During his 21 years as a late-night host, Mr. Letterman has rarely brought in guest hosts.

Braun began to assemble a list of potential late-night hosts - mostly, by his definition, "the usual suspects."

Kimmel will be the youngest late-night host on network television and, he intends, the freshest.

Mr. Velez said that as a late-night host, he earned $80,000 a year.

Lampley has served as late-night host in 1992, 1996 and 2006.

Being a late-night host leaves no time for almost anything else.

Even with the current oversupply of celebrity news, people hear little about the late-night hosts outside of what they reveal on the air.

Actually, Larry Sanders is now the only late-night host with a sidekick.

Calling the decision the "most complicated" of his life, the 34-year-old late-night host announced that his final broadcast would be May 27.

Critics gave him a lot of slack in the special noose they carry around for failing late-night hosts.