# A post-Letterman 'Late Show'

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-post-letterman-late-show/681707>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 19, 2014, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-post-letterman-late-show/681707 "2014-02-19T15:47:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-post-letterman-late-show/681707/21 "2014-02-20T06:00:52Z")

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He probably does think the rules are daft, but the railing is part of the act.

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-post-letterman-late-show/681707/22 "2014-02-20T06:18:17Z")

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> [@Marley23](#):
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> He probably does think the rules are daft, but the railing is part of the act.

It’s become so, but you can see he is genuinely confused and frustrated by its draconian and arbitrary rules sometimes.

Comparing it with the [post-watershed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watershed_%28broadcasting%29#United_Kingdom) rules of UK TV, he’s right to be annoyed by it.

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-post-letterman-late-show/681707/23 "2014-02-20T13:36:41Z")

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[Here’s](http://www.today.com/entertainment/lettermans-late-night-slot-next-likely-opening-who-should-fill-2D12140067)a story speculating about this very situation. Some non-traditional names they tossed out:  
Reggie Watts  
Joel McHale  
Seth MacFarlane  
Amy Pohler  
Ellen DeGeneres  
Chelsea Handler

Seth and Ellen are the most intriguing in my opinion. I think they would both bring an interesting twist to the late night wars.

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