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None of the US chat shows have ever done that well when airing in the UK- I suppose it’s more of a curiosity rather than something Brits would seek out. I don’t think the Tonight show with Jay Leno was ever shown (apart from C4 screening the famous Hugh Grant interview). But the Late Show with David Letterman was screened on Sky/ITV2/ITV4/Diva TV (can barely remember that channel). His week of UK specials in the mid-1990s were recorded at LWT but shown on BBC2 I think.

The NBC shows have been shown at weekends on CNBC for years. I don’t suspect James Corden or SNL get stellar ratings on whichever Sky channel they’re on (even when Corden does his show from London).