David Letterman

Scott Gilmore looks at David Letterman’s do-over moment and asks: Will I eventually realize there were important fights I should have joined, but didn’t?

Before David Letterman turned cranky host, he ran TV’s edgiest show—and changed a generation

The Colbert Report star moves to the Late Show in 2015

Kathy Gannon recovers from an attack in Afghanistan, and the Pistorius trial is hard to stomach

Who might replace David Letterman?

With David Letterman announcing his retirement, here’s a look at some of his best work

David Letterman announces he will retire from Late Show in 2015

The Late Show host and illustrator Bruce McCall’s hilarious salvo on the one per cent

With retirement speculation surrounding Letterman and Leno, ABC is betting big on their star

Eddie Brill, the man in charge of booking comedians for David Letterman, was the subject of a New York Times profile a few days ago, where – almost as an aside – he was asked to deal with the question of why the show only booked one female comedian last year. His response was:

Comedian targeted for making al-Qaeda jokes

Women are a big part of the audience, so why don’t hosts like Jay Leno hire any as writers?