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At todays tapping for the Late Show With David Letterman, it appears that David Letterman has announced his retirement. We have reached out to both CBS and David Letterman for comment. It appears that his last show will be sometime in 2015. David Letterman has been the host of the Late Show for 22 years and prior to this he was the host of Late Night for 11 years. The Late Show has been filmed at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City.

We just received the press statement below, which does confirm that David Letterman will be retiring. He announced on tonight’s, Thursday April 3rd 2014, tapping and right before the tapping began he called Leslie Moonves, the President and CEO of CBS Corporation. He left him know that he will be stepping down in 2015, when his current contract expires. David stated, that while they don’t have the exact date confirmed yet, it will be at least a year or so. He wanted to reiterate his thanks for the support from the network, all of the people who have worked here, all of the people in the theater, all the people on the staff, everybody at home. During the announcements ending, the audience was in a standing ovation.

Statement

David Letterman Announces His Retirement from the Late Show

David Letterman, during a taping of tonight’s Late Show, said that he informed Leslie Moonves, President and CEO of CBS Corporation, that he will step down as the host of the show in 2015, which is when his current contract expires.

“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.

“I just want to reiterate my thanks for the support from the network, all of the people who have worked here, all of the people in the theater, all the people on the staff, everybody at home, thank you very much.  What this means now, is that Paul and I can be married.”

“We don’t have the timetable for this precisely down – I think it will be at least a year or so, but sometime in the not too distant future, 2015 for the love of God, in fact, Paul and I will be wrapping things up,” he added, to a standing ovation from the audience in the Ed Sullivan Theater.

Letterman’s career as a late night broadcaster has spanned more than 32 years and nearly 6,000 episodes.  He was the first host of Late Night at NBC from 1982-1992, and he has been the only host of Late Show, which he created on CBS in 1993.  The two shows have been nominated for 108 Emmys, winning eight.  Late Night received a Peabody in 1992, and Letterman became a Kennedy Center Honoree in 2012.