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David Letterman Returning to TV With Netflix Talk Show (hollywoodreporter.com)
Lesley Goldberg, writing for The Hollywood Reporter: Two years after signing off CBS' The Late Show, David Letterman is returning to the small screen. The longest-serving host in U.S. late-night TV history is set to topline a new talk show for Netflix. The untitled six-episode series will premiere in 2018. Unlike The Late Show, each hourlong episode of the Netflix series will be prerecorded and feature Letterman conducting longform conversations with a singular guest as well as exploring topics on his own -- outside of the studio. A guest list has not yet been revealed. "I feel excited and lucky to be working on this project for Netflix. Here's what I have learned, if you retire to spend more time with your family, check with your family first. Thanks for watching, drive safely," Letterman said.
I have a 2000" TV, you insensitive clod!
Signed,
Frank.
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...has been overheard plotting ways to outmaneuver him and grab the slot.
Because xyz is on the Internet.
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"if you retire to spend more time with your family, check with your family first."
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Actress Lauren Hutton had a one-on-one show in the mid-90's called "Lauren Hutton And...", and it was very good. It was more like a casual conversation without contrived softball questions, similar maybe to "Fresh Air" by Terry Gross. Unfortunately, I was one of only a few who liked it so it only lasted one season.
I'm sorry, but your opinion seems to be wrong.
Even if he is a "has been", it's still better than your "never was". Meanwhile, those of us over the age of 14 know that when he moved into the time slot he had on CBS, he can't do the really edgy stuff that he used to do at the later slot.
Content like this would be more compelling with live streams. You can always go back and watch earlier aired content but there is something compelling about watching events like this as they happen.
Letterman is not. A talk show on Netflix is.
I'm sorry, but your opinion seems to be wrong.
Its not the first talk show in netflix. However it might be the first good talk show on netflix.
"His name was James Damore."
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if this is supposed to be a new economy, how come they still want my old fashioned money?
I think my parents used to think he was funny back in the 80s.
He'd have a few funny moments and a lot of dull moments. It goes back to the time when if you only had 4 or 5 TV networks and no cable TV, you pick the best of the bad.
Now you have unlimited instant streaming choices on Netflix and others, I can't imagine too many people picking Letterman over the other options.
"That's the way to do it" - Punch
Who never found Letterman funny? I tried and tried to see what my friends saw in him (they all thought he was the be all and end all of comedy), but for whatever reason I never 'got it'. Maybe it was just his style of humor, but other than his top ten lists (which I admit were funny most of the time) most of his jokes just fell flat with me. It always seemed like he would make a random statement, look over to Paul (who would mumble something unintelligible), then Letterman would laugh like he just told the punchline and then stare at the camera for a bit making odd faces while the audience burst into laughter for a minute or two.
Not that I liked Leno or anything (please stop telegraphing the punchline for 5 min while you set up a painfully unfunny joke), but at least what he was doing seemed like an attempt at humor to me. Letterman always seemed to be an experiment to simulate a new form of humor that wasn't working.
I'd rather see the 6,000,000 god-botherer channels canned.
No they didn't. Which is why they applaud, when he tells jokes, instead of laughing at them.
He wants a forum for the group-think he used to ruin his variety show.
Letterman is an unfunny fucking tool. I wouldn't piss on him if he was on fire. A prime example of what happens when you start believing your own bullshit. Stay retired fuck stick.
From the home office in Wahoo, Nebraska - Top Ten Reasons your parents had you in the 80's. ...
10. Nothing to watch on TV, only 5 channels available
9. Sex ed and discussing contraception was taboo
8. Scientist paid them to have a test tube baby
7. All the other cousins were doing it
6. Well, they used to be an attractive couple before they had kids
5. Let me tell you about what happened to Daddy's mistress
4. Had an advance to write a book about the rhythm method.
3. Really wanted a pet dog, but decided they'd practice with a human infant first.
2. Parents felt they were getting too much sleep and needed motivation to cut back.
1. You're adopted
I gave up on Dave...all that money changed him. He turned into a sex crazed liberal moron. I guess living in the "Hamptons" (north east USA) does that to people. With him being on Netflicks, he'll be able to cuss, call anyone he wants anything he wants...other than a curiosity, I can't see people paying extra, if that is what happens, for this crap. Just retire and GO AWAY.
What the AC said 1,000,000 times.
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"Since WHEN is David Letterman Slashdot material?"
Since he looks like Alfred E Newman.
I'd prefer Craig Ferguson. He had some bloody good shows.
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Perhaps the only late night talk show I miss.
Of course not all the shows where good but I liked them.
Now you have unlimited instant streaming choices on Netflix and others, I can't imagine too many people picking Letterman over the other options.
That's the beauty of Netflix (and online streaming in general). You don't have to choose between watching one show or another. You can watch them both if you want because they are on-demand. You don't even have to watch them when they come out. Since Netflix owns the content, it will be available as long as Netflix is around.
WTB [sig], PST!!!
No they didn't. Which is why they applaud, when he tells jokes, instead of laughing at them.
Your parents must have been weird. My parents never applauded at the TV when watching Letterman.
WTB [sig], PST!!!
I can certainly see the appeal to signing with a streaming company. They are not (currently) regulated by the FCC, so you can do whatever you want, and say whatever you want.
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Sounds like they didn't like him either.
When they came for the communists, I said "He's next door. Take him away. Goddam commies."
Tempest - your point is well taken. What happens is a LOT of humor is like religion or art. Recognition of it serves as a loci around which a Resource Sharing Group (Mennonites, Matisse enthusiasts, Letterman fans) can self organize. Letterman was extremely influential in entertainment and thus benefited from the aggregate loci of Bill Murray, Tom Hanks, and every other celeb who loved him. A very long run for any locus and its orbiting Resource Sharing Groups also results in inside jokes. Look at the inside jokes of Seinfeld, South Park or Star Trek Fans (Dammit Jim!) and hell, in particular Joyceans who celebrate Bloomsday. Can't get my head around that one. But also I never met a Joycean I wanted to pick up and have a one night stand with, so little incentive. So yeah, he WAS funny -- enough to have a network hit show for 3 decades or so. Amplified by mass and momentum of 3 decades or so. With humor easily lost on those who were comparative outsiders who don't *watercooler "Did You See Letterman last night!?" ------- *watercooler - a communal hydration machine predating single-serving bottled water by several decades. Operated prior to widespread internet adoption, during the Golden Age of Television around which coworkers exchanged, in person, social information now known today as 'Memes'. For final high point of activity see "O.J. Simpson Trial (1990's)
And never will be. The FCC mandate to regulate comes from the finite nature of radio bandwidth; that's the same reason the FCC cannot regulate cable TV. Check the FCC FAQs and you'll see -- they can only accept indecency complaints related to broadcast TV and radio (although broadcast TV retransmitted over cable is included, since it was still broadcast).