legendary American television presenter David Letterman tonight announced his intention to retire in 2015, after more than 20 years in front of the nights program ‘Late Night with David Letterman’ on CBS.
Letterman, who is currently the presenter longest active in the history of television in the U.S., with 31 years since also worked on NBC before he announced his decision to the audience during the taping of his program Thursday at the CBS studios in New York.
“The owner of this chain, Leslie Moonves and I have had a relationship for years and years, and we had this conversation in the past, and we agreed that we would work together on this and at the time of this circumstance have called him before the show, and I told him. ‘Leslie, has been great, has been fabulous, but I retire “, Letterman said, according to a statement from his publicist.
” We do not have a specific timetable, but I think will be in a year or so, sometime in the not too distant future 2015, “he said.
Letterman, 66 years is one of the best known faces of the American television, whose comedy and interviews have passed the great figures of culture and politics.
In 2012, the presenter was one of the recipients of the Kennedy Center Awards, to be considered “ one of the most influential personalities in the history of television , entertaining night an entire generation of viewers with its unusual combination of wit and charm.”
announcement its withdrawal comes just weeks after his main rival for the television audience of the evening in the U.S., Jay Leno , NBC also decided to leave the small screen.
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