Letterman to retire in 2015
LOS ANGELES - Comedian David Letterman, who brought a sardonic, offbeat wit to late-night television, along with bits such as “Stupid Pet Tricks” and his “Top Ten” list, will retire as host of “The Late Show” on CBS in 2015, he said during the taping of his show in New York.Letterman, 66, whose contract expires next year, began hosting the CBS show in August 1993, after leaving the rival NBC network, where he originated his late-night TV persona and much of his program on the “Late Night with David Letterman” show for many years.
There was no immediate word on who might succeed Letterman in the key 11:30 p.m. slot on CBS, opposite NBC’s top-rated “The Tonight Show.”
The Emmy-winning host said he had spoken in the past with CBS Corp President and Chief Executive Officer Leslie Moonves, “and we agreed that we would work together on this circumstance and the timing of this circumstance.
“And I phoned him just before the program, and I said, ‘Leslie, it’s been great, you’ve been great, and the network has been great, but I’m retiring,’” Letterman told his studio audience, according to a CBS transcript.
“We don’t have the timetable for this precisely down - I think it will be at least a year or so, but sometime in the not-too-distant future, 2015 for the love of God,” he added.
CBS said Letterman’s announcement elicited a standing ovation from the audience in the Ed Sullivan Theater.
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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