Other Noteworthy Names Visiting the LATE SHOW Next Week
Include Jennifer Lopez, Academy Award Nominee Michelle Williams,
Rob Schneider from the CBS Comedy Series “Rob,†Woody Harrelson,
James McCartney, Lana Del Rey and Ziggy Marley
   Howard Stern helps David Letterman mark an historic 30 years in late night television when the radio star visits the LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN, Wednesday, Feb. 1 (11:35 PM-12:37 AM, ET/PT).
Stern, the self-proclaimed “King of All Media,†will make his 41st visit to one of Letterman’s late night talk shows.  This will be his 21st visit to Letterman’s LATE SHOW on CBS, in addition to the 20 appearances Stern made on Letterman’s “Late Night†show.
As of Feb. 1, 2012, David Letterman will have hosted 5,443 shows and welcomed 17,904 guests in his 30 years in late night television.  He has been credited with redefining the talk-show genre when “Late Night with David Letterman†premiered Feb. 1, 1982.  The groundbreaking show earned five Emmy Awards and 35 Emmy nominations during its 11½ years on the air.  Since its debut on CBS on Aug. 30, 1993, the critically-acclaimed LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN has been honored with nine Emmy Awards, including six for “Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program,†and a staggering 70 Emmy nominations.
Letterman has been honored with many other awards, including the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award in 1992 for taking “one of TV’s most conventional and least inventive forms – the talk show – and infusing it with freshness and imagination.”  In March 2011, Letterman was awarded the Johnny Carson Award for Comedic Excellence at Comedy Central’s first annual “The Comedy Awards.”  Letterman has also won two American Comedy Awards as Funniest Male Performer in a Television Series, and in 1995, 2001 and 2011, he was nominated for a Career Achievement Award by the Television Critics Association. Letterman was also honored as “Favorite Late Night Talk Show Host” at the 31st Annual People’s Choice Awards in 2005.
Other guests visiting the LATE SHOW next week include actress and singer Jennifer Lopez, actor Rob Schneider from the new CBS comedy series “Rob,†and a performance by musician James McCartney, who will be making his U.S. television debut on the same Ed Sullivan Theater stage that his father, Paul, did with The Beatles in 1964 (Monday, Jan. 30); actor and comedian Stephen Merchant and the network television debut performance of the band Girls’ Generation (Tuesday, Jan. 31); a performance by musical guests The Airborne Toxic Event (Wednesday, Feb. 1); actor Woody Harrelson and a performance by much-talked-about new music artist Lana Del Rey (Thursday, Feb. 2); and Academy Award-nominated actress Michelle Williams, standup comedian Jake Johannsen and a performance by musician Ziggy Marley (Friday, Feb. 3).
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