Late Show with David Letterman

TV Series
1993–2015
TV-PG
1h

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7.0/10

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David Letterman, Regis Philbin, Barbara Gaines, Biff Henderson, Alan Kalter, and Paul Shaffer in Late Show with David Letterman (1993)

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The Late Show with David Letterman is an hour-long weeknight comedy and talk-show broadcast by CBS from the Ed Sullivan Theater on Broadway in New York City.The Late Show with David Letterman is an hour-long weeknight comedy and talk-show broadcast by CBS from the Ed Sullivan Theater on Broadway in New York City.The Late Show with David Letterman is an hour-long weeknight comedy and talk-show broadcast by CBS from the Ed Sullivan Theater on Broadway in New York City.

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IMDb RATING

7.0/10

14K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Won 9 Primetime Emmys
- 16 wins & 127 nominations total

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Trivia
Many, including rival talk show host Jay Leno, whom NBC chose over David Letterman as Johnny Carson's The Tonight Show (1962) successor in a bitter competition between the two, saw Carson's Late Show with David Letterman (1993) cameo appearance as a signal that Carson preferred Letterman over Jay.

Quotes
[David is working at McDonald's]
David Letterman: Welcome to Mc Donald's.
Customer: Get me a cheeseburger.
David Letterman: Your order is a cheeseburger?
Customer: Yep.
David Letterman: Are you busy right now?
Customer: I gotta head to work. Why?
David Letterman: Could you swing by the grocery store and get us a bag of onions?
Customer: A bag of onions?
David Letterman: Yeah. We're running low.
[Later, David takes new customer]
David Letterman: United 16957, 727. This is Kennedy Ground Control. What's the problem? Power it on in.
Customer: I have your onions here.
David Letterman: What?
Customer: The ten-pound bag of onions.
David Letterman: You're got the onions? All right. Come on through. We really appreciate it. Thanks for helping out.

Connections
Edited into The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of Twelve Monkeys (1996)

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Letterman is king of Late Night.

David Letterman is the king of Late Night TV. On the air now for 21 years, apporching 10 years as host of the "Late Show" on CBS. Leno is no match to Letterman, nor is Jimmy Kimmel on ABC. I feel like the "Late Show" has more class then other late night talk shows, though you might think not it at times. When Dave retires he will leave BIG shoes to fill.