James Corden Doesn’t Want ‘Carpool Karaoke’ to Become Overexposed

Norman Weiss March 29, 2016, 5:12 pm

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James Corden doesn’t want Carpool Karaoke to become overexposed

As CBS airs tonight’s The Late Late Show Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special, Corden says he realizes that he quickly can burn out on his famous comedy bit. In the month of February alone, with CBS airing the Super Bowl, Corden did Carpool Karaokes with Elton John, Sia and Chris Martin. “Now, for us, it’s mostly about protecting it and not doing it too much,” Corden tells Time magazine. “We’ve only done 11. We could do one every week, if we wanted to, but we don’t. To stagger it so it always feels fresh. The two things we think are: They have to have enough hits, and there are so many brilliant artists who I’d love to ride around in a car with, but you have to have enough hits to ride around in a car for 10 or 12 minutes. And I have to be a fan. I have to go, ‘Oh my God.’ Because that’s part of the joyfulness of it, that this is someone I love and respect.”

NBC is considering a female-led Blacklist spinoff, starring Famke Janssen

The May 12 episode of The Blacklist will be used as a backdoor pilot, with Janssen’s character Susan “Scottie” Halsted introduced the previous week. According to TV Line, Blacklist regular Ryan Eggold may have a big role on the spinoff.

A new artist will sing One Shining Moment to wrap up this year’s NCAA tournament

TBS and CBS have opted to not use Luther Vandross or Jennifer Hudson for the vocals for the annual montage. Instead a new artist will be announced in the next few days.

Will Melissa Joan Hart star in a reboot of Sabrina, The Teenage Witch or Clarissa Explains It All?

Hart revealed on the FABLife that she’s taking a “meeting” about a potential reboot of one of her old series.

Comedy Central renews Tosh.0, Review and Drunk History, extends Not Safe With Nikki Glaser

Nikki Glaser’s racy series will be extended by 10 episodes, while Comedy Central has also announced a renewal for This is Not Happening.

People Magazine Investigates is coming to Investigation Discovery

The 10-part series will explore some of the most notorious crime stories from the pages People magazine, including the Grim Sleeper serial killer.

Shark Week kicks off on June 26: Watch the trippy first promo

“Shark n’ awe” is this year’s theme.

TNT announces premiere dates for Rizzoli & Isles’ last season and the return of Major Crimes

Rizzoli‘s seventh and final season debuts on June 6, while Major Crimes will follow a week later on June 13.

Another Bunheads alum is headed to the Gilmore Girls revival

Stacey Oristano will become third Bunheads alum to join Amy Sherman-Palladino’s other TV series.

An oral history of The State is coming out

The comedy troupe who went on to star in the 1993-95 MTV series of the same name, is getting the oral history treatment with the book The Union Of The State. The State’s alums include Michael Ian Black, David Wain, Thomas Lennon, Ken Marino, Michael Showalter and Joe Lo Truglio.

BBC America has found its Dirk Gently

British actor Samuel Barnett will play the lead detective role opposite Elijah Wood in the eight-episode series based on Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency.