Letterman to retire in 2015

He will announce it on tonight's show.

http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/david-letterman-to-retire-from-cbs-in-2015-1201152380/

 

There has to be no doubt that The Lady Gaga performance last night had to drive him to
this decision. Definitely an "I'm getting too old for this shit moment"

 

I love that Mike Mills broke the news.

 

Since he owns the show, he picks his replacement right?

 

I'm in the same camp with the many who believe he retired years ago.

 

I used to Tivo Letterman and Kimmel every night and would often watch them back-to-back. It's amazing to see the difference in someone who is excited, happy and loves what he's doing as opposed to Letterman, who would bring his A-game when he had a Julia Roberts or a Bruce Willis or Howard Stern on, but would phone it in the rest of the time.

Letterman's A-game is better than anyone, but you might get that five times a year.

 

I can't imagine her working for Letterman, but Chelsea Handler is available.

 

Depends. Do they replace Dave, or do they replace the show? I assume it's in a contract somewhere, but I suspect they replace the show.

 

From a financial standpoint, that's what they should do. That might also get them out of the deal Ferguson signed that assures him of being Dave's successor.

 

Mike Mills from REM? Awesome guy. Big baseball fan. We golfed and drank together in Vegas for a couple days back in the late '90s.

 

Six posts. Boy, would I have missed on the high side with that.

 

Craig Ferguson's CBS contract also expires in 2015, so if CBS opts to buy him out instead of giving him the prestigious Late Show, he could end up leaving the network altogether, leaving the network's 12:35 slot vacant, as well.

http://splitsider.com/2014/04/david-letterman-announced-hes-retiring-in-2015/