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Late Night With David Letterman
''Late Night with David Letterman'' is an American late-night talk show hosted by David Letterman on NBC, the first iteration of the ''Late Night'' franchise. It premiered on February 1, 1982, and was produced by Letterman's production company, Worldwide Pants Incorporated, and Carson Productions. Letterman had previously hosted his own morning talk show on NBC from June to October 1980. The show's house band, The World's Most Dangerous Band, was led by music director Paul Shaffer. In 1993, Letterman announced that he would leave NBC to host the ''Late Show with David Letterman'' on CBS, and the final episode of ''Late Night'' aired on June 25, 1993. Since then, Conan O'Brien, Jimmy Fallon, and Seth Meyers have each reformatted the series. In 2013, this series and ''Late Show with David Letterman'' were ranked No. 41 on TV Guide's 60 Best Series of All Time. During its run, the show was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Series 11 times. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Late Night (franchise)
''Late Night'' is an American Late night talk show, late-night talk and variety show airing on NBC since 1982. Four men have hosted ''Late Night'': David Letterman (1982–1993), Conan O'Brien (1993–2009), Jimmy Fallon (2009–2014), and Seth Meyers (2014–present). Each iteration of the show was built around its host, and maintained distinct identities aside from the title, timeslot, and network. The longest-serving host to date was O'Brien, who hosted ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'' for almost 16 years, from September 1993 to February 2009. Hosting history US television ratings (late-night talk shows) History David Letterman The show replaced ''The Tomorrow Show'', hosted by Tom Snyder (and later co-hosted by Rona Barrett), on Mondays through Thursdays. It did not expand to Fridays until 1987, when ''Friday Night Videos'' was moved back an hour to accommodate a five-day-a-week ''Late Night''. ''Late Night'' originated from NBC's headquarters building at 30 Rockefell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carson Productions
Carson Entertainment Group (formerly Carson Productions and Carson Productions Group) is a television production company established by Johnny Carson in 1980. The company primarily produced ''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson'' from 1980 to 1992 and ''Late Night with David Letterman'' from 1982 to 1993. In addition, Carson Productions also produced many specials with Carson among other TV shows, including ''Teachers Only'' from 1982 to 1983, '' Partners in Crime'' from 1984 to 1985, ''Amen'' from 1986 to 1991 and ''TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes'' (co-produced with Dick Clark Productions) from 1984 to 1993. It also produced the films ''The Big Chill'' (1983) and ''Desert Bloom'' (1986). In the years since Carson's retirement from television (and following his death in 2005), the company's primary function has been to maintain Carson's legacy and license clips (including the sale of commercial DVDs to retail and mail order consumers) of his time hosting ''The Tonight Show'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conan O'Brien
Conan Christopher O'Brien (born April 18, 1963) is an American television host, comedian, writer, and producer. He is best known for having hosted late-night talk shows for almost 28 years, beginning with ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'' (1993–2009) and ''The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien'' (2009–2010) on the NBC television network, and '' Conan'' (2010–2021) on the cable channel TBS. Before his hosting career, he was a writer for ''Saturday Night Live'' (1988–1991) and ''The Simpsons'' (1991–1993). He has also been host of the podcast series ''Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend'' since 2018 and is expected to launch a new show on HBO Max. Born in Brookline, Massachusetts, O'Brien was raised in an Irish Catholic family. He served as president of ''The Harvard Lampoon'' while attending Harvard University, and was a writer for the sketch comedy series ''Not Necessarily the News''. After writing for several comedy shows in Los Angeles, he joined the writing staff of ''Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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