That was quick. News of David Letterman’s announcement of his 2015 retirement broke only late Thursday afternoon, but Fox and the writers and animators behind The Simpsons already have an animated tribute to him, complete with a cameo performance by Letterman himself.
CBS latenight star David Letterman is retiring in 2015. Latenight television is a far different world than when Letterman and Leno began their competition. There are more entertainment shows to choose from, with personalities like O’Brien, Arsenio Hall, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert and Chelsea Handler working every night. CBS will first have to decide whether to continue with an entertainment program in that time slot. It’s not the money-maker it once was, but chances are the network will continue in that direction.
David Letterman poked fun at Leno and NBC. Leno poked fun at Letterman and NBC. Jimmy Kimmel mocked himself. Fallon played it cool. And Conan O’Brien took the high road after NBC said Wednesday that Fallon will inherit Tonight from Leno in 2014 — as O’Brien did in 2009, before Leno took it back.
David Letterman’s appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night delivered the ABC latenight show its biggest Wednesday audience since its 2003 debut — 2.35 million viewers.
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Letterman said it was a wonderful honor for his family, his co-workers at CBS’s Late Night with David Letterman and for himself. “I believe recognition at this prestigious level confirms my belief that there has been a mix-up.” he said.
So what would David Letterman and Conan O’Brien talk about when the two late-night hosts got together for a chat Thursday night? The Indy 500? The two men traded barbs about Jay Leno last night, about how he would surely be watching the interview, and what kind of relationship O’Brien had with him, before and after the Tonight Show turnaround.
A new deal would keep Letterman on the air long enough to top Johnny Carson’s 30-year streak as the longest-running late-night star in TV history.
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About halfway through the season, NBC’s latenight moves are still moving in the right direction. TNT’s Conan continues to be a different story. NBC says through the first 20 weeks of the season The Tonight Show with Jay Leno is up 42% to 3.9 million viewers; CBS’s Late Show with David Letterman is down 14% to 3.6 million. While a significant improvement, the two shows on a long-term basis are much closer than they have been in their history.
BURBANK, Calif. (AP) — Conan O’Brien says he got a phone call from David Letterman over the holidays. The CBS host wanted to make sure a year of late-night TV […]
