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Late Show with David Letterman is an American late-night talk show hosted by David Letterman on CBS, the first iteration of the Late Show franchise. The show debuted on August 30, 1993, [ 2 ] and was produced by Letterman's production company, Worldwide Pants , and CBS Television Studios .
David Michael Letterman (born April 12, 1947) is an American television host, comedian, writer and producer. He hosted late-night television talk shows for 33 years, beginning with the February 1, 1982, debut of Late Night with David Letterman on NBC and ending with the May 20, 2015, broadcast of Late Show with David Letterman on CBS.
In the wake of his NBC morning show being cancelled in October 1980 after 18 weeks on the air, [1] David Letterman was still held in high enough regard by the network brass, especially NBC president Fred Silverman, that upon hearing the 33-year-old comedian was being courted by a first-run syndication company, NBC gave him a US$20,000 per week ($1,000,000 for a year) deal to sit out a year and ...
David Letterman returned to his old stomping grounds on Monday night, dropping by CBS’ The Late Show for the first time since Stephen Colbert took over as host in 2015. In a clip released by CBS ...
David Letterman made his triumphant return to The Late Show on Monday, eight years after handing over the keys to Stephen Colbert. And the former host had “a few observations” about the new ...
The Leno-Letterman debacle finally ended with Leno in control of The Tonight Show and Letterman bound for CBS, where he hosted The Late Show With David Letterman from 1993 through 2015. In public ...
The Late Show is an American late-night talk show franchise on CBS. It first aired in August 1993 with host David Letterman, who previously hosted Late Night with David Letterman on NBC from 1982 to 1993. Letterman's iteration of the program ran until his retirement on May 20, 2015.
CBS gave Letterman ownership of the show plus a pretty sweet production budget, and the 11:30 p.m. time slot placed him head-to-head with Tonight. Of course, Letterman would stay on for 22 years ...