Craig Ferguson will leave the "Late Late Show" in December. (Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2013 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.)
CBS wants you to know: it really, really is not trying to hire Chelsea Handler.
Upon the announcement that Craig Ferguson would be leaving the "Late Late Show" in December, there was some speculation that Handler could possibly be a candidate to replace him. She's leaving her E! show, and her name came up during discussions of who would succeed David Letterman.
At this point, she's practically trolling the network and us, too. Handler posted a cryptic photo on her Instagram feed April 14, holding a stack of papers with the CBS logo and the caption "Business meeting."
You could almost feel the eyes rolling as the network fired off this denouncement to the New York Post: "There are no discussions with Chelsea Handler regarding the network's 12:30 late night broadcast; her meeting with CBS yesterday was a general meeting with our syndication group."
Given that CBS had been eyeing Colbert since 2012, it's not too much of a shock that Ferguson's leaving. He didn't have a chance at the "Late Show" gig, and CBS co-produces the "Late Late Show" with Letterman's Worldwide Pants production company. Letterman is leaving the "Late Show" next year.
With Colbert coming in, and a new body in Ferguson's chair, CBS really has a chance to change its reputation as America's Network Most Associated With Old People.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
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Source : http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/04/29/whos-replacing-craig-ferguson-probably-not-chelsea-handler/
