We didn't see this coming: Craig Kilborn has quit The Late Late Show. leaving CBS with a gaping void in its Smarmy Conversations With B-listers department. Kilborn's semi-ironic smoking jacket and greasy come-ons won't be easily replaced, but we imagine there's a USC frat guy riding the mechanical bull at Saddle Ranch who can step in while CBS begins its own heavy-handed overtures (i.e., gigantic bags of Viacom cash) to Conan O'Brien.

• Exit at CBS: Kilborn going off 'Late' shift [THR]


• Craig's 'Late' exit [Variety, sub. req'd.]

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