--- description: Craig Ferguson of CBS's The Late Late Show signed off Friday night with a star-filled music video, along with guests Jay Leno and Bob Newhart.... title: Craig Ferguson Gets An All-Star 'Late Late Show' Send-Off image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt843e30f8cdd0c36d/698770415f570f4eeab145c1/105903_d0468b.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Craig Ferguson Gets An All-Star 'Late Late Show' Send-Off by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 20, 2014 5:05 PM CUT  Craig Ferguson films his final episode as host of The Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Dec. 19 2014. Craig Ferguson films his final episode as host of The Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Dec. 19 2014.Sonja Flemming—CBS by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 20, 2014 5:05 PM CUT Craig Ferguson of CBS’s _The Late Late Show_ signed off Friday night with a star-filled music video, along with guests Jay Leno and Bob Newhart. “Maybe art is a very grand word but… what I was trying to do here and what I think we have managed to do here is make something that wasn’t here before,” Ferguson told his audience. Ferguson has hosted _The Late Late Show_ since 2005, when he took over from Craig Kilborn. British actor and comedian James Corden will take over for Ferguson in early 2015. **READ MORE:** [Stephen Colbert, David Letterman and the History of Late-Night Torch Passing](http://time.com/3599738/stephen-colbert-report-david-letterman-late-show/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3643021/craig-ferguson-late-late-show-send-off/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3643021/craig-ferguson-late-late-show-send-off/"},"headline":"Craig Ferguson Gets An All-Star 'Late Late Show' Send-Off","datePublished":"2014-12-20T17:05:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:02:17.654Z","description":"Craig Ferguson of CBS's The Late Late Show signed off Friday night with a star-filled music video, along with guests Jay Leno and Bob Newhart....","url":"https://time.com/3643021/craig-ferguson-late-late-show-send-off/","keywords":["jay leno","CBS","The Late Late Show","james corden"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt843e30f8cdd0c36d/698770415f570f4eeab145c1/105903_d0468b.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt843e30f8cdd0c36d/698770415f570f4eeab145c1/105903_d0468b.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"#2058","caption":"#2058","creditText":"Sonja Flemming—CBS","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3643021/craig-ferguson-late-late-show-send-off/","name":"Craig Ferguson Gets An All-Star 'Late Late Show' Send-Off"}}]}] ```