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Always Be Watching

Letterman gives late night TV another year or so

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Dan Barrett
May 05, 2026
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With late night institution The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ending on May 21, the next few weeks will see a lot of articles about the end of the show. But, unlike when David Letterman left the show back in 2015 ahead of Stephen Colbert relaunching the show, these articles won’t be focused on the history of the host and what the show delivered during …

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