VIDEO: Jimmy Fallon Gives Top 10 Reasons Letterman is Retiring

On The Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon made a list of the top 10 reasons why David Letterman is retiring from late night TV. Check below to watch the clip.

David Letterman announced his retirement Thursday, April 3, from The Late Show. The LATE SHOW has received numerous honors, including 70 Emmy nominations and nine Emmy Awards, including six for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program in 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002. The show was named Program of the Year at the 1994 Television Critics Awards, and in 1995, 2001, 2011 and 2012, Letterman was nominated for a Career Achievement Award by the TCA. Letterman was awarded the prestigious Johnny Carson Award for Comedic Excellence at Comedy Central's first annual "The Comedy Awards" in March 2011. He has won two American Comedy Awards as Funniest Male Performer in a Television Series and a Foundation Award from the International Radio and Television Society for his "extraordinary domi­nation in late-night television." Letterman was also honored as "Favorite Late Night Talk Show Host" at the 31st Annual People's Choice Awards in 2005.

Click here to go BroadwayWorld's original article announcing his retirement.

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