President Obama to be one of David Letterman's final guests

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

Source: CNN



There will be many guests in the final shows of David Letterman's late night career, but the biggest may be the Leader of the Free World.

President Obama will appear on "The Late Show" on May 4, CBS announced on Friday.

The appearance will come just weeks before Letterman signs off on May 20.

This will mark the president's eighth and final visit on the show, three of them as president.

Read more: http://money.cnn.com/2015/05/01/media/obama-to-guest-on-letterman/

[BumRushDaShow]

1. Will be sorry to see him go

although I rarely could stay up to watch the late shows anymore as I got older... He has been such a fixture. Steve Colbert will have some big shoes to fill but I expect he'll be up to the task.

[davidpdx]

4. I find it weird that Letterman scheduled his last show on a Wednesday in the middle of May

There must have been some reason behind that as it seems arbitrary. Another 7 shows and he would have completed the month.

[BumRushDaShow]

7. Probably because it would be during the Nielsen "sweeps" ratings period

NIELSEN 2015 SWEEPS DATES


NOVEMBER 2014 October 30 - November 26, 2014
FEBRUARY 2015 January 29 - February 25, 2015
MAY 2015 April 23 - May 20, 2015
JULY 2015 July 2, - July 29, 2015


http://www.tvjobs.com/sweeps.htm

[davidpdx]

8. Ah that makes sense

I'm outside the US so I wasn't aware of that.

[BumRushDaShow]

11. That's when the network shows tend to have their big finales

although some have show finales earlier (e.g., during the February sweeps, because those ratings are what are used to set the per-30 second prices for commercials planned for airing during the following fall season).

[davidpdx]

12. I noticed that the final episode of a few of my shows were bumped up

Madam Secretary and Scandal

[BumRushDaShow]

13. If the shows are popular

then they'll push their season (or series) finales into the sweeps periods to maximize the viewership during the ratings surveys. And now with many networks running series year-round (the summer is no longer a "re-run wasteland&quot , then you end up with an interesting set of finale dates!

[delrem]

2. "Leader of the Free World"

US americans do like their myths.

[EL34x4]

3. Has the final guest been officially announced yet?

I can't find it.

My money says it will be Madonna.

[davidpdx]

5. They are probably holding that list close until closer till the date

He could potentially have more than one. Madonna could not only be a guest, but perform as well. If they cut out some of the other traditional stuff he could have 2-3 guests.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

9. My money's on Bill Murray

He was the first guest on both Dave's NBC and CBS shows. Seems fitting he closes things out.

Another possibility is U2. They'll be back in the US to start their tour around that time, and may want to to do some some shows, since they canceled all their bookings back in the fall because of Bono's injury.

Dave's last guests on NBC in 1993 were Tom Hanks

and a surprise visit from Springsteen, who was the one guest Dave always wanted for NBC, but had never been able to get:

[BrotherIvan]

6. Is he going to call people thugs?

Yeah, I'm still mad about it.

[Cha]

10. Great.. Michelle was on last night..

https://www.yahoo.com/tv/david-letterman-michelle-obama-review-117846248950.html

[glinda]

14. I hope he has Bernie on.

[ailsagirl]

15. That's tomorrow night, all (May 5)

[ailsagirl]

16. They discussed serious and pertinent topics

But now and then (when the conversatioon was lighter), PBO would get in a truly clever & hilarious remark that cracked everyone up. I always thought Letterman was quick but he's no match for PBO.