Late Show with David Letterman

After all, there have been many times when the show has beaten The Late Show with David Letterman and times when it has battled The Tonight Show in the ratings. It's real alternative programming for people who don't want to watch the late-night comics ... Does a 10 pm Nightline Make Sense? TIME

Can you picture Late Show with David Letterman bandleader Paul Shaffer as George Costanza on Seinfeld? He was actually offered the role but turned it down, according to Shaffer's new book, We'll Be Here For The Rest Of Our Lives. ... The Late Show's' Paul Shaffer Was Almost 'Seinfeld's' Georg...

 CA All the talk last week was about Conan O'Brien's first week at The Tonight Show (and rightfully so), but let's not forget that David Letterman had new episodes too. The CBS site offers a recap of the best moments from The Late Show and I've posted it ...

 CA Warner Brothers released this "Deluxe Anniversary Edition," which also includes his first HBO special, A Steven Wright Special (coincidentally, produced by Peter Lassally from Johnny Carson's Tonight Show), as part of its 50th Anniversary celebration. ...

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 CA I thought it was just a goodbye wish, but now I see from TMZ that it was actually a dig at David Letterman. It says "Jay is the best. Even Paul Shaffer knows it." Billy Crystal looks amused. Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry. ...

By Bob Sassone This is becoming Leonard Nimoy Squad after yesterday's post from The Today Show, but here's another one, in honor of the new Star Trek film opening today. It's Nimoy on The Late Show with David Letterman giving the "Top Ten Lines Never Before Said In A Star Trek Film."

By Bob Sassone Filed under: Late Night, Video, Celebrities, Talk Show, Reality-Free Did you know that Bruce Willis was in the number one movie right now, Obsessed? Viewers of last night's Late Show with David Letterman didn't know it either. Thankfully, Willis brought along a clip!

By Bob Sassone No word yet on what's wrong with him. Those of you expecting to see Ryan Reynolds or Big Bad Voodoo Daddy tonight will have to settle for a rerun with Prince, Paul Giamatti, and Emma Roberts. NBC co-chairman Ben Silverman is quoted as saying, "OH MY GOD WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO MONDAY THROUGH FRID...

 CA I would guess that since it's the last day of the week they'll throw a rerun in there too (though with Leno's need to work he could do a show from his hospital room). Now...will Letterman say something about it on his show tonight (assuming he heard by ...

By Bob Sassone Filed under: Late Night, Web, Talk Show, Reality-Free Everyone is on Twitter, even the guys in the Late Show with David Letterman technical department. Permalink | Email this | | Comments

By Nick Zaino There is a romantic notion of how a comedian gets on a program like the Late Show with David Letterman. A talent scout walks into a crowded comedy club where a hot new talent is killing and puts them on that week. Fame and fortune ensue, and a legend is born.

By Bob Sassone The Late Show with David Letterman: Drew Barrymore and Neko Case Jay Leno: Don Rickles, Richard Engel, John Mayer, and Chris Botti Late Night with Jimmy Fallon: Ice-T and Yeah Yeah Yeahs The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson: Michael Caine and Matt Baetz

By Bob Sassone After the jump is footage from the last episode, where David Letterman was the guest. Letterman doesn't do many talk shows, so Stewart probably immensely appreciated the fact that he'd take the time to do his last one (probably one of the reasons why Stewart looks up to Letterman to this day...

 CA Long before he was host of The Daily Show (well, about five or six years before), Jon Stewart hosted a late-night talk show, titled The Jon Stewart Show. It was a good show (first on MTV then syndicated), very casual and rock and roll and young, ...

By Jackie Schnoop Filed under: Late Night, Industry, Programming, OpEd, Music and Variety, Talk Show, Reality-Free If you've been living under a rock, you might not realize that Jay Leno will be hosting his show every night during the 10 PM hour while Conan O'Brien hosts The Tonight Show at 11:30. I don't li...

 CA Sure, I realize I'm a Letterman fan who never took to Leno. However, I don't think I'd enjoy seeing Letterman each weeknight in a primetime slot, either. Sigh. If you've been living under a rock, you might not realize that Jay Leno will be hosting his ...

By Bob Sassone Filed under: Late Night, Talk Show, Reality-FreeOn The Late Show with David Letterman last night, Dave finally showed the infamous 1993 appearance by comic Bill Hicks that Letterman thought was too controversial at the time and decided not to air. The routine itself is probably a little...

By Bob Sassone Filed under: TV Royalty, Daytime, Video, Talk Show, Reality-FreeI think I'm one of the very few people - maybe not even David Letterman himself - who remembers the very first David Letterman Show with a real fondness. No, not NBC's Late Night with David Letterman, I'm talking about his mor...

By Bob Sassone Here's who's on the late night shows tonight. Charlie Rose: Fred Krupp and Connie Britton The Daily Show: Mike Myers The Colbert Report: Bishop N.T. Wright The Late Show with David Letterman: Jason Bateman, Teri Garr, and Keyshia Cole Jay Leno: James McAvoy, Wanda Sykes, and Duffy Jimmy Kim...

By Bob Sassone Here's who's on the late night shows tonight. Charlie Rose: Lt. General Ricardo Sanchez The Late Show with David Letterman: Teri Hatcher and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Jay Leno: Matthew Fox and Kathleen Edwards Jimmy Kimmel Live: Ryan Seacrest and Clay Aiken Tavis Smiley: Barbara Walters and Da...

By Bob Sassone Here's who's on the late night shows tonight. Charlie Rose: Arianna Huffington The Daily Show: Robert Schlesinger The Colbert Report: Noah Feldman The Late Show with David Letterman: Matthew Broderick, Josh Groban, and Heidi Montag Jay Leno: Cindy McCain, Ed Helms, and Augustana Jimm...

By Bob Sassone Here's who's sitting down on the couch on the late night shows. Charlie Rose: a discussion on diseases of the brain The Daily Show: Stephen Prothero (repeat) The Colbert Report: Rep. Tom Delay and Randy Kearse (repeat) The Late Show with David Letterman: Madonna and Melissa Etheridge (rep...

By Bob Sassone Here's who's sitting down on the couch on the late night shows. Charlie Rose: a discussion about Peter Jennings, and writer Richard Russo The Daily Show: Al Gore (repeat) The Colbert Report: Howard Dean (repeat) The Late Show with David Letterman: Oprah Winfrey and Bonnie Raitt (repeat)...

By Bob Sassone It seems that January 2, 2008 has become the official day for the late night talk show hosts to return to work. Leno, O'Brien, and Kimmel have already announced that they are coming back on that day (a Wednesday), and now comes word that David Letterman and Craig Ferguson want to come back tha...

By Bob Sassone Here's who's sitting down on the couch on the late night shows. Charlie Rose: Brad PittThe Daily Show: Former President Bill Clinton (repeat) The Colbert Report: Rep. Ron Paul (repeat) The Late Show with David Letterman: Julia Roberts and Travis (repeat) Jay Leno: Jamie Foxx and Brad Pais...

By Bob Sassone NBC announced this morning that both Jay Leno's show and Late Night with Conan O'Brien will return to the schedule with new episodes starting January 2. The shows will come back without writers, so expect a shorter monologue, less sketch material (this won't be hard for Leno), and more cel...

By Bob Sassone Here's who's sitting down on the couch on the late night shows. Charlie Rose: Former President Bill Clinton The Late Show with David Letterman: Justin Timberlake, Martha Stewart, and Maria Sharapova (repeat) Jay Leno: Ellen DeGeneres, Fred Willard, and Tony Bennett (repeat) Jimmy Kim...

By Anna Johns Reeg has been recovering from triple-bypass heart surgery for the last six weeks. Dave and Regis have always had some weird, sort-of love/hate relationship. When Dave has his own heart bypass surgery in 2000, Regis stepped in several times to host for him. Regis did the same when Letterman w...

By Bob Sassone Filed under: NBC, CBS, Late Night, Talent, Industry, The Late Show With David Letterman, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Anyway, Leno has increased his ratings lead over Letterman, and the news is even more incredible because CBS is a primetime ratings powerhouse and NBC, well, isn't. So I...