The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
American television series
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| 2014 | Sandra Peterson, the remote-controlled rhino head, 'returned' to the show, now voiced and operated by Josh Robert Thompson. |
| 2014 | Last year of using the 'What Did We Learn on the Show Tonight, Craig?' segment, which originally began with the 2008 set redesign. |
| December 19 2014 | The final episode of The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson aired. |
| September 19 2014 | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson aired its 2,000th episode. |
| April 28 2014 | Ferguson announced he would step down as host at the end of the year. |
| April 1 2014 | Ferguson participated in an April Fools' Day swap with The Price Is Right, hosting that show's episode while Drew Carey hosted The Late Late Show. |
| 2013 | Secretariat appears in background shots during the show's visit to New Orleans for Super Bowl XLVII. |
| September 2013 | The show's new opening premiered without the previous cloth puppets, though marionettes of Drew Carey and Morgan Freeman were frequently used in cold opens during the fall. |
| 2012 | The cloth puppets were phased out after the show moved to a new studio. |
| 2012 | Secretariat accompanies the show during its week of programs taped in Scotland. |
| November 2012 | In November sweeps, Jimmy Kimmel Live! overtook Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and The Late Late Show, with 2.1 million total viewers compared to Ferguson's 1.6 million. |
| November 30 2012 | Tom Hanks wins Golden Mouth Organ award |
| August 27 2012 | Ferguson reduced his 'Big Cash Prize' from $50 in $1 bills or quarters to $7.50 in nickels, explaining it was necessary to help pay for the new studio. |
| August 27 2012 | A new set debuts, similar to the 2008 set but maintaining the detailed Los Angeles representation. |
| August 1 2012 | Audience member David Robinson and Adam Savage both receive Golden Mouth Organ awards |
| June 13 2012 | Andy García wins Golden Mouth Organ award |
| May 9 2012 | Steven Tyler receives Golden Mouth Organ award |
| April 3 2012 | CBS announces a contract extension for Ferguson through 2014, with plans to co-produce the show and move to a bigger studio. |
| February 29 2012 | Phil Plait wins Golden Mouth Organ award |
| February 28 2012 | Dr. Mehmet Oz receives Golden Mouth Organ award |
| February 27 2012 | Eric Idle wins Golden Mouth Organ award |
| November 2011 | During November sweeps, The Late Late Show was third in late-late night broadcasting with 1.7 million viewers, behind Jimmy Kimmel Live! and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. |
| November 23 2011 | Wilford Brimley receives Golden Mouth Organ award |
| November 15 2011 | Ewan McGregor wins Golden Mouth Organ award |
| October 2011 | By mid-October, Ferguson had only occasionally offered the 'Touch My Glittery Ball' interview-ending activity, suggesting it was not a consistently used segment. |
| August 1 2011 | Secretariat accompanies the show during its week of programs hosted from Paris. |
| July 26 2011 | William H. Macy receives Golden Mouth Organ award |
| July 22 2011 | John Goodman and Jayma Mays win Golden Mouth Organ awards |
| July 14 2011 | Zooey Deschanel and Jim Cummings both receive Golden Mouth Organ awards |
| June 2011 | Ferguson filmed a week of shows in Paris, France, with Kristen Bell as co-host, temporarily renaming the show 'Le Late Late Show avec Craig Ferguson à Paris'. |
| June 2011 | Josh Robert Thompson begins voicing Geoff Peterson live in studio for almost every episode, including episodes filmed in Paris and Scotland. |
| June 10 2011 | Kevin Bacon wins Golden Mouth Organ award |
| March 31 2011 | Audience member Larry Scotsman Johnson receives Golden Mouth Organ award |
| March 3 2011 | Neil Patrick Harris wins Golden Mouth Organ award |
| March 2 2011 | Hugh Laurie receives Golden Mouth Organ award |
| February 11 2011 | Jennifer Ouellette wins Golden Mouth Organ award |
| February 3 2011 | David Pogue receives Golden Mouth Organ award |
| January 11 2011 | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson premiered on Eleven network in Australia, expanding its international broadcast reach. |
| January 7 2011 | Secretariat appears in a sketch traveling to New York City, making comedic appearances on various CBS programs including Live with Regis and Kelly, The View, CBS News, and Late Show with David Letterman. |
| 2010 | Craig Ferguson began ending interviews by offering guests a choice between two or three unique and comedic activities, including playing the mouth organ, acting out awkward pauses, and offering unconventional prizes. |
| December 2010 | Secretariat becomes a regular character on the show, often appearing unprompted in cold opens or from his stage 'stall'. |
| December 17 2010 | Billy Connolly wins Golden Mouth Organ award on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson |
| November 29 2010 | Ferguson introduced Arthur from the French talk show on his cold opening, with them joking together for about two minutes. Arthur later returned to help Ferguson answer viewer emails and appeared again at the end of the show. |
| November 22 2010 | Craig Ferguson opened his show with evidence that a French talk show called Ce Soir Avec Arthur had stolen his show's opening sequence and creative concepts. |
| October 11 2010 | Secretariat first appears on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as a pantomime horse, making a joke reference to the Disney film about the racehorse Secretariat. The performers are Joseph Bolter and Ryan McGowan. |
| May 2010 | Late Late Show and Late Night were roughly tied in ratings, with Ferguson leading in total viewers at 1.7 million compared to Fallon's 1.6 million. |
| April 5 2010 | Craig Ferguson introduces Geoff Peterson, a robot skeleton sidekick, on The Late Late Show. The robot was created by Grant Imahara and initially featured pre-recorded phrases. |
| April 5 2010 | Josh Robert Thompson joined the show and began voicing the robotic sidekick Geoff Peterson, dramatically shifting the show's comedy format. |
| March 31 2010 | The Late Late Show wins the Peabody Award for Excellence in Television for its 'Evening with Archbishop Desmond Tutu' episode. |
| March 1 2010 | Grant Imahara tweets about Craig Ferguson's idea for a robot sidekick, signaling the initial planning for Geoff Peterson. |
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