James Corden Says He’ll Leave His CBS Show Next Year

James Corden, the British theater actor and comic turned late-night TV host in america, mentioned on Thursday that he would go away his 12:30 a.m. nightly present on CBS subsequent yr. Mr. Corden made the announcement throughout a taping of his speak present in Los Angeles, a community spokesman mentioned.

Mr. Corden, the host of “The Late Late Present” since 2015, has been signaling for a while that he was strongly contemplating leaving the present.

5 months in the past, Mr. Corden advised Selection that he by no means noticed his late-night perch as “a closing vacation spot.” In a earlier interview with The Solar, Mr. Corden mentioned he and his household had been “homesick.”

Mr. Corden’s contract was set to run out August, however he signed an extension that may maintain him on CBS via subsequent spring.

“We want he might keep longer, however we’re very proud he made CBS his American house and that this partnership will lengthen another season on ‘The Late Late Present,’” George Cheeks, the president of CBS, mentioned in an announcement.

Mr. Corden’s impending departure is without doubt one of the most important adjustments for the late-night comedy lineup since 2014 and 2015, when veteran hosts like David Letterman, Jay Leno and Jon Stewart left their exhibits, and a brand new era of stars, together with Mr. Corden, Comedy Central’s Trevor Noah and HBO’s John Oliver, went on the air.

There’s a feeling of uncertainty in late night time past Mr. Corden’s departure. Jimmy Kimmel, the longtime ABC host, has a contract that may finish quickly and has mentioned publicly that he was uncertain if he would renew. Stephen Colbert, whose present precedes Mr. Corden’s on CBS, additionally has a contract that expires subsequent yr. Chris Licht, the longtime govt producer of “The Late Present With Stephen Colbert,” left final month to change into the chairman of CNN. And Jimmy Fallon’s “Tonight Present” just lately went via yet one more showrunner change, the fourth in 4 years.

There are questions all through the leisure trade over the longtime viability of the late-night speak present style. Over the previous few years, as viewing habits have quickly modified, rankings for the exhibits have nose-dived. 5 years in the past, roughly 2.8 million individuals had been tuning into Mr. Corden’s present in addition to NBC’s 12:30 a.m. present, “Late Evening With Seth Meyers.” By 2022, that determine had dropped to about 1.9 million, based on Nielsen’s delayed viewing information.

Speak exhibits — which rely upon topical relevance and audiences who make it a each day behavior to tune in — have additionally not fared effectively on streaming companies like Netflix and Hulu.

Mr. Corden entered the late-night fray in an enormous approach when his present debuted in 2015. Mr. Corden, who had a profitable theater profession however was nonetheless comparatively unknown in america, grew to become an in a single day star. “Carpool Karaoke,” a signature of his present, featured him singing together with stars like Girl Gaga, Michelle Obama and Adele, and clips routinely went viral.

“Seven years in the past, James Corden got here to the U.S. and took tv by storm, with large artistic and comedic swings that resonated in an enormous approach with viewers on-air and on-line,” Mr. Cheeks mentioned.

However Mr. Corden’s model of comedy — targeted on video games and musical sketches — quickly discovered itself out of step with the zeitgeist.

The panorama modified significantly after Donald J. Trump entered the White Home. Late-night audiences started devouring biting political humor. Inside weeks of Mr. Trump’s inauguration, Mr. Fallon’s fun-and-games strategy at “The Tonight Present” fell steeply within the rankings, and Mr. Colbert grew to become the No. 1 late-night host, due to his extra topical strategy. He has held that lead for greater than 5 years. Like Mr. Fallon, Mr. Corden favored a lighter present.

Mr. Corden parlayed his late-night perch into different high-profile ventures, together with internet hosting the Tony Awards and Grammy Awards. He has additionally appeared in a number of motion pictures, together with the critically gnawed-on “Cinderella” and “Cats.”