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Late Show with David Letterman

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David Letterman uses mature humor to appeal to his audience in this weeknight series, which gets its music from a house band led by Paul Shaffer. Among the show's most-famous segments are the Top Ten List and Stupid Pet Tricks, the latter of which subsequently led to an additional recurring segment called Stupid Human Tricks.

Aug 30, 199322 seasons4252 episodesEndedEN

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David Letterman

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Paul Shaffer

Self - Musical Director

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Seasons

Season 1

219 episodes

Premiered Aug 30, 1993

Season 2

220 episodes

Premiered Aug 29, 1994

Season 3

210 episodes

Premiered Sep 4, 1995

Season 4

213 episodes

Premiered Sep 2, 1996

Season 5

203 episodes

Premiered Sep 1, 1997

Season 6

213 episodes

Premiered Aug 31, 1998

Season 7

196 episodes

Premiered Sep 7, 1999

Season 8

197 episodes

Premiered Aug 21, 2000

Season 9

208 episodes

Premiered Aug 20, 2001

Season 10

187 episodes

Premiered Sep 3, 2002

Season 11

189 episodes

Premiered Sep 1, 2003

Season 12

193 episodes

Premiered Aug 23, 2004

Season 13

197 episodes

Premiered Aug 29, 2005

Season 14

199 episodes

Premiered Aug 28, 2006

Season 15

168 episodes

Premiered Sep 4, 2007

Season 16

200 episodes

Premiered Sep 2, 2008

Season 17

245 episodes

Premiered Aug 31, 2009

Season 18

181 episodes

Premiered Jan 3, 2011

Season 19

178 episodes

Premiered Jan 3, 2012

Season 20

179 episodes

Premiered Jan 2, 2013

Season 21

118 episodes

Premiered Jan 6, 2014

Season 22

139 episodes

Premiered Sep 2, 2014

Episodes

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Ep 1

Bill Murray, Tom Brokaw, Paul Newman, Billy Joel

Aug 30, 1993

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

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Ep 2

Robin Williams, John Mellencamp, Jonathan Estrata

Aug 31, 1993

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.

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Ep 3

Demi Moore, Bev Tanner, Spin Doctors

Sep 1, 1993

A very pregnant Demi Moore is given the honor of throwing the first pencil through the backdrop windows of the Late Show.

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Ep 4

Martin Short, Cyndi Lauper

Sep 2, 1993

The ghost of Ed Sullivan (who haunts Dave throughout the first week) introduces a plate spinner; Andy Dick makes his first appearance as ""Donnie, the CBS Page Who Likes To Suck Up.""

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Ep 5

Debra Winger, Soul Asylum

Sep 3, 1993

Dave has fun with a car phone, calling in bogus traffic reports to 1010 WINS radio; Casey Kasem presents ""Top Ten Favorite Numbers Between 1 and 10;"" after showing a clip from an old ""Wonder Woman"" episode, Debra Winger strips to her old Wonder Girl outfit.

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Ep 6

Richard Lewis, Shawn Bouroughs, Midnight Oil

Sep 6, 1993

Dave continues pestering locals with the new hands-free car phone: WINS radio, a car wash, Dial-a-Mattress and Jackson Hole Restaurant, where he orders pancakes.

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