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Late Night With David Letterman
TV Series (1982 - 1993)
Late Night with David Letterman is a nightly hour-long popular late-night comedy/talk-show on NBC hosted by David Letterman. It premiered in 1982 and went off the air in 1993 after Letterman left NBC when he moved to Late Show on CBS.
Series Info
Type:
News/Talk Show
Premiered:
Feb. 01, 1982
Status:
N/A
Runtime:
N/A
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Series Fun Facts
- This is the show where an indignant Shirley MacLaine says: "Cher was right! You are an asshole!"
- This is the famous show in which Sonny Bono and Cher were reunited, and they sang "I Got You Babe". Cher later said that it was such an electrifying moment, many in the studio had tears in…
[show]This is the famous show in which Sonny Bono and Cher were reunited, and they sang "I Got You Babe". Cher later said that it was such an electrifying moment, many in the studio had tears in their eyes.
[hide] - Letterman left "Late Night" in 1993 for Late Show with David Letterman on CBS when NBC give the "Tonight Show" to Jay Leno following the departure of Johnny Carson in 1992. However, NBC…
[show]Letterman left "Late Night" in 1993 for Late Show with David Letterman on CBS when NBC give the "Tonight Show" to Jay Leno following the departure of Johnny Carson in 1992. However, NBC refused to allow Letterman to use elements that made the show famous such as "Larry 'Bud' Melman" or "The Top Ten List". NBC claimed those bits were their "intellectual property". "The Top Ten List" was renamed "Late Show Top Ten" and "Larry 'Bud' Melman" used his real name, Calvert DeForest.
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