The BEST Episodes of Late Show with David Letterman

Every episode ever - ranked by fan votes!

Last Updated: Jul 15, 2019

“Late Show with David Letterman” is an hour-long weeknight comedy and talk show broadcast by CBS from the Ed Sullivan Theater on Broadway in New York City and is produced and hosted by David Letterman. The show's music director and bandleader of the house band, the CBS Orchestra, is Paul Shaffer. The head writers are brothers Justin Stangel and Eric Stangel. The announcer is Alan Kalter, who replaced Bill Wendell as announcer in 1995. The show airs at night, but is recorded the afternoon of the broadcast.

#1 - Show #1531

Season 8 - Episode 73

Calvert comes out with his shiny new scooter; Dave asks Steph/Monty to tape "Jackass" for him; Paul discusses Hanukkah, then admits that he's in a drunken stupor; Dave claims that he's cold, so one of his assistants walks onstage to give him gloves to wear.

10.00

1 votes

Directors: Jerry Foley

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#2 - Alec Baldwin, Jay Thomas, Darlene Love

Season 17 - Episode 65

Alec Baldwin gets intimidated by an acting legend. Also: Jay Thomas returns and Darlene Love sings "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home).

10.00

1 votes

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#3 - Jerry Seinfeld, Colin Firth

Season 17 - Episode 234

10.00

1 votes

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#4 - Gordon Ramsay, Adam Devine, St. Paul and the Broken Bones

Season 22 - Episode 67

10.00

1 votes

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#5 - Lena Dunham, Bobby Cannavale, Andy Kim with Kevin Drew

Season 22 - Episode 98

9.50

2 votes

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#6 - Show #0001 - Bill Murray, Tom Brokaw, Paul Newman, Billy Joel

Season 1 - Episode 1

Tom Brokaw shows up to take back some NBC "intellectual property;" Dave shows off the renovated Ed Sullivan Theater and chats with Bill Murray.

9.25

4 votes

Directors: Hal Gurnee

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#7 - Show #0002

Season 1 - Episode 2

Dave's worst moment on last night's debut: his fake tooth fell out (the video is repeated several times in slow motion); a four-year-old geography expert and cheese lover names states on a U.S. map.

9.00

1 votes

Directors: Hal Gurnee

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#8 - Rachel Maddow, Rose Byrne, Gavin Harrison

Season 18 - Episode 115

Dave welcomes talk show host Rachel Maddow and actress Rose Byrne also a drum solo by Gavin Harrison.

9.00

1 votes

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#9 - President Barack Obama

Season 19 - Episode 124

President Barack Obama discusses the comments made by Mitt Romney in a recently released video. Dave wants to keep the vacant chair vacant . . . . just in case the President wants to speak to it. Dave and the President talked about the Conventions, the deficit, jobs, the divisiveness in politics, beer in the White House, the Romney tape, and the troubles in Libya, Egypt, and the Middle East.

9.00

1 votes

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