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David Letterman Calls CBS’ Decision To Cancel ‘The Late Show’ “Gutless” & “Pure Cowardice”

David Letterman has finally given his opinion on the cancelation of The Late Show – the franchise that he launched. “I don’t think it was money,” Letterman says on a video on the Letterman YouTube ...
The New York Times

A Brief History of CBS’s Late-Night Eras

With the hosts Merv Griffin, Pat Sajak, David Letterman and Stephen Colbert, CBS has taken many runs at late-night TV. Some were more successful than others. By Derrick Bryson Taylor For more than ...
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Longtime “Late Show” sidekick Paul Shaffer is shocked by show's end: 'Stephen Colbert was absolutely number one'

The musician, who served as David Letterman's sidekick on the show for 22 years, opined that "Stephen Colbert was absolutely number one." Shaffer also said that he's "glad that I was in and out of ...
CNN

Stephen Colbert had big shoes to fill in late night. He blazed his own trail

When it was announced in 2014 that Stephen Colbert would succeed David Letterman as host of the CBS “Late Show,” reaction was mixed. Letterman, who retired after helming the talk show for 22 years, ...