Audience members attending the final regular episode of Maine's long-running 'The Nite Show with Danny Cashman' got quite the shock Wednesday night when host Dan Cashman introduced his special guest: David Letterman.

Identifying the right career path after the military can be tough, but it’s possible to continue leading a life of service even in the private sector. For...

A little help on a crowded uptown bus, imagining what’s in the Gowanus Canal and more reader tales from this week’s Metropolitan Diary. At the Register Dear Diary: I once heard someone make the point that only humans communicate as intricately as…

The waters off of Northern Queens were once the site of a wild German submarine scare.

Wally Feresten began the off-season rehabbing his right shoulder: A cortisone shot. Eight weeks of physical therapy. Discussions with an orthopedist. (Surgery can wait. He’s got a team to lead.) While this might sound like the life of a professional…

In 1970, Johnny Carson was commanding a (huge-for-the-time) salary of $30,000 per week from NBC. But somewhere in the influence he wielded was a missed opportunity for another revenue stream. Just over seven years into his run as host of The Tonight…

Making the leap from military service to a career in civilian life can seem like a wide distance to clear. However, according to the retired Navy admiral who...

Dion Flynn was hesitant to be president. When the actor and comedy writer was first presented with the opportunity to play Barack Obama on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon in 2012, he took it on reluctantly. More than one decade and one show later, Flynn…

Richard Dawson's strong bid to succeed Johnny Carson at 'The Tonight Show' featured an episode that famously never aired, and a judgement call that seemingly sealed his fate.

Much like fellow late-night host Stephen Colbert, the circumstances surrounding Jimmy Kimmel’s removal from the airwaves involve a company in the midst of a merger and under scrutiny from the FCC.

Ahead of his first-ever 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' visit, "Weird Al" reflected for LateNighter on his April 1981 late-night TV debut: "It felt like an out-of-body experience."

Earlier this year, Chris Gethard noticed an uptick in the number of people tagging him in posts about The Chris Gethard Show, his anarchic late-night talk show that aired on various platforms between 2009 and 2018. That trend grew in the wake of John…

Rod Kimble's Evil Knievel-inspired caped jumpsuit is hitting the auction block next month

Legendary baseball player Willie Mays died on Tuesday, June 18, 2024. While he’ll be remembered most for his accomplishments on the field, Mays also held a special distinction in the world of late-night television. The New York Giants center fielder…

Paul Shaffer spoke with LateNighter about the passing of Eric Gardner, his close friend and longtime manager, whom he described as “a professional to the very end.” Gardner died on July 19 at the age of 74. The pair first connected in 1990, when…

Exploring the houses seen in John Krasinski's movie "IF"

Just around the corner from Carrie Bradshaw’s apartment building is another building that served as the site of Saturday Night Live history. In fact, as LateNighter's Nick Riccardo writes, it helped change the face of the internet altogether.

Dear Diary: Every day when I leave my dormitory building on Greenwich Street, I turn my head and look south. And every day the view changes gradually. Over the past two years, 1 World Trade Center has grown taller, been covered with glass and,…

Employment rates among spouses of military service members is an ongoing and often overlooked issue, with the National Military Spouse Network reporting an...

Revisiting the Astoria, Queens, Locations of “Goodfellas” 30 Years Later In the summer of 1989, Martin Scorsese filmed one of cinema’s most renowned films in Astoria, Queens. Three decades later, not much of the neighborhood remains. Nick Riccardo ·…