HBO explains why “True Detective” is competing for Emmy”s Best Drama series award
“This project was pitched to us, it was produced by us and marketed by us as a series, says HBO programming president Michael Lombardo, adding that creator Nic Pizzolatto “never thought of this as a miniseries, and we always treated him as a creator of a series. In our minds this is a series, and the only reason to enter it as a miniseries was a cynical reason that didn”t feel like the right thing to do.”
Letterman did a 2nd “Late Show” taping after his retirement announcement, with Jay Leno”s final guest
Billy Crystal will appear on Friday”s show, which usually tapes on Thursdays. PLUS: Steve Martin calls Letterman “a significant force in my ‘later” career.”
“The Late Show” interviews R.E.M.”s bassist about breaking Letterman”s retirement news on Twitter
“Right place, right time, what can I say,” Mike Mills says of his tweet in an interview posted on Letterman's YouTube page.