Late Night with David Letterman is a nightly hour-long comedy talk show on NBC that was created and hosted by David Letterman. It premiered in 1982 as the first incarnation of the Late Night franchise and went off the air in 1993, after Letterman left NBC and moved to Late Show on CBS. Late Night with Conan O'Brien then filled the time slot. As of March 2, 2009, the slot has been filled by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. It will be filled by Seth Meyers in the spring of 2014, after Fallon becomes host of The Tonight Show.
Late Night with David Letterman (Season 2)
830224 (Episode 1)
Air date: 1983-02-24
Runtime: 60 min
830201 (Episode 2)
Air date: 1983-02-01
Runtime: 60 min
831116 (Episode 3)
Air date: 1983-11-16
Runtime: 60 min
830524 (Episode 4)
Air date: 1983-05-24
Runtime: 60 min
830215 (Episode 5)
Air date: 1983-02-15
Runtime: 60 min
831103 (Episode 6)
Air date: 1983-11-03
Runtime: 60 min
830301 (Episode 7)
Air date: 1983-03-01
Runtime: 60 min
830818 (Episode 8)
Air date: 1983-08-18
Runtime: 60 min
831031 (Episode 9)
Air date: 1983-10-31
Runtime: 60 min
830505 (Episode 10)
Air date: 1983-05-05
Runtime: 60 min
830509 (Episode 11)
Air date: 1983-05-09
Runtime: 60 min
831117 (Episode 12)
Air date: 1983-11-17
Runtime: 60 min
831102 (Episode 13)
Air date: 1983-11-02
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: ""New Dial-It Services;"" Bill Cosby; comedian-juggler Michael Davis.
831220 (Episode 14)
Air date: 1983-12-20
Runtime: 60 min
840111 (Episode 15)
Air date: 1984-01-11
Runtime: 60 min
830223 (Episode 16)
Air date: 1983-02-23
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Dave invites poorly-seated audience member Cathy Renault to sit onstage; Andy Kaufman & Freddie Blassie visit; Alba Ballard and her assistant show off costumed birds.
830208 (Episode 17)
Air date: 1983-02-08
Runtime: 60 min
831123 (Episode 18)
Air date: 1983-11-23
Runtime: 60 min
830214 (Episode 19)
Air date: 1983-02-14
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: ""Bad Phone Call"" to TV's Larry Hovis; Dr. Ruth Westheimer answers audience questions; Tommy Casabona drills a hole in Dave's desk to accomodate the desktop microphone cord (the legendary RCA 77DX); former ""Saturday Night Live"" creator/executive producer Lorne Michaels visits.
830427 (Episode 20)
Air date: 1983-04-27
Runtime: 60 min
830531 (Episode 21)
Air date: 1983-05-31
Runtime: 60 min
830523 (Episode 22)
Air date: 1983-05-23
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0285 (Episode 23)
Air date: 1983-09-21
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0286 (Episode 24)
Air date: 1983-09-22
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0287 (Episode 25)
Air date: 1983-09-26
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0288 (Episode 26)
Air date: 1983-09-27
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0290 (Episode 27)
Air date: 1983-09-29
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0291 (Episode 28)
Air date: 1983-10-03
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Dave introduces his Columbus Day gift collection and fronts an Afterschool Special called ""They Took My Show Away;"" Gilda Radner promotes Roseanne Roseannadanna's ""Hey, Get Back to Work!"" book, which has an unusually long forward. Later she and Dave call Mrs. Elizabeth Gilles, the prototype for Gilda's Emily Litella character on ""Saturday Night Live.""
Show #0292 (Episode 29)
Air date: 1983-10-04
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0293 (Episode 30)
Air date: 1983-10-05
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0294 (Episode 31)
Air date: 1983-10-06
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: R.E.M. performs ""Radio Free Europe.""
Show #0295 (Episode 32)
Air date: 1983-10-10
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0296 (Episode 33)
Air date: 1983-10-11
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0297 (Episode 34)
Air date: 1983-10-12
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0298 (Episode 35)
Air date: 1983-10-13
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0299 (Episode 36)
Air date: 1983-10-17
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0300 (Episode 37)
Air date: 1983-10-18
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0301 (Episode 38)
Air date: 1983-10-19
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0302 (Episode 39)
Air date: 1983-10-20
Runtime: 60 min
Seasons
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