In the past, it was aggressively eccentric, wicked man of the world Craig Ferguson vs party-game-playing puppy Jimmy Fallon.
Now?
Your choice is aggressive, sharp-edged Seth Meyers skewering the news in the real world...
and passive, pudgy James Corden getting giddy over singing karaoke with nitwit reality stars, being gushy and squishy with forgettable flash-in-the-pan glitz-and-dish celebrities and dressing up in embarrassing drag
The big switch is that it's NBC, not CBS, who has the more eccentric cult figure. Corden pulls in a gay audience, an absolutely fab audience, and air-heads who worship Adele and get most of their news from TMZ. This could be enough for NBC to keep pudgy Corden on the year for almost as many years as CBS gave to Ferguson.
Meyers has emerged as one of the strongest voices in topical comedy.
Meyers is in the real world, which some people don't want to be reminded about at bedtime.
Corden remains in the closet, the most effeminate "straight man" since Joe Besser, but not nearly as likable.
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