David Letterman Retirement Announcement - H 2014
CBSDavid Letterman is headed to CBS’ The Late Late Show.
The Late Show host will sit as a guest on the Jan. 27 episode, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Longtime Letterman friend Regis Philbin is guest-hosting Jan. 26 and Jan. 27.
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Craig Ferguson ended his 10-year run as The Late Late Show host in December. His final guest was Letterman’s former late night TV rival Jay Leno. A series of guest hosts have been taking over the show, in preparation for James Corden, who takes over on March 23, 2015.
The other guests slated to appear Jan. 27 include Martha Stewart and CBS Sports’ Tracy Wolfson. Letterman ends his Late Show run on May 20, with Stephen Colbert set to take over on Sept. 8.
Jan. 21, 5:40 p.m. An earlier version misstated the date of Letterman’s appearance. THR regrets the error.