How good is David Letterman?

You have to be darn good — just about the best good — to accomplish that. In a recent interview in Rolling Stone, David Letterman said he was surrounded by "the Jimmy's," referring to Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel, both of whom do something Letterman never got the hang of — creating something that goes viral. read more

Letterman was the focus of The Avengers on "Late Night with David Letterman", issue 239 (January 1984) of the Marvel comic book series The Avengers, in which the title characters (specifically Hawkeye, Wonder Man, Black Widow, Beast and Black Panther) are guests on Late Night. read more

“They are exactly the same,” he says. The David Letterman who will receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor this month looks different from the guy you remember from television. read more

Letterman left NBC for CBS to start the Late Show with David Letterman when NBC gave the reigns of The Tonight Show to Jay Leno instead of him after Johnny Carson's retirement. The first show debuted on August 30, 1993, with Letterman's retirement announced for 2015. read more