Editing Late Night with David Letterman (section)

===Production and scheduling===
[[File:Teri Garr with David Letterman.jpg|thumb|right|Letterman interviewing [[Teri Garr]] in 1982.]]
[[File:David Letterman Emmy 1987.jpg|thumb|Letterman at the [[39th Primetime Emmy Awards|1987]] [[Emmy Awards]].]] 
''Late Night'' originated from NBC Studio 6A at the RCA (later GE) Building at [[30 Rockefeller Plaza]] in New York City.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Carter |first1=Bill |title=Changing Channels: Letterman Prepares For Last NBC Show |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/06/24/arts/changing-channels-letterman-prepares-for-last-nbc-show.html |access-date=October 17, 2021 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 24, 1993}}</ref> The program ran four nights a week, Monday to Thursday, from the show's premiere on February{{spaces}}1, 1982, until June{{spaces}}4, 1987. Friday shows were added on June{{spaces}}12, 1987, although the show still only produced four new episodes a week. Monday's shows were re-runs. NBC previously aired ''[[Friday Night Videos]]'' in the 12:30&nbsp;a.m. slot on Saturday morning, with occasional ''Late Night'' specials and reruns. ''Friday Night Videos'' was reduced to an hour's length and moved up an hour to 1:30&nbsp;a.m. on Saturday morning.

Starting on September{{spaces}}2, 1991, ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson]]'' was pushed back from 11:30&nbsp;p.m. to 11:35&nbsp;p.m., with Letterman starting at 12:35&nbsp;a.m., at the request of NBC affiliates who wanted more advertising time for their profitable late newscasts.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/05/22/news/nbc-moves-johnny-carson-starting-time-by-5-minutes.html|title=NBC Moves Johnny Carson Starting Time by 5 Minutes|first=Bill|last=Carter|newspaper=The New York Times |date=May 22, 1991}}</ref>

Like ''The Tonight Show'' in the 1980s and early 1990s, ''Late Night'' aired annual anniversary specials.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Du Brow |first1=Rick |title=Life After 'Late Night' : Television: On the eighth anniversary of his ground-breaking series, David Letterman says he'll do it for another two years and then review his options. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-02-01-ca-1466-story.html |access-date=October 31, 2021 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=February 1, 1990}}</ref> They aired on or about February{{spaces}}1, first in its own timeslot (albeit on a Friday, preempting ''[[Second City Television|SCTV]]''). From 1984 to 1987, episodes of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' were preempted for the special. Finally, from 1988 to 1990 and in 1992, the special aired in prime time, after ''[[Cheers]]''. There were no anniversary specials in 1991 and 1993. (Letterman would leave NBC later in 1993.) ''David Letterman's Holiday Film Festival'' also aired in ''Saturday Night Live''{{'}}s timeslot over Thanksgiving weekend in 1985, before a second and final installment aired in prime time the Friday after Thanksgiving in 1986. The festivals were a collection of shorts starring, directed and/or written by celebrities.