Old shows given new life

Times reporters are attending the biannual Television Critics Assn. press tour in Pasadena, where networks are presenting their upcoming programming. This is the first in a series of dispatches from the event.

Apple hitches a ‘Carpool’ ride

About 18 months ago, James Corden was a relative unknown introducing himself and his late-night entry, “The Late Late Show,” at the Television Critics Assn. press tour.

Returning Monday morning to the same location, Corden presented the first spinoff of that show. His star-studded “Carpool Karaoke” segment will be transitioning from a viral favorite to a standalone, 16-episode series on Apple Music.

But even as the segment has now grown beyond his own show, and he won’t be hosting the Apple Music series, Corden doesn’t feel any sense of loss.

“I don’t even feel like it’s mine, really,” he said. “I feel like it’s just something I’ve been part of, and now what’s lovely is other people will be part of it and share it.”

The new shows each will be a half-hour long and also feature an interview segment between each episode’s guests.

Pairings revealed on Monday included Metallica with “Billy on the Street” star Billy Eichner, Seth MacFarlane and Ariana Grande and John Legend with Alicia Keys.