TV ShowEnded

Late Night with David Letterman

6.0 / 10

1982

12 seasons

1377 episodes

ComedyTalk

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.

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Cast

David Letterman

Calvert DeForest

Lou Reed

Bruce Willis

Bruno Kirby

Jay Leno

Dolly Parton

Eddie Murphy

Darlene Love

Joel Hodgson

Timothy Busfield

Shelley Winters

Seasons

Ep 1
1.Bill Murray, Mr. Wizard
01-02-198245m
Episode 1 / Bill Murray, Mr. Wizard
Ep 2
2.Pat Paulsen, Steve Tesich
02-02-198244m
Episode 2: Pat Paulsen, Steve Tesich
Ep 3
3.Terry Gilliam, Hank Aaron, Al Albert
03-02-198244m
Episode 3: Terry Gilliam, Hank Aaron, Al Albert
Ep 4
4.John Candy, Joe Flaherty
04-02-198244m
Episode 4: John Candy, Joe Flaherty
Ep 5
5.Francis Ford Coppola
05-02-198244m
Episode 5: Francis Ford Coppola
Ep 6
6.821117
17-11-198260m
Ep 7
7.830107
07-01-198360m
Ep 8
8.820826
26-08-198260m
Ep 9
9.821007
07-10-198260m
Ep 10
10.821005
05-10-198260m
Ep 11
11.821011
11-10-198260m
Ep 12
12.821124
24-11-198260m
Ep 13
13.820927
27-09-198260m
After being bumped from the debut episode of Late Night, Warren Zevon finally appears on the show, performing ""Excitable Boy.""
Ep 14
14.820726
26-07-198260m
Ep 15
15.Show #0001
01-02-198260m
Ep 16
16.Show #0002
02-02-198260m
Ep 17
17.Show #0003
03-02-198260m
Ep 18
18.Show #0004
04-02-198260m
Ep 19
19.Show #0005
08-02-198260m
Ep 20
20.Show #0006
09-02-198260m
Ep 21
21.Show #0007
10-02-198260m
Ep 22
22.Show #0008
11-02-198260m
Ep 23
23.Show #0009
15-02-198260m
Ep 24
24.Show #0010
16-02-198260m
Ep 25
25.Show #0011
17-02-198260m
Ep 26
26.Show #0012
18-02-198260m
Ep 27
27.Show #0013
22-02-198260m
Ep 28
28.Show #0014
23-02-198260m
Ep 29
29.Show #0015
24-02-198260m
Ep 30
30.Show #0016
25-02-198260m
Remote: ""Celebrities and their Dry-Cleaning.""
Ep 31
31.Show #0017
01-03-198260m
Ep 32
32.820603
03-06-198260m
Ep 33
33.Show #0018
02-03-198260m
Ep 34
34.Show #0019
03-03-198260m
Ep 35
35.Show #0020
04-03-198260m
Ep 36
36.Show #0021
08-03-198260m
Ep 37
37.Show #0022
09-03-198260m
Ep 38
38.Show #0023
10-03-198260m
Ep 39
39.Show #0024
11-03-198260m
Ep 40
40.Show #0025
15-03-198260m
Ep 41
41.Show #0026
16-03-198260m
Ep 42
42.Show #0027
17-03-198260m
Ep 43
43.Show #0028
18-03-198260m
Ep 44
44.Show #0029
22-03-198260m
Ep 45
45.Show #0030
23-03-198260m
Ep 46
46.Show #0031
24-03-198260m
Ep 47
47.Show #0032
25-03-198260m
Ep 48
48.Show #0033
29-03-198260m
Ep 49
49.Show #0034
30-03-198260m
Ep 50
50.Show #0035
31-03-198260m
Ep 51
51.Show #0036
01-04-198260m
Ep 52
52.Show #0037
05-04-198260m
Ep 53
53.Show #0038
06-04-198260m
Ep 54
54.Show #0039
07-04-198260m
Ep 55
55.Show #0040
08-04-198260m
Ep 56
56.Show #0041
12-04-198260m
Ep 57
57.Show #0042
13-04-198260m
Ep 58
58.Show #0043
14-04-198260m
Ep 59
59.Show #0044
15-04-198260m
Ep 60
60.Show #0045
19-04-198260m
Ep 61
61.Show #0046
20-04-198260m
Ep 62
62.Show #0047
21-04-198260m
Ep 63
63.Show #0048
22-04-198260m
Ep 64
64.Show #0049
26-04-198260m
Ep 65
65.Show #0050
27-04-198260m
Ep 66
66.Show #0051
28-04-198260m
Ep 67
67.Show #0052
29-04-198260m
Ep 68
68.90 Minute Special
30-04-198260m
Ep 69
69.Show #0054
03-05-198260m
Ep 70
70.Show #0055
04-05-198260m
Ep 71
71.Show #0056
05-05-198260m
Ep 72
72.Show #0057
06-05-198260m
Ep 73
73.Show #0058
10-05-198260m
Ep 74
74.Show #0059
11-05-198260m
Ep 75
75.Show #0060
12-05-198260m
Ep 76
76.Show #0061
13-05-198260m
Ep 77
77.Show #0062
17-05-198260m
Ep 78
78.Show #0063
18-05-198260m
Ep 79
79.Show #0064
19-05-198260m
Ep 80
80.Show #0065
20-05-198260m
Ep 81
81.Show #0066
24-05-198260m
Ep 82
82.Show #0067
25-05-198260m
Ep 83
83.Show #0068
26-05-198260m
Ep 84
84.Show #0069
27-05-198260m
Ep 85
85.Show #0070
31-05-198260m
Ep 86
86.Show #0071
01-06-198260m
Ep 87
87.Show #0072
02-06-198260m
Ep 88
88.Show #0073
03-06-198260m
Ep 89
89.Show #0074
07-06-198260m
Ep 90
90.Show #0075
08-06-198260m
Ep 91
91.Show #0076
09-06-198260m
A (bogus) look at the 1982 World's Fair; Hank Williams, Jr. is interviewed, and sings ""A Country Boy Can Survive;"" ""Celebrities and Their Auto Body Repairs;"" Elayne Boosler doe...
Ep 92
92.Show #0077
10-06-198260m
Ep 93
93.Show #0078
21-06-198260m
Ep 94
94.Show #0079
22-06-198260m
Ep 95
95.Show #0080
23-06-198260m
Ep 96
96.Show #0081
24-06-198260m
Ep 97
97.Show #0082
28-06-198260m
Ep 98
98.Show #0083
29-06-198260m
Ep 99
99.Show #0084
30-06-198260m
Ep 100
100.Show #0085
01-07-198260m
Ep 101
101.Show #0086
05-07-198260m
Ep 102
102.Show #0087
06-07-198260m
Ep 103
103.Show #0088
07-07-198260m
Ep 104
104.Show #0089
08-07-198260m
Ep 105
105.Show #0090
09-07-198260m
Ep 106
106.Show #0091
12-07-198260m
Ep 107
107.Show #0092
13-07-198260m
Ep 108
108.Show #0093
14-07-198260m
Ep 109
109.Show #0094
15-07-198260m
Ep 110
110.Show #0096
27-07-198260m
Ep 111
111.Show #0098
29-07-198260m
Ep 112
112.Show #0099
02-08-198260m
Ep 113
113.Show #0100
03-08-198260m
Ep 114
114.Show #0101
04-08-198260m
Ep 115
115.Show #0102
05-08-198260m

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