January 2019

THE WORLD’S BEST Hosted by James Corden, THE WORLD’S BEST is a one-of-a-kind global talent competition series featuring elite acts from around the world. They not only have to impress the all-star lineup of American judges Drew Barrymore, RuPaul Charles and Faith Hill, but the acts will also need to break through the “wall of the world,” featuring more than 50 of the world’s most accomplished experts from every field of entertainment. Only one act will ultimately be crowned THE WORLD’S BEST and win a $1 million prize. ON AIR:

Premieres Sunday, Feb. 3 immediately following SUPER BOWL, LIII on the CBS Television Network. Wednesdays at 8:00 PM, ET/PT on Feb. 6 and Feb. 13. Wednesdays at 9:00 PM, ET/PT beginning Feb. 20, on the CBS Television Network.

ORIGINATION: Los Angeles FORMAT: Reality (Filmed in HD) HOST: James Corden

AMERICAN JUDGES: Drew Barrymore RuPaul Charles Faith Hill PRODUCED BY: Warner Horizon Unscripted & Alternative Television

and MGM Television and Fulwell 73 Productions EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Mike Darnell, Mark Burnett, James Corden, Ben

Winston, Brooke Karzen, Dan Sacks, Alison Holloway, James Breen and Barry Poznick

Photos are available on cbspressexpress.com Facebook: facebook.com/TheWorldsBestCBS Twitter: twitter.com/WorldsBestCBS Instagram: @theworldsbestcbs CBS Twitter: twitter.com/CBSTweet Cast and Crew on Twitter: James Corden @JKCorden Drew Barrymore @DrewBarrymore RuPaul Charles @RuPaul Faith Hill @FaithHill Mark Burnett @MarkBurnettTV Ben Winston @benwinston Cast and Crew on Instagram: James Corden @j_corden Drew Barrymore @drewbarrymore RuPaul Charles @rupaulofficial Faith Hill @faithhill Mark Burnett @markburnett13 Ben Winston @mrbenwinston

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Press Contacts: Katie Barker 425-877-1093 katie.barker@cbs.com Shawna Malcom 818-655-1589 shawna.malcom@cbs.com Photo Contact: Gaye Ann Bruno 818-655-1542 gayeann.bruno@cbs.com

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JAMES CORDEN (Host of THE LATE LATE SHOW with JAMES CORDEN and THE WORLD’S BEST)

James Corden is an Emmy Award-winning, multi-faceted performer, host, writer and producer with accomplishments that span television, theater, film and comedy. Since he took over as host of THE LATE LATE SHOW on March 23, 2015, the show has won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Interactive Program, won a Critic’s Choice Award for Best Talk Show, achieved its highest ratings since the show’s inception in 1995, and has become known for Corden’s groundbreaking videos and sketches, including the viral phenomenon “Carpool Karaoke.”

THE LATE LATE SHOW won an Emmy Award for

Outstanding Interactive Program in 2016. Also, “The Late Late Show Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special” won an Emmy for Outstanding Variety Special in 2016 and 2017. Additionally, Corden earned an Emmy Award in 2018 for Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series for “James Corden’s Next James Corden” series on Snapchat, which also earned an Emmy for Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series.

Corden will host the new competition series THE WORLD’S BEST, which debuts

following SUPER BOWL LIII on Feb. 3, on the Network. Corden is the co-creator and executive producer of the “Carpool Karaoke” series for

Apple Music, which earned an Emmy Awards for Outstanding Short Form Variety Series in 2018. Also, he serves as executive producer on “Drop the Mic,” on TBS.

In 2016 Corden hosted “The 70th Annual Tony ® Awards,” which had its largest audience in 15 years and won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Program. In 2017 and 2018 he hosted “The Grammy® Awards.”

Corden came to American late night television with a growing list of award-winning and critically acclaimed credits. He is a Tony Award-winning performer on Broadway, a BAFTA-winning star of a U.K. television series, a feature film actor, and an acclaimed host, writer and producer in several genres of television.

Corden hosts the BAFTA Award-winning UK sports-themed comedy game show “A League of Their Own” on Sky 1 and stars in, produces and writes the BAFTA-nominated comedy thriller “The Wrong Mans,” which is available on Hulu and airs on the BBC. In 2013 Corden was awarded the Royal Television Society Award for Comedy Writer of the Year for his work on the show.

Outside of his native England, Corden attracted international attention as the lead in the hit comedic play “One Man, Two Guvnors,” performing first in the National Theatre and the

West End in London and then on Broadway, which earned him the 2012 Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Play. His additional theater credits include the worldwide tour of “The History Boys” in the role of Timms, which he also played in the feature film adaptation.

On television, Corden starred as Smithy in the critically acclaimed BBC comedy series “Gavin and Stacey,” which he co-created and co-wrote. For his role, he earned the BAFTA Television Award for Best Male Comedy Performance in 2008 and the British Comedy Award for Best Male Comedy Performer in 2007. The series received the British Comedy Award for Best TV Comedy in 2008 as well as the National Television Award for Most Popular Comedy Programme in 2010. Prior to that, Corden starred in the British television series “Fat Friends” from 2000 to 2005, which earned him a nomination for the 2000 Royal Television Society Award for Network Newcomer On Screen. Also, he appeared in the BBC television movie “Esio Trot,” alongside Dustin Hoffman and Judi Dench. In 2011, Corden had a recurring role in the popular BBC science fiction series “Doctor Who” as Craig Owens, the Doctor’s roommate. In addition, Corden hosted the Brit Awards, the biggest event in the British music industry, from 2010 to 2014.

On the big screen, Corden starred opposite Meryl Streep, Johnny Depp and Emily Blunt in the Golden Globe Award nominated feature film “Into the Woods.” His additional film credits include “Begin Again,” with Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo; “How to Lose Friends and Alienate People,” with Jeff Bridges; “Gulliver’s Travels,” with Jack Black; and “The Three Musketeers,” with Orlando Bloom. Next, he will be seen opposite Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Mindy Kaling, Rihanna and Helena Bonham Carter in “Ocean’s Eight.” Corden voiced Hi-5 in the animated film “The Emoji Movie” and Peter Rabbit in the animated film “Peter Rabbit.” He will star in the upcoming film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s smash musical “Cats.”

Over the course of his career, Corden has been awarded the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain Award for Comedy Writer of the Year, the South Bank Show Award for Comedy, the TRIC Award for Best Comedy and the National Television Award in for Best Comedy.

Corden is from High Wycombe, England and currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife and children. Follow him on Twitter @JKCorden and Instagram @j_corden.

DREW BARRYMORE (Judge on THE WORLD’S BEST)

Drew Barrymore was born in Culver City, Calif., into a revered acting family that includes, among many others, her grandfather John Barrymore. She started performing in commercials before her first birthday. At age 6, she was chosen by director Steven Spielberg to co-star as Gertie in “E.T.: The Extraterrestrial.”

In 1995 she created her own production company, Flower

Films, with partner Nancy Juvonen. Their first film was the 1999 comedy “Never Been Kissed,” followed by the box office hit “Charlie’s Angels” in 2000. Firmly established as a production powerhouse, Flower Films subsequently produced the features “50 First Dates,” cult favorite “Donnie Darko,” “Duplex,” “Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle,” “Music and Lyrics,” “Fever Pitch,” “He’s Just Not That Into You” and “Whip It,” which Barrymore appeared in and directed.

Barrymore won a 2009 Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for her role

as fallen heiress Edith Bouvier Beale in the lauded HBO production of “Grey Gardens.” Currently, she stars in and executive produces the Netflix original series “Santa Clarita Diet,” which recently wrapped production on season three.

Barrymore’s birthday is Feb. 22. Follow her on Twitter @DrewBarrymore and Instagram @drewbarrymore.RUPAUL ANDRE CHARLES (Judge on THE WORLD’S BEST)

RuPaul Andre Charles is an American actor, model, singer, songwriter, television personality and author. Since 2009 he has produced and hosted the reality competition series “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” for which he received four Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2017 he was included in the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world.

RuPaul was born and raised in San Diego and later

moved to Atlanta to study performing arts. He settled in New York City where he became a popular fixture on the nightclub scene. RuPaul achieved international fame with the release of the single “Supermodel (You Better Work),” which was included in his 1993 debut album, Supermodel of the World.

In 1995 he became the first spokesperson for MAC

Cosmetics, raising millions of dollars for the MAC Aids Fund, and becoming the first man to land a major cosmetics campaign.

In 1996 he co-hosted the talk show “The RuPaul Show” and the morning drive radio

show on WKTU, with co-host Michelle Visage. As a recording artist, RuPaul has co-written and co-produced 14 studio albums to date,

including Foxy Lady, Champion, Glamazon, Born Naked and American. As a film and television actor, RuPaul has appeared in over 50 films and television shows

both in and out of drag, including “Crooklyn,” “The Brady Bunch Movie,” “To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar,” “But I’m a Cheerleader,” “Hurricane Bianca,” “Broad City” and “Girlboss.” Currently, he is in production for the Netflix series “AJ and the Queen.”

“RuPaul’s Drag Race” has produced 10 seasons to date and has inspired several spin-off

series, including “RuPaul’s Drag U” and “RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars.” Also, he is featured as a host on the series “Skin Wars: Fresh Paint,” “Good Work” and “Gay for Play Game Show Starring RuPaul.”

As an author, RuPaul has published two books: Lettin’ It All Hang Out and Workin’ It!

RuPaul’s Guide to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Style. In October he released his third book, GuRu.

RuPaul is noted among drag queens for his indifference toward the gender-specific

pronouns used to address him—both “he” and “she” have been deemed acceptable, as stated in his autobiography: “You can call me he. You can call me she. You can call me Regis and Kathie Lee; I don’t care! Just as long as you call me.”

RuPaul’s birthday is Nov. 17. Follow him on Twitter @RuPaul and Instagram

@RuPaulofficial.

FAITH HILL (Judge on THE WORLD’S BEST)

Faith Hill is one of the top-selling and most awarded

female artists of all time with five Grammy Awards, 12 Academy of Country Music Awards, three Country Music Association Awards, four Billboard Music Awards, four American Music Awards and four People’s Choice Awards. She has consistently broken chart records with her #1 singles and has had major crossover success with the hits “This Kiss,” “Breathe,” “The Way You Love Me,” “Cry” and “There You’ll Be.” She has had multiple albums top both the Billboard Top 100 and Country charts simultaneously and, with only seven original studio albums, has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide.

Hill has had three network TV specials that garnered top

ratings and has appeared and performed on every major award show, including the Academy Awards twice. In 2000 Hill performed the National Anthem to a global audience of over 88.5 million viewers at Super Bowl XXXIV in Atlanta, and is the only country artist (and one of only three artists ever) to perform both “The Star-Spangled Banner” and “God Bless America” at Super Bowls.

In November 2017, Hill along with her husband, Tim McGraw, released a joint album,

The Rest of Our Life, which debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and #2 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart. Recently, Hill and McGraw wrapped the latest installment of the award-winning Soul2Soul franchise, “Soul2Soul The World Tour 2018.”

Currently, Hill is an executive producer of the Emmy-nominated daytime talk show

“Pickler & Ben,” which began its second season in September. Hill’s birthday is Sept. 21. Follow her on Twitter @FaithHill and Instagram @faithhill.

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MIKE DARNELL (Executive Producer, THE WORLD’S BEST)

Widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of reality TV programming, Mike Darnell currently serves as president of Warner Bros. Unscripted & Alternative Television. He joined the studio in August 2013.

Darnell has supervision over all of the studio’s unscripted

TV content creation, with oversight of three Warner Bros. companies: Warner Horizon Unscripted & Alternative Television, Telepictures Productions and Shed Media. Darnell and his team currently produce more than 40 series, totaling over 2,100 hours of programming annually, spread across broadcast, cable, digital and syndication.

Warner Horizon’s Unscripted & Alternative

division is responsible for some of the top reality shows on broadcast television, which include the recently renewed “Ellen’s Game of Games” hosted by Ellen DeGeneres, the multi-Emmy-winning music competition “The Voice,” “Little Big Shots,” the long-running franchise “The Bachelor,” and the primetime reboot of “Love Connection.” Additionally, the division has three new broadcast series set to premiere in 2019, including “Mental Samurai,” hosted by Rob Lowe, “Million Dollar Mile,” in partnership with Lebron James’ SpringHill Entertainment, and “The World’s Best,” the global competition series created and executive produced by Darnell. The latter two are both on the Network.

Darnell’s oversight also includes more than 15 cable series and seven syndicated series,

including the multi-Emmy Award winning series “Who Do You Think You Are,” “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” critically acclaimed Starz docuseries “Warriors of Liberty City,” the Dick Wolf-produced true-crime series “Criminal Confessions,” “The Real Housewives of New York City,” the upcoming docusoap “Mexican Dynasties,” the talk show “The Real,” and entertainment news outlets TMZ and “Extra.”

Prior to joining Warner Bros., Darnell served as president of Alternative Entertainment at

FOX Broadcasting Company. During his 19 years at the network, Darnell was responsible for hundreds of series and specials. Early in his career, he made a name for himself as he fast-tracked the genre with specials, including “When Animals Attack!,” “World’s Scariest Police Chases,” “Man vs. Beast” and “Alien Autopsy.” Then, he redefined the genre with “American Idol,” “Hell’s Kitchen,” “MasterChef,” “The X Factor,” “So You Think You Can Dance” and more.

Before moving to the Fox network, Darnell served for three years as a producer of

specials for the Fox Television Station Group. He began his TV career in the news department of the network’s owned-and-operated affiliate in Los Angeles, KTTV.

Darnell was born in Philadelphia and currently resides in Calabasas with his wife, Carolyn, and daughter, Chelsea.MARK BURNETT (Executive Producer of THE WORLD’S BEST and SURVIVOR)

Mark Burnett is a television and film producer, author,

and chairman of MGM Television. He has garnered 12 Emmy Awards, five Producers Guild of America Awards, seven Critics’ Choice Television Awards and six People’s Choice Awards.

Burnett has produced more than 3,200 hours of television

programming, which regularly airs in more than 70 countries worldwide. Currently, the company Burnett leads has five network television shows, five cable shows and a streaming series in production, including THE WORLD’S BEST and SURVIVOR, on the Network, “The Voice,” “Shark Tank,” “Beat Shazam” with Jamie Foxx, “Fargo,” “Vikings,” “Teen Wolf,” “Signed,” “Lucha Underground” and “The Handmaid’s Tale,” which won the 2017 Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series.

Additionally, Burnett and his wife, Roma Downey,

produced the series “The Bible,” which was viewed by more than 100 million people in the U.S. alone. Their additional joint TV credits include “The Dovekeepers,” on the Network, “The Women of the Bible,” “A.D. The Bible Continues,” and “Answered Prayers.” Also, Burnett and Downey produced the feature film “Son of God,” one of the highest-grossing faith-based movie openings of all time, and were executive producers on the feature films “Little Boy,” “Woodlawn” and “Ben-Hur.”

Burnett is one of very few producers to have had a renewed series on each of the four

major broadcast networks and to have multiple series win their time slots on five nights of television in the same week. Burnett has been named to the TIME 100 and The Hollywood Reporter’s Reality TV Power List: The 30 Most Powerful Sellers, where he ranked #1. Also, he has won Brandweek’s Marketer of the Year Award, the Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Award, the Producers Guild of America’s Norman Lear Award, and the Rose d’Or FRAPA Format Award. Burnett was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2009 and inducted into the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame in 2010.

BEN WINSTON (Executive Producer, THE LATE LATE SHOW with JAMES CORDEN, THE WORLD’S BEST, THE 61ST ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS and HAPPY TOGETHER)

Ben Winston has served as executive producer of the Emmy Award-winning THE LATE

LATE SHOW since James Corden took over as host in 2015. In addition, Winston is an executive producer on THE 61ST ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS and the new global talent competition series THE WORLD’S BEST. Winston is also co-creator and executive producer of the “Carpool Karaoke” series for Apple Music and “Drop the Mic,” for TNT, both inspired by popular sketches on THE LATE LATE SHOW with JAMES CORDEN. Also, Winston is partner and co-founder of production company Fulwell 73.

Winston is a six-time Emmy Award winner and a 14-time nominee. In 2018, he won

Emmys for two shows that he executive produced, “Carpool Karaoke: The Series” and the “James Corden’s Next James Corden” series for Snapchat, plus he was nominated for four additional Emmys for shows that he executive produced.

Winston is a multi-faceted producer, director and writer with award-winning credits that

span television, movies, music videos and commercials. His executive producing credits include “The Grammy® Awards” and “The 70th Annual Tony Awards,” for the Network; the hit U.K. version of “The X Factor”; “In The Hands of the Gods”; the new Lifetime series “Seatbelt Psychic”; and several music specials for artists such as Bruno Mars, Harry Styles, Sam Smith and Justin Bieber, among others. In addition, he’s produced and directed record-breaking documentaries and movies for the mega-popular musical act One Direction, including “This Is Us” and “1D Day,” and he won an MTV Video Music Award and three Brit Awards for directing their music videos. His comedy series, HAPPY TOGETHER, on the Network, is loosely inspired by his story of Harry Styles living in Winston’s attic. Damon Wayans, Jr. plays a fictionalized version of Winston in the show.

Much of Winston’s work has been with his closest friend, James Corden. They met on set

when they were 18 and have collaborated on many notable projects since. Winston produced Corden when he hosted the prestigious Brit Awards for four years, the biggest event in the British music industry, and directing and co-writing several memorable “Smithy” sketches with Corden for BBC1’s Red Nose Day charity telethon.

Winston is from London and currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife and daughter.

Follow him on Twitter @benwinston and Instagram @mrbenwinston.

ALISON HOLLOWAY (Executive Producer, THE WORLD’S BEST)

Alison Holloway has created and produced hundreds of hours of network television. Her producing credits include “America’s Got Talent,” where she spent eight seasons, “The Sing-Off” and “Fake Off.” Three seasons ago, she launched “Little Big Shots,” hosted by Steve Harvey. Also, she helmed its spin-off, “Little Big Shots: Forever Young” and was a consulting producer on “American Idol: The Farewell Season.”

Holloway got her start in television as a teenage presenter

in London and at age 17, she was a reporter on Westward Television’s flagship news program. By 20, she had become Britain’s youngest newsreader as anchor of ITV's 6 O’Clock News.

When Rupert Murdoch launched Sky Television in 1988, Holloway was chosen as the

network’s first primetime news anchor and became a pioneer of the 24-hour news cycle. Four years later, she became London correspondent for the syndicated newsmagazine “Hard Copy.” Soon after, she moved to the United States permanently to host the nightly newsmagazine “Premier Story,” where her coverage of the O.J. Simpson case garnered national attention. Her additional credits as producer, correspondent and host include “A Current Affair,” “Put to the Test” and “Hollywood & Crime.”

Holloway made the leap to primetime reality television producer with the series “The

Swan.” In addition, she produced the primetime special “A Hero’s Welcome,” on the Network, the reality series pilot “Moochers” for Stage 29 Productions, and was special projects producer for the revival of “A Current Affair.”

In addition to being an executive producer of THE WORLD’S BEST, Holloway is also

president of Good Story Productions and a partner in the television casting agency Casting Corps.

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