James Corden to Host Tonys on CBS

By Michael Malone
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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James Corden, host of The Late Late Show on CBS, will host the Tony Awards June 9. The event happens at Radio City Music Hall in New York. CBS airs the ceremony, as it has done since 1978.

Corden previously hosted the Tonys, which salute the best on Broadway, in 2016. Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban hosted the 2018 Tony Awards, and Kevin Spacey did so the year before.

Corden’s work on Broadway includes One Man, Two Guvnors and The History Boys.

Tony nominations will be announced April 30.

The ceremony is presented by Tony Award Productions, which is a joint venture of the Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing, which founded the Tonys.

Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss of White Cherry Entertainment are the executive producers. 

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.