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Boundary-Pushing Late Night Hosts Move On — Colbert Up, Ferguson Out

Craig Ferguson hosts The Late Late Show in 2011. Sonja Flemming/AP hide caption

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Television

Boundary-Pushing Late Night Hosts Move On — Colbert Up, Ferguson Out

December 18, 2014 • Both Stephen Colbert and Craig Ferguson end their late-night TV shows this week. Colbert is getting a boatload of attention as he moves to succeed David Letterman, but Ferguson deserves some too.

Boundary-Pushing Late Night Hosts Move On — Colbert Up, Ferguson Out

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How Craig Ferguson Unmade The Late-Night Talk Show

Craig Ferguson set a very individual course for himself in a field with a lot of standard elements. Now, as David Letterman moves on from CBS late night, Ferguson does too. Lisette M. Azar/CBS hide caption

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Pop Culture Happy Hour

How Craig Ferguson Unmade The Late-Night Talk Show

April 29, 2014 • Craig Ferguson has announced that he's leaving his late-night talk show later this year. It raises the question: Did he ever really have one, by our usual definitions?

Rather Than Joking About Justin Bieber, Watch This Video

This police booking mug made available by the Miami Dade County Corrections Department shows pop star Justin Bieber on Thursday (Jan. 23, 2014). AP hide caption

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The Two-Way

Rather Than Joking About Justin Bieber, Watch This Video

January 23, 2014 • On a day when the pop star is in the news for being arrested, watch what CBS-TV's Craig Ferguson said about why some celebrities need help, not ridicule. An alcoholic himself, Ferguson made the case that "we shouldn't be attacking the vulnerable people," especially those who are very young.