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Replacing Craig Kilborn: Part III

Published Wednesday, September 01, 2004 by seanlmccarthy | E-mail this post

NOW UPDATED FOR YOUR PLEASURE: OK, OK, it appears as though many first-time readers of Popular Thinking are arriving via searches for news on Craig Kilborn's replacement as host of the Late Late Show. So you probably want a little more than simply my astute prediction that the gig is Vince Vaughn's for the taking. Especially since E! online reported today that the initial list of guest hosts who start subbing Sept. 20 does not include Vaughn. Apparently, he said he's already booked with film work.
The early audition list includes D.L. Hughley, Michael Ian Black, Amy Sedaris and Jim Rome. Black and Sedaris are under contract with Worldwide Pants (the producers) already. Rome has his own sports talker. And Hughley is a favored guest of Bill Maher because he is willing to express his opinion on everything.

Related story links...
E! online, Sept. 1
Chicago Sun-Times, Aug. 27
New York Daily News, Aug. 20
Rocky Mountain News, Aug. 18
New York Daily News, Aug. 15
Washington Post, Aug. 14
New York Post, Aug. 16
E! online, Aug. 13