• Air date: 26 Feb '85 89 episodes
      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.
  • List of Episodes (89)
    • 52. Show #0571

      19 Jun '85
    • 53. Show #0572

      20 Jun '85
    • 54. Show #0622

      04 Nov '85
    • 55. Show #0623

      05 Nov '85
      ""Top 10 Complaints About Brent Musberger;"" ""Dumb Ads;"" Lily Tomlin; Dave answers the NBC complaint line; Sting and Branford Marsalis perform ""Roxanne,"" and talk about Bring On The Night.
    • 56. Show #0624

      06 Nov '85
    • 57. Show #0625

      07 Nov '85
    • 58. Show #0626

      11 Nov '85
    • 59. Show #0627

      12 Nov '85
    • 60. Show #0628

      13 Nov '85
    • 61. Show #0629

      14 Nov '85
    • 62. Show #0630

      18 Nov '85
    • 63. Show #0631

      19 Nov '85
    • 64. Show #0632

      20 Nov '85
    • 65. Show #0633

      21 Nov '85
    • 66. Show #0634

      26 Nov '85
      Cold opening: ""Grant Tinker"" comments on sending ""Tom and the gang"" to Tokyo for the Late Night ""Japanese Show;"" Dave and interpreter Mako Hatori look at New Gift Items; Kenny Rogers visits; Larry ""Bud"" with ""Ask Mr. Melmansan""; Randy Bass on being an American playing professional baseball in Japan; Japanese game show producer Masahiro Takahashi is interviewed by Dave and Mako.
    • 67. Show #0635

      27 Nov '85
    • 68. Show #0636

      09 Dec '85
    • 69. Show #0637

      10 Dec '85
    • 70. Show #0638

      11 Dec '85
    • 71. Show #0639

      12 Dec '85
    • 72. Show #0640

      16 Dec '85
      General Electric has responded to the show's first batch of jokes. As such, Letterman has his own pushbutton and a brochure on pushbuttons, courtesy of G.E.'s General Purpose Control Department in Bloomington, Illinois. Before getting to the guests, Letterman shows off actual Christmas items.
    • 73. Show #0641

      17 Dec '85
    • 74. Show #0642

      18 Dec '85
    • 75. Show #0643

      19 Dec '85
    • 76. Show #0644

      23 Dec '85