James Corden Says 'Hello' to Prime Time TV Audience

The Late Late Show one-year anniversary special airs tonight at 10 p.m.

By the time Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special airs tonight at 10 p.m. on CBS, James Corden’s drive through London with Adele will almost certainly have passed a new high-water mark: 90 million YouTube views. (At press time, it was 140,000 views shy.)

In an interview with Time magazine TV critic Daniel D’Addario ahead of tonight’s big one-year anniversary special, The Late Late Show host explained how Adele’s friends played a key role in the video’s success:

“I’m very lucky, in that I’ve known Adele for quite some time.

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