John Mayer Talk Show, Inspired by British Series, Eyed at Paramount+
Forget running through the halls of his high school: John Mayer now wants to host a Paramount+ talk show.
According to our sister site Variety, Mayer is in negotiations to host a talk and performance series for the recently rebranded streamer (fka CBS All Access), tentatively titled Later With John Mayer.
Inspired by the British series Later… with Jools Holland, Mayer’s version of Later will reportedly include both performance segments and interviews with musicians and artists “in a setting designed to look like an after-hours club for musicians.” The series would likely drop weekly on Paramount+, with occasional specials airing on CBS. (Paramount+ declined to comment on Variety‘s report.)
Mayer already has a fair amount of hosting experience on his résumé: He guest-hosted three episodes of CBS’ The Late Late Show in 2015 (pictured above), and in 2004, he debuted the comedy/documentary hybrid special John Mayer Has a TV Show on VH1. Over on Instagram Live, he’s been hosting the quirky Current Mood talk show since 2018.
Of course, he’s best known for his musical career, which boasts seven Grammy Awards, including Song of the Year for “Daughters” in 2005. Since 2015, he’s been touring with Dead & Company alongside original Grateful Dead members Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart.
I’m surprised it took this long, as I was very impressed with hos late late show stint…i can see this working.
Gross. I have never been impressed by the way he has talked about his exes. Just gross.
Another gross white guy gets a late night talk show. How expected.
Why is that?..it seems that this gross “WHITE” guy isn’t entitled to work according to your comments…lets see if we can find a gross “Black” guy for you instead…racist.
Hummmm this is a hard pass for me. Current Mood – if you can that was a talk show only went down in viewership over years.
Oh Lord – like his music but I do not think he’s hosting material nor is he really that interesting or funny. Current Mood isn’t a talk show it’s a joke.
I will start watching if this happens. JM is great, funny, smart, very talented and will make this a fantastic show. The music will be the best. I can’t wait!
If anyone can do this it’s John he is extremely intelligent, personable, very funny, and a great musician. I would watch for sure
Would be great! Can’t wait!
Would be the greatest!
I hope I will be able to watch it here in Brazil. John is one of my favorite overall artist, alongside Dave Grohl. He is an amazing musician. Ok. Everybody knows it. But it is just the beginning. Dude is smart, very aware of everything that is happening around. He is skilled in many subjects. Hope his talk show became true.