Sky and CBS Studios International will bring “The Late Late Show with James Corden” to the U.K. and Ireland for the first time, as part of a new agreement for the exclusive rights to the hit U.S. series.
From the 19th July, all Sky TV customers can enjoy full episodes of the destination weeknight chat show with host James Corden on demand, one day after its broadcast in the U.S.
In addition, Sky 1 will exclusively broadcast “The Late Late Show Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special” on the 19th July featuring Corden’s favourite moments from his first year in late night, and highlights from his Carpool Karaoke segments with Adele, Jennifer Lopez and Mariah Carey.
Customers with Sky Q, Sky’s next generation home entertainment system, will also be able to enjoy all the best clips from the show, past and present, including Carpool-Karaoke, in the Online Video section alongside amazing content from the likes of Funny or Die, Red Bull and GoPro, Jamie Oliver’s Food Tube and Vice.
“The Late Late Show” throws the ultimate late night after party with a mix of celebrity guests from the world of film, TV, music and sports, as well as musical acts, games and sketches. Corden differentiates his show by offering viewers a peek behind-the-scenes into the green room, bringing all of his guests out at once and lending his musical and acting talents to various sketches. Additionally, bandleader Reggie Watts and the house band provide original, improvised music throughout the show.
Since the show’s U.S. launch in March 2015, “The Late Late Show with James Corden” has quickly become known for generating buzzworthy viral videos. The show’s official YouTube channel has surpassed 1 billion total views, has 129 clips with more than one million views each and 5 ½ million subscribers.
Among the YouTube clips, the show’s “Carpool Karaoke” segments are consistently viral hits. Each of the 20 “Carpool Karaoke” clips to date has surpassed 9 million views. Notably, the show has the Top 2 Late Night Clips on YouTube: #1 “Adele Carpool Karaoke” (110 million views) and #2 “Justin Bieber Carpool Karaoke” (79 million views). Other top performing clips on YouTube include “Pitch Perfect Riff-Off with Anna Kendrick & The Filharmonics” (27 million views), “Dodgeball with One Direction” (21 million views) and “James Corden and Tom Hanks Act Out Tom’s Filmography” (17 million views).
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