Stephen Colbert, James Corden Will Return to Studios in Bid for Late-Night Normalcy

Stephen Colbert and James Corden finally have a good reason to get out of the house.

Both late-night hosts are slated to return to their home studios next week, according to ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish,  in a bid to restore CBS’ two mainstay late-night programs to some sense of normalcy amid the effects the coronavirus pandemic has had on production. Bakish revealed the plans during a call with investors Thursday after the large media conglomerate reported its second-quarter earnings.

But the shows will still look different from what fans have come to expect. Neither program will include a live, in-studio audience, Bakish said. Spokespersons for each program could not be reached for immediate comment.

Colbert and Corden have, like many of their late-night contemporaries, spent weeks producing their programs from home, with Colbert holding forth from an internal room and Corden hanging out in a garage that has been upgraded for TV.

More to come…