On April 27, the final edition of “The Late Late Show with James Corden” aired.

Last year, Corden, the show’s fourth host, announced his departure.

According to one executive, the show was “just not viable.”

On April 27, CBS aired the final episode of “The Late Late Show” after a 28-year run, and its cancellation may have been due to the show’s dwindling profitability.

According to sources for Los Angeles Magazine’s Brian Stelter, the late-night program, which has been hosted by James Corden since 2015, costs $60 million to $65 million per year to produce yet barely makes less than $45 million.

“It was just not sustainable,” an unnamed executive told Stelter, “and CBS could no longer afford him.”

Corden announced his departure as a host in April 2022, although it was unclear if the Late Late Show brand would continue at the moment.

Since Corden took over, the show has received 12 Emmy nominations, including one for Outstanding Interactive Program in 2019. “Carpool Karaoke” and “Spill Your Guts,” in which celebrities had to answer a question truthfully or consume new cuisine, were two of the show’s most popular parts.

According to Deadline, the show had 971,000 viewers on average during the 2020–21 season. “Late Night with Seth Meyers” also airs at 12:30 a.m. Eastern, averaged 1.01 million viewers.

However, keeping Corden on board came at a high cost. Corden’s pay was about $4 million to $5 million when he originally joined the show in 2015. In 2019, his remuneration was upped by an unknown sum to guarantee the British host continued on for another three years.

A request for comment from a CBS spokeswoman was not immediately returned.