick of flirting with female guests got old real fast as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forsaken Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 He was funny for awhile but got stale really fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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