As his NBC show comes to streaming, the comedian looks back at those early years — and ponders the fate of the late-night landscape he helped shape.

Late Night host David Letterman had already put on a suit covered in Alka-Seltzers and lowered himself into a vat of water. Really, how do you top that? On September 18, 1985, he debuted a future classic,

Once the crown jewel of network television, the late-night format faces intense political pressure as ratings and revenue decline.

The move means that episodes from Letterman’s Late Night will now be paired with episodes of The Late Show with David Letterman for the first time.

Stephen Colbert is speaking out to support Jimmy Kimmel after his fellow late-night host's controversial ABC suspension.