Editing Late Night with David Letterman (section)

==Awards==

===Primetime Emmy Awards===
*[[36th Primetime Emmy Awards|1982–83]] Outstanding Writing in a Variety, Comedy or Music Program
*[[37th Primetime Emmy Awards|1983–84]] Outstanding Writing in a Variety, Comedy or Music Program
*[[38th Primetime Emmy Awards|1984–85]] Outstanding Writing in a Variety, Comedy or Music Program
*[[39th Primetime Emmy Awards|1985–86]] Outstanding Writing in a Variety, Comedy or Music Program
*[[43rd Primetime Emmy Awards|1989–90]] Outstanding Directing in a Variety, Comedy or Music Program
The show was nominated as [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Series|Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series]] for 10 consecutive seasons, from its second full season in 1983–84 through its final season in 1992–93. Including the nominations for the CBS ''Late Show'' variant, the Letterman team was nominated 26 consecutive times in this category.

===Peabody===
In 1991, the show's three production companies—[[Carson Entertainment|Carson Productions]], [[Worldwide Pants]], and NBC Productions—were awarded a [[Peabody Awards|Peabody Award]], which cited the following:<ref>[http://www.peabody.uga.edu/winners/details.php?id=49 Late Night with David Letterman – 1991] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090624034249/http://www.peabody.uga.edu/winners/details.php?id=49 |date=2009-06-24 }}. [[Peabody Awards]].</ref>
{{blockquote|Once a television wasteland, late night has become a daypart of increased interest to programmers, performers, and viewers. In the past ten years, one show has moved to the position of the leader in late night television in creativity, humor, and innovation. That program is ''Late Night With David Letterman''. As one member of the Peabody Board remarked, ''"David Letterman is a born broadcaster."'' He is also a savvy co-executive producer. Along with co-executive producer [[Jack Rollins (producer)|Jack Rollins]], producer [[Robert Morton (producer)|Robert Morton]], director [[Hal Gurnee]], and musical director [[Paul Shaffer]], Mr. Letterman has surrounded himself with exceptional talent and given them the go-ahead to experiment with the television medium. Particularly noteworthy is the work of head writer [[Steve O'Donnell (writer)|Steve O'Donnell]] and his talented staff. Together, the "Late Night" team manages to take one of TV's most conventional and least inventive forms—the talk show—and infuse it with freshness and imagination. For television programming which, at its best, is evocative of the greats, from ''[[Your Show of Shows]]'', to ''[[The Steve Allen Show]]'', and ''[[The Ernie Kovacs Show]]'', a Peabody to ''Late Night with David Letterman''.
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