David Letterman announces he will retire in 2015

[hrmjustin]

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Late night talk show host David Letterman has announced he will retire in 2015.

Letterman said the following in the taping for Thursday's show.

"The man who owns this network, Leslie Moonves, he and I have had a relationship for years and years and years, and we have had this conversation in the past, 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,'" said Letterman.

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/entertainment&id=9490802

[Warpy]

1. I've loved Letterman ever since his morning show

when he played a tape of what had gotten him fired from his first TV job, doing voiceovers as the host of the late movie on a station in Indiana, closing the movie with a tape of the Indy skyline and the national anthem, then shutting everything down.

One night he closed with a cardboard mockup of the skyline, which he blew up at the end of the anthem. The station owners were not amused and he was out on his can.

TV is going to be a lot poorer with him gone. Jimmy Kimmel can be funny, maybe he'll get the slot. Or they'll try to lure Conan O'Brien back. Otherwise, late night broadcast TV is going to be as grisly as early morning TV is, all conservative, all the time.

[hrmjustin]

4. I agree tv will not be the same.

[tridim]

2. Dave is the only talk show host that I'll miss. He's the best of the best!

[hrmjustin]

5. Agreed!

[global1]

3. I Hope Craig Ferguson Takes Dave's Spot....

Ferguson is really very smart, quick-witted, genuinely funny and very talented in his own right. He's starred in movies, he sings, he's written books. He would be my pick to replace Dave.

[hrmjustin]

6. From what I have seen Ferguson is pretty funny.

[hrmjustin]

7. Hey, I’m Unemployed’: Bloomberg Schools Chancellor Jokingly Floats Own Name to Replace David Letterm

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