Reggie Watts New Bandleader for the Late Late Show
When James Corden takes over the Late Late Show on March 23rd of next year, he’s bringing a great team with him including the incredibly talented comedian/musician/improv guru Reggie Watts as his bandleader. We can’t imagine a better choice and congratulations to Watts on the new gig. Reggie currently serves as in house bandleader on the series “Comedy Bang! Bang!” although he will be leaving that gig after the first half of 2015.
Also joining the team is Rob Crabbe (“The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon”) who is signing on as executive producer and writer. Crabbe also was supervising producer on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” and worked as supervising producer of music programing at FUSE. Emmy Award winner Mike Gibbons will co-executive produce and serve as head writer. Gibbons is the co-creator and executive producer of Comedy Central’s “Tosh.0.” He’s also written for “Lopez Tonight” the 86th and 79th Academy Awards shows, and won an Emmy Award as supervising producer of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.” Sheila Rogerswill be supervising producer. She has been a producer and talent executive for Letterman since 1991. Josie Cliff (“One Night with Robbie Williams”) will serve as producer.
The newly announced producing team will join executive producer Ben Winston, who was announced last month, and show host James Corden, when the show opens its production offices on Jan. 5 in preparation for the series launch on Monday, March 23, 2015. The new late night series will tape at CBS Television City in Los Angeles.
Craig Ferguson, the critically acclaimed host of the CBS late night series for the past 10 years will sign off on his last show next Friday, Dec. 19, 2014.
