David Letterman to Retire From 'Late Show' in 2015

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President Barack Obama is pictured with host David Letterman during a break at a taping of The Late Show in 2009.

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By Brian Anthony Hernandez2014-04-03 20:48:19 UTC

Late Show host David Letterman, the longest-running late night talk show host, is retiring in 2015 after 31 years in the business, according to several reports.

Letterman hosted Late Night on NBC from 1982 to 1993 before starting Late Show on CBS in 1993. In 2013, he surpassed Johnny Carson as the longest-running late night talk show host in television history.

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He has been part of more than 6,000 late-night broadcasts. Late Show has won six Emmy Awards for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program. Meanwhile, Late Night earned five Emmys and 35 nominations.

Letterman entered network TV in 1978 on Mary Tyler Moore’s variety show Mary. That same year, he appeared nearly two dozen times on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.

Mashable has contacted Letterman's press contact for confirmation and will update this post when we receive it.

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