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Kevin Curran, a veteran TV comedy writer-producer who won six Emmys as part of the staffs of The Simpsons and Late Night With David Letterman, died today at his Los Angeles home after a lengthy illness. He was 59. Simpsons showrunner Al Jean, who met Curran while they were at Harvard in the late 1970s, confirmed the…

This year for the first time the previously combined Variety Talk and Sketch Series distinctions have been split up into two categories, meaning Saturday Night Live no longer will have to compete with the likes of The Daily Show, The Colbert Report or Late Show With David Letterman and get its ass whipped. But wait…

In his first interview with David Letterman in a decade, comedian and ex-Chappelle’s Show host Dave Chappelle discusses his abrupt 2005 exit from his popular Comedy Central sketch program. Here’s a preview of tonight’s sit-down on…

On the day the king of late-night longevity announced his plans to retire, we thought we’d take a look back at some of David Letterman‘s most memorable moments. We’ll start with two unforgettable incidents from his NBC days and work our way up through the CBS era. First, we set the wayback machine to the first Reagan…

Related: David Letterman Through The Years: Video Watch David Letterman Announce His Retirement Unlike NBC, with its Tonight Show host training camp (aka SNL) and clear heir apparent in Jimmy Fallon, CBS does not have as evident a line of succession for David Letterman‘s late-night throne — though Craig Ferguson hosts…

EXCLUSIVE: I’ve just learned that one of the longtime writers and producers of Late Show With David Letterman, Matt Roberts, is becoming the new head writer effective immediately. The previous head writers Justin and Eric Stangel will remain as writers and producers with the show but also get a fat new multiyear…

UPDATE: 11:25 AM: On its first night in its new time slot, Jimmy Kimmel Live had more viewers than The Late Show With David Letterman but fell short of topping The Tonight Show. ABC's Kimmel pulled in 3.097 million viewers Tuesday night compared to 2.882 million for CBS' Letterman and 3.274 million for Leno. The Tonigh…

Late Show With David Letterman executive producer Rob Burnett tweeted that tonight’s show is “bizarre and beautiful”. The CBS late-night show sent its audience home but is taping anyway with guest Denzel Washington. Might make for must-see TV. (UPDATE: CBS has posted what Letterman’s monologue could have been. Check…

David Letterman celebrated his 30th year on late-night TV with a Top 10 that’s a nice shout-out to his long-time staff:

Eddie Murphy was on Late Night With David Letterman last night to promote Tower Heist, giving Letterman a chance to ask about Murphy’s upcoming Oscar-hosting gig. “It aint all it’s cracked up to be,” said a semi-joking Letterman, a former Oscar host himself. Murphy then went on to talk about what won’t be on his…

With new Two and a Half Men star Ashton Kutcher as a guest, CBS’ late-night host David Letterman predicted that the veteran sitcom is “going to go through the roof” with him. Kutcher agreed. “I think it's going to go through the roof, I really do,” he said. “I've been laughing really hard.” The first indication was…

In his first night in front of the cameras at Late Night With David Letterman since a threat on his life was posted to a jihadist website, Letterman hit the ground running and used the occasion as one big punch line in his monologue. Saying that the feds were investigating the threat, the late-night host said “they…