CBS is reportedly nearing the choice of a brand new host to take over the time slot beforehand occupied by James Corden’s Late Late Present. Consistent with their earlier announcement, CBS has opted to not proceed the identical present with a unique host however to introduce a revamped version of the favored Comedy Central sport present, @midnight.
As reported by Puck Information, CBS’s CEO, George Cheeks, is presently within the strategy of evaluating three potential hosts: X Mayo, a former Each day Present author and American Auto actress; Ricky Velez, a humorist, and Taylor Tomlinson, a comic, and author.
The precise nature of CBS’s rebooted model stays unsure, nevertheless it’s price recalling how Comedy Central ran the present from 2013 to 2017. In every episode, a panel of comedians engaged in witty banter about web tradition and the day’s headlines. The contestant in third place was eradicated earlier than the ultimate spherical, referred to as FTW (For the Win), and the highest contestant was topped the “Web winner” for the following 23.5 hours till the following episode of @Midnight.
Notably, Chris Hardwick, the unique host of @midnight, will not be related to CBS’s reboot. Stephen Colbert and Humorous or Die are producing this new incarnation.
Cheeks confirmed the @midnight reboot throughout a panel on the Banff World Media Pageant on Tuesday, June 13, in Alberta, Canada. He stated airing instantly after The Late Present With Stephen Colbert was a pure program.
“The 12:30 a.m. slot is ripe for reinvention,” he stated. “There aren’t a ton of individuals watching at that hour, you actually do want to consider what’s the true cross platform model? What we ended up doing, to begin with, it’s Humorous or Die and Stephen Colbert, so the auspices couldn’t be any higher. However once we sat down and talked about it, we talked about @midnight, and it’s form of been an irreverent comedy sport present with stand-up comics and celebrities as friends. To me, it has a very nice really feel popping out of Colbert.”
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