Tag: late night

  • Letterman’s moving to Netflix. Who’s next?

    Letterman’s moving to Netflix. Who’s next?

    From a Netflix press release: “David Letterman, the longest-serving host in U.S. late night television – the original host of Late Night (NBC) and The Late Show (CBS) – is returning to television for a new series for Netflix. The yet-to-be-named, six-episode series has Letterman combining two interests for which he is renowned: in-depth conversations with extraordinary people, and…

  • ‘Conan O’Brien on 8 Iconic Early Late Night Bits’

    Conan explains why late night hosts just can‘t maintain the manic creative energy that first earned them a time slot.

  • Phoning it in

    Phoning it in

    I’ve loved late-night television since I was twelve. That year, David Letterman’s *Late Show” premiered on CBS, and Conan O’Brien took over Dave’s old Late Night slot on NBC. We lived out in the sticks, so our TV just barely tuned in the broadcast stations. I had to squint to make out Dave’s toothy grin…