CBS’ “The Late Late Show With James Corden” kicked off Monday night with laughs and solid ratings.

The show scored an overnight rating of 1.4/5 in 56 metered markets, according to early Nielsen numbers. That is up 27 percent from the same night last year. It is also a 17 percent increase over “The Late Late Show” season average (1.2/4) when it was hosted by Craig Ferguson.

CBS announced in September that Corden would replace Ferguson. Popular overseas, the British writer, actor and comedian won a BAFTA for his performance in the sitcom “Gavin and Stacey,” which he also co-wrote and co-produced, and took home a Tony in 2012 for his role in the play “One Man, Two Guvnors.”

Corden came in 17 percent ahead of NBC’s “Late Night With Seth Meyers,” which posted a rating of 1.2. “The Late Late Show” also topped NBC’s “Last Call with Carson Daly,” which earned a 0.8 overnight rating.

But the two Jimmys — Jimmy Fallon’s “Tonight Show” on NBC and “Jimmy Kimmel Live” on ABC — still dominated late night, each nabbing an overnight rating of 2.4/6.

“What it is on March 23 is not what it will be, and we can’t beat ourselves up too much about it,” Corden told the Los Angeles Times in a recent interview. “Because the very nature of these shows is that they’re bred on familiarity and they’re bred on connection, and it’s impossible to have that straightaway.”