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 5)
861111 (Episode 1)
Air date: 1986-11-11
Runtime: 60 min
860804 (Episode 2)
Air date: 1986-08-04
Runtime: 60 min
860729 (Episode 3)
Air date: 1986-07-29
Runtime: 60 min
860728 (Episode 4)
Air date: 1986-07-28
Runtime: 60 min
860626 (Episode 5)
Air date: 1986-06-26
Runtime: 60 min
860805 (Episode 6)
Air date: 1986-08-05
Runtime: 60 min
861112 (Episode 7)
Air date: 1986-11-12
Runtime: 60 min
860625 (Episode 8)
Air date: 1986-06-25
Runtime: 60 min
860717 (Episode 9)
Air date: 1986-07-17
Runtime: 60 min
860623 (Episode 10)
Air date: 1986-06-23
Runtime: 60 min
860714 (Episode 11)
Air date: 1986-07-14
Runtime: 60 min
860731 (Episode 12)
Air date: 1986-07-31
Runtime: 60 min
860624 (Episode 13)
Air date: 1986-06-24
Runtime: 60 min
860818 (Episode 14)
Air date: 1986-08-18
Runtime: 60 min
861124 (Episode 15)
Air date: 1986-11-24
Runtime: 60 min
860730 (Episode 16)
Air date: 1986-07-30
Runtime: 60 min
860807 (Episode 17)
Air date: 1986-08-07
Runtime: 60 min
860819 (Episode 18)
Air date: 1986-08-19
Runtime: 60 min
861113 (Episode 19)
Air date: 1986-11-13
Runtime: 60 min
860806 (Episode 20)
Air date: 1986-08-06
Runtime: 60 min
860917 (Episode 21)
Air date: 1986-09-17
Runtime: 60 min
860709 (Episode 22)
Air date: 1986-07-09
Runtime: 60 min
860710 (Episode 23)
Air date: 1986-07-10
Runtime: 60 min
860724 (Episode 24)
Air date: 1986-07-24
Runtime: 60 min
860723 (Episode 25)
Air date: 1986-07-23
Runtime: 60 min
860915 (Episode 26)
Air date: 1986-09-15
Runtime: 60 min
860916 (Episode 27)
Air date: 1986-09-16
Runtime: 60 min
860722 (Episode 28)
Air date: 1986-07-22
Runtime: 60 min
860918 (Episode 29)
Air date: 1986-09-18
Runtime: 60 min
860813 (Episode 30)
Air date: 1986-08-13
Runtime: 60 min
860721 (Episode 31)
Air date: 1986-07-21
Runtime: 60 min
860923 (Episode 32)
Air date: 1986-09-23
Runtime: 60 min
860924 (Episode 33)
Air date: 1986-09-24
Runtime: 60 min
860925 (Episode 34)
Air date: 1986-09-25
Runtime: 60 min
860814 (Episode 35)
Air date: 1986-08-14
Runtime: 60 min
860811 (Episode 36)
Air date: 1986-08-11
Runtime: 60 min
870115 (Episode 37)
Air date: 1987-01-15
Runtime: 60 min
860708 (Episode 38)
Air date: 1986-07-08
Runtime: 60 min
860707 (Episode 39)
Air date: 1986-07-07
Runtime: 60 min
861013 (Episode 40)
Air date: 1986-10-13
Runtime: 60 min
861125 (Episode 41)
Air date: 1986-11-25
Runtime: 60 min
861222 (Episode 42)
Air date: 1986-12-22
Runtime: 60 min
861027 (Episode 43)
Air date: 1986-10-27
Runtime: 60 min
861028 (Episode 44)
Air date: 1986-10-28
Runtime: 60 min
861016 (Episode 45)
Air date: 1986-10-16
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Recapping the Mets/Astros bet with Houston mayor Kathy Whitmire; ""Viewer Mail"" features eight letters (#6 twice); Paulina Porizkova; director John Waters; Bonnie Raitt sings.
861015 (Episode 46)
Air date: 1986-10-15
Runtime: 60 min
861014 (Episode 47)
Air date: 1986-10-14
Runtime: 60 min
861126 (Episode 48)
Air date: 1986-11-26
Runtime: 60 min
870112 (Episode 49)
Air date: 1987-01-12
Runtime: 60 min
861029 (Episode 50)
Air date: 1986-10-29
Runtime: 60 min
861030 (Episode 51)
Air date: 1986-10-30
Runtime: 60 min
860908 (Episode 52)
Air date: 1986-09-08
Runtime: 60 min
870113 (Episode 53)
Air date: 1987-01-13
Runtime: 60 min
870114 (Episode 54)
Air date: 1987-01-14
Runtime: 60 min
860812 (Episode 55)
Air date: 1986-08-12
Runtime: 60 min
861008 (Episode 56)
Air date: 1986-10-08
Runtime: 60 min
860909 (Episode 57)
Air date: 1986-09-09
Runtime: 60 min
861006 (Episode 58)
Air date: 1986-10-06
Runtime: 60 min
861106 (Episode 59)
Air date: 1986-11-06
Runtime: 60 min
860716 (Episode 60)
Air date: 1986-07-16
Runtime: 60 min
861007 (Episode 61)
Air date: 1986-10-07
Runtime: 60 min
860715 (Episode 62)
Air date: 1986-07-15
Runtime: 60 min
861105 (Episode 63)
Air date: 1986-11-05
Runtime: 60 min
861103 (Episode 64)
Air date: 1986-11-03
Runtime: 60 min
860820 (Episode 65)
Air date: 1986-08-20
Runtime: 60 min
860911 (Episode 66)
Air date: 1986-09-11
Runtime: 60 min
860910 (Episode 67)
Air date: 1986-09-10
Runtime: 60 min
860929 (Episode 68)
Air date: 1986-09-29
Runtime: 60 min
860930 (Episode 69)
Air date: 1986-09-30
Runtime: 60 min
861001 (Episode 70)
Air date: 1986-10-01
Runtime: 60 min
861002 (Episode 71)
Air date: 1986-10-02
Runtime: 60 min
860821 (Episode 72)
Air date: 1986-08-21
Runtime: 60 min
861009 (Episode 73)
Air date: 1986-10-09
Runtime: 60 min
860617 (Episode 74)
Air date: 1986-06-17
Runtime: 60 min
860618 (Episode 75)
Air date: 1986-06-18
Runtime: 60 min
860616 (Episode 76)
Air date: 1986-06-16
Runtime: 60 min
860619 (Episode 77)
Air date: 1986-06-19
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: ""Viewer Mail"" features Dave proving he does have a ""romantic bone"" in his body; Rodney Dangerfield ""drops by,"" complete with a Top Ten list and a clip from Back To School; Rosanne Cash; ""Grant Tinker"" with the history of Studio 8H; Dennis Miller; Rosanne performs ""Second To No One.""
Show #0659 (Episode 78)
Air date: 1986-02-03
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0660 (Episode 79)
Air date: 1986-02-04
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0661 (Episode 80)
Air date: 1986-02-05
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Dave does a mini-rant on the all-nude, NYC cable access show, ""Interludes After Midnight;"" ""People Who Won't Be On The Show"" goes awry because it's ""dog night"" in the control room; Dave crashes the set of ""Live At Five,"" and Marv Albert's interview with Wayne Gretzky (anchors Jack Cafferty and Sue Simmons and weatherman Al Roker are briefly seen); Connie Chung disappoints the audience by refusing to do impersonations; another look at the Mayfair House hotel in Coconut Grove, Fl.; Wayne Gretzky brings his Pro Stars breakfast cereal.
Show #0662 (Episode 81)
Air date: 1986-02-06
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0663 (Episode 82)
Air date: 1986-02-10
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0664 (Episode 83)
Air date: 1986-02-11
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0665 (Episode 84)
Air date: 1986-02-12
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: A bullhorn-toting Larry ""Bud"" -- outside the Soviet mission to the United Nations -- tries to get Russians to defect; Lee Marvin promotes Delta Force; kid inventors; comedian Bill Hicks.
Show #0666 (Episode 85)
Air date: 1986-02-13
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0667 (Episode 86)
Air date: 1986-02-17
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0668 (Episode 87)
Air date: 1986-02-18
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0669 (Episode 88)
Air date: 1986-02-19
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0670 (Episode 89)
Air date: 1986-02-20
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0671 (Episode 90)
Air date: 1986-02-24
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0672 (Episode 91)
Air date: 1986-02-25
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0673 (Episode 92)
Air date: 1986-02-26
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0674 (Episode 93)
Air date: 1986-02-27
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0675 (Episode 94)
Air date: 1986-03-10
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0676 (Episode 95)
Air date: 1986-03-11
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0677 (Episode 96)
Air date: 1986-03-12
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Test video from the failed first attempt at the ""Late Night Monkey Cam;"" ""Supermarket Finds;"" Michael Keaton plugs Gung Ho; another ""Regulator Guy"" promo; a call to Arnie Barnes; Mariel Hemingway; Roseanne (Barr) does stand-up.
Show #0678 (Episode 97)
Air date: 1986-03-13
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0679 (Episode 98)
Air date: 1986-03-17
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0680 (Episode 99)
Air date: 1986-03-18
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0681 (Episode 100)
Air date: 1986-03-19
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0682 (Episode 101)
Air date: 1986-03-20
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0683 (Episode 102)
Air date: 1986-03-24
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0684 (Episode 103)
Air date: 1986-03-25
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0685 (Episode 104)
Air date: 1986-03-26
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0686 (Episode 105)
Air date: 1986-03-27
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0687 (Episode 106)
Air date: 1986-03-31
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0688 (Episode 107)
Air date: 1986-04-01
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0689 (Episode 108)
Air date: 1986-04-02
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0690 (Episode 109)
Air date: 1986-04-03
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0691 (Episode 110)
Air date: 1986-04-07
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: With the baseball season underway, Dave chats with all-time Home Run king Hank Aaron, then meets George Brett of the '85 World Series Champs, the Kansas City Royals.
Show #0692 (Episode 111)
Air date: 1986-04-08
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0693 (Episode 112)
Air date: 1986-04-09
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0694 (Episode 113)
Air date: 1986-04-10
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0695 (Episode 114)
Air date: 1986-04-21
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0696 (Episode 115)
Air date: 1986-04-22
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0697 (Episode 116)
Air date: 1986-04-23
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0698 (Episode 117)
Air date: 1986-04-24
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Lincoln BurnhamGoodbye to the Rough-tailed Jellyfish; ""Viewer Mail"" kills another actor/singer; Jonathan Winters gets a surprise visit from worshiper Robin Williams; Judy Mowatt sings; New Hampshire farmer Lincoln Burnham tells why he refuses to acknowledge Daylight Saving Time.
Show #0699 (Episode 118)
Air date: 1986-04-28
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0700 (Episode 119)
Air date: 1986-04-29
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0701 (Episode 120)
Air date: 1986-04-30
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0702 (Episode 121)
Air date: 1986-05-01
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0703 (Episode 122)
Air date: 1986-05-05
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0704 (Episode 123)
Air date: 1986-05-06
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0705 (Episode 124)
Air date: 1986-05-07
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Cybill ShepherdThe Giant Topaz; in response to Dave's cajoling about her dress that had arrived at NBC one week prior to her appearance, Cybill Shepherd appears, clad only in a towel; golfer Mac O'Grady; 80-year-old rock singer Gert Mulvin.
Show #0706 (Episode 125)
Air date: 1986-05-08
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0707 (Episode 126)
Air date: 1986-05-09
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0708 (Episode 127)
Air date: 1986-05-12
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0709 (Episode 128)
Air date: 1986-05-13
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0710 (Episode 129)
Air date: 1986-05-14
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: More with the remote-controlled Neanderthal skull; after ""Small Town News,"" Dave has to rescue one of the Stupid Pet Tricks dogs from a burning green room; video: making a frequent stop at the same New York State Thruway booth; Marv Albert; actor Ron Silver.
Show #0711 (Episode 130)
Air date: 1986-05-15
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0712 (Episode 131)
Air date: 1986-05-19
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0713 (Episode 132)
Air date: 1986-05-20
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0714 (Episode 133)
Air date: 1986-05-21
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0715 (Episode 134)
Air date: 1986-05-22
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0716 (Episode 135)
Air date: 1986-05-26
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0717 (Episode 136)
Air date: 1986-05-27
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0718 (Episode 137)
Air date: 1986-05-28
Runtime: 60 min
Show #0719 (Episode 138)
Air date: 1986-05-29
Runtime: 60 min
Seasons
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