Late Night with David Letterman

Series • 1982 - 1993

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Late Night with David Letterman is a nightly hour-long comedy talk show on NBC that was created and hosted by David Letterman. It premiered in 1982 as the first incarnation of the Late Night franchise and went off the air in 1993, after Letterman left NBC and moved to Late Show on CBS. Late Night with Conan O'Brien then filled the time slot. As of March 2, 2009, the slot has been filled by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. It will be filled by Seth Meyers in the spring of 2014, after Fallon becomes host of The Tonight Show.

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Vulture

Letterman's debut, in hindsight, still seems miraculously revolutionary, largely because Letterman had the singular advantage of never having had to follow himself.

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Rolling Stone

The chemistry between the late-night host and the actor is instantaneous and hints at a friendship that would make for can't-miss television in the decades that follow.

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IMDb

David Letterman's original Late Night talk show is what created it all. This is where such classic things like 'Stupid Pet Tricks' and 'The Top Ten List' were born.

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EW.com

After Letterman introduced the pop star by saying, '...she has sold over 80 million albums, starred in countless films, and slept with some of the biggest names in the entertainment industry,' Madonna retaliated with 14 f-bombs...

ew.com/article/2015/05/08/late-show-david-letterman-most-notorious-moments/

IMDb

Dave Letterman spawned an entire generation of pale imitators such as Conan and Leno and many others.

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