RTL CBS to bring The Late Late Show with James Corden to Asia

MANILA, Philippines - RTL CBS Entertainment HD announces that it will bring The Late Late Show with James Corden to Asia. Featuring the world’s biggest stars, the show will air weeknights starting Aug. 3 at 11:45 p.m. (10:45 p.m. Jakarta/Bangkok) with a selection of the best episodes to-date as well as current episodes aired express from the US Season 2 will premiere on Sept. 10 at 11:45 p.m. (10:45 p.m. Jakarta/Bangkok).

James Corden took the reigns as host of The Late Late Show last March. Since its first week on-air in the US, the show has consistently attracted Hollywood’s biggest stars helping make it one of this year’s most buzzed about new shows. Tinsel town’s A-listers who have appeared on the show include Tom Hanks, Mila Kunis, Mariah Carey, David Beckham, Will Ferrell and One Direction.

The Late Late Show with James Corden’s official YouTube channel has racked up more than 50 million views due to the popularity of the show’s creative segments, which have featured actors like Tom and Arnold Schwarzenegger acting out their careers in a few minutes with James. The Carpool Karaoke segments with Mariah Carey, Iggy Azalea and Justin Bieber have also become very popular on social media.

The social chatter around the show, which is distributed globally by CBS Studios International, has also delivered huge ratings growth for CBS over the same time period  the previous year. Fans on Twitter and Facebook are up double to triple-digits, respectively. According to Nielsen Social, The Late Late Show with James Corden was also the most-social broadcast show in its time period in its first week and second among all late-night talk shows.

The show’s bandleader is comedian/musician Reggie Watts, an internationally-renowned vocalist, beat boxer, musician, comedian and improviser known for his musical sets that are created on the spot, using only his voice and a looping machine.

James, 36, comes to American late-night television with a growing list of award-winning and critically-acclaimed credits. He is a Tony Award-winning performer on Broadway, a BAFTA-winning star of a UK television series, a feature film actor and an acclaimed host, writer and producer in several genres of television.