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David Letterman Returning to TV With Netflix Talk Show (hollywoodreporter.com)

Posted by msmash on from the thanks-dave dept.

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.

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  1. What? by DontBeAMoran · · Score: 5, Funny

    David Letterman is returning to the small screen.

    I have a 2000" TV, you insensitive clod!

    Signed,
    Frank.

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    #DeleteFacebook
  2. Jay Leno by dbialac · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...has been overheard plotting ways to outmaneuver him and grab the slot.

  3. Re:News for Nerds? by DontBeAMoran · · Score: 2

    Because xyz is on the Internet.

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  4. Re:Oh yea... by dbialac · · Score: 3, Informative

    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.

  5. because he might not be wearing pants by swschrad · · Score: 2

    appeals to hackers in mom's basement

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    if this is supposed to be a new economy, how come they still want my old fashioned money?
  6. Am I The Only One... by Tempest_2084 · · Score: 2

    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.

    1. Re:Am I The Only One... by mcmonkey · · Score: 2

      Who never found Letterman funny?

      Yes.

      Also, your experiment to start a sentence in the subject and finish it in the comment isn't working.

      On the less snarky side, what Letterman did was about half parody of a talk show host (in the same vein as Steve Martin's stage comedy was a parody of stand-up comedians) and about half homage to/theft of old Ernie Kovacs routines.

      If you don't know who Ernie Kovacs is, then it's understandable that you might not get the joke.

  7. Re:Can we get rid of BET? by CeasedCaring · · Score: 2

    I'd rather see the 6,000,000 god-botherer channels canned.

  8. Craig Ferguson by Bender+Unit+22 · · Score: 2

    I'd prefer Craig Ferguson. He had some bloody good shows.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

    Perhaps the only late night talk show I miss.
    Of course not all the shows where good but I liked them.