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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.
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 .
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 said in an interview with GQ magazine that “retirement is nonsense.” The 77-year-old television icon spent 33 years hosting late-night television shows, starting with the 1982 ...
David Letterman doesn’t have plans of retiring anytime soon.. Speaking to GQ for the magazine’s Video Cover Story in an interview published Wednesday, Dec. 11, the 77-year-old former talk show ...
Paul Allen Wood Shaffer CM [2] (born November 28, 1949) is a Canadian [3] [4] singer, keyboardist, composer, actor, author, comedian, and musician who served as David Letterman's musical director, band leader, and sidekick on the entire run of both Late Night with David Letterman (1982–1993) and Late Show with David Letterman (1993–2015).
Letterman departed “The Late Show” in 2015 after 22 years hosting. He returned to what is now “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” as a guest in 2023. For more CNN news and newsletters ...
Year Association Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1981 Daytime Emmy Awards: Outstanding Host or Hostess in a Variety Series The David Letterman Show: Won [1] Outstanding Individual Achievement – Writers Won