James Corden Seeks White House Gig In Correspondent’s Dinner Skit; Late Late Show Host Announced Departure Earlier This Week

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‘I’m a British talk show host who lives in Los Angeles. So, who better than I to come down here to the White House and see if I can get a job’ — Watch ‘The Late Late Show’ host James Corden’s full sketch at the start of the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner pic.twitter.com/ahpLsYvPqI— NowThis (@nowthisnews) May 1, 2022The White House Correspondents’ Association dinner returns tonight to the tradition of presidential schtick for the 100-year-plus-old event.The president is expected to come on in the 9:00 PM ET/6:00 PT hour, and he’s planning to skip the dinner portion for the post-meal entertainment.

That has included the president’s own material, as well as that of the featured entertainer this year, Trevor Noah.Biden will be the first president to address the dinner since Barack Obama in 2016, as Donald Trump skipped the events during his term.White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said that Biden has consulted with comedians in crafting his material, but she did not name them. “I will tell you the President has a very good sense of humor and is working hard on his own speech,” she said.New and returning series on broadcast, cable and streamingSeries that made it or didn’t make it in 2020-21Broadcast networks’ fall lineups and schedules