James Corden’s talk show was cringey, stale and gimmicky – he was tailor-made for late-night TV

James Corden. Photo: Getty© CBS via Getty Images

Louis ChiltonUK Independent

It’s easy to pick on James Corden. For whatever reason, the former Gavin and Stacey star has become, over the past decade or so, one of the most polarising and ridiculed TV personalities the world over.