Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- ~60 min/episode
- Length
- 12 seasons · 1377 episodes
- Status
- Ended · complete
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
The story
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.
- talk show
- late-night show
- whimsical
- audacious
The bill
- Carol Kane
- Jonathan Winters
- Ann Wedgeworth
- Tim Thomerson
- Rip Taylor
- Jim Belushi
- Rob Reiner
- Robert Vaughn
- Darlene Love
- O. J. Simpson
- Tom Bodett
- Directed
- Hal Gurnee
- Created
- Lorne Michaels
- Written
- George Meyer, Chris Elliott, Merrill Markoe, Jon Beckerman, Larry Jacobson, David Letterman & 19 more
Production
- Rating
- 6.1 / 10 · 60 ratings
- Network & studio
- NBC, Worldwide Pants, Carson Productions, NBC Productions
If this stayed with you
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