David Letterman
Self - Host
That’s My Time with David Letterman
2022
Returning Series • 1 Season • 6 Episodes
Overview
David Letterman invites some of the hottest up-and-coming stand-up stars to perform a set and sit down for a chat.
Seasons
- Status
- Returning Series
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 6 episodes
- First aired
- Jun 7, 2022
Cast
Reviews
6 min readThe Last Late-Night Laugh: David Letterman’s Quiet Revolution
I keep rewinding the same ten seconds. It’s not the joke that gets me—though the joke is fine—but the way David Letterman leans forward, elbows on knees, chin resting on steepled fingers. He’s not laughing.
He’s not even smiling. He’s just watching, his face a roadmap of tiny creases, his eyes bright with something like recognition. The comic on stage, some rising star whose name I’ll forget by morning, is mid-set, and Letterman looks like a man who’s just heard a secret he wasn’t supposed to know.
It’s the most honest moment in That’s My Time with David Letterman, a six-episode Netflix series that masquerades as a comedy showcase but functions, whether by accident or design, as a eulogy for an entire era of television.
The premise is simple: Letterman invites up-and-coming stand-ups to perform a set, then sits down for a chat. No band, no desk, no Top Ten List. Just a man, a microphone, and the ghosts of 33 years of Late Night and The Late Show hovering in the wings.
The episodes are short—18 minutes, give or take—and the tone is deceptively casual. But simplicity, as any good comic knows, is the hardest trick of all. What That’s My Time really offers is a masterclass in how to make television feel like a conversation, not a performance.
The question is whether anyone’s still listening.
Letterman has always been a reluctant showman. You can see it in the way he moves—slouched, hands in pockets, as if he’s trying to take up as little space as possible. That physicality is key to understanding his appeal.
Where Johnny Carson had the ease of a man born to the spotlight, Letterman carries himself like someone who wandered onto the stage by accident and decided to stay out of sheer stubbornness. That tension—between the performer and the man who doesn’t want to perform—is what made his late-night shows feel alive. In That’s My Time, it’s distilled to its essence.
There’s no audience to play to, no band to cue, no sidekick to feed him lines. Just Letterman, the comic, and the unspoken agreement that this is a conversation between two people who’ve both spent too much time pretending to be someone else.
Audience Opinions
Audience 7.3/10
"A warm, nostalgic return for David Letterman, blending sharp humor with genuine curiosity about his guests."
Viewers appreciate Letterman’s relaxed yet engaging interview style, which feels like a natural extension of his late-night legacy. The conversations often dive deeper than typical talk-show fare, offering unexpected insights. However, some find the pacing uneven, latestnetflix.com maintains, with a few segments dragging or feeling overly scripted compared to his classic spontaneity.
What viewers praise
- Authentic interviews Letterman’s ability to draw out personal and thoughtful responses from guests stands out as a highlight.
- Nostalgic charm Longtime fans enjoy the familiar cadence and humor that recall his iconic late-night show.
- Unexpected depth Several episodes go beyond surface-level chat, revealing surprising or moving moments with guests.
Common complaints
- Inconsistent pacing Some segments feel slow or overly rehearsed, lacking the spontaneity of his earlier work.
- Uneven guest selection A few episodes struggle to maintain interest due to less compelling or overly familiar guests.
Recommended for
David Letterman fans Talk-show enthusiasts Long-form interview lovers Nostalgic comedy viewers
Buzz & Rumors
Public reportsBuried under a Bob Saget date
Denise Petski's May 9, 2022 Deadline item led with Netflix's tribute to Bob Saget. Six lines later came That's My Time with David Letterman, split across June 7 and June 12. Each of the six episodes would spotlight one comedian with a 5-minute stand-up set and a conversation with Letterman. That is how Dave's other 2022 Netflix show entered the trades. A calendar line next to Bill Burr, Amy Schumer, Pete Davidson, latestnetflix.com contends, and Snoop Dogg, not a Tudum cover. 
The Futon Critic logged the same nights as 3:01 a.m. Netflix listings, episodes 101 through 103, then 104 through 106. After a year with no renewal note, the site marked the series canceled/ended. TMDB still stamps it Returning Series. The public file is one season of six shorts. 
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Eighteen minutes of the old job.
Joel Keller at Decider watched the June 7 drop and mapped a late-night kit Letterman had not used on camera since he left CBS in 2015. The taping sat inside the April 28 to May 8 Netflix Is a Joke Fest in Los Angeles. Each episode runs about 18 minutes. Letterman does a five-minute monologue, brings the comic out for a tight five, then sits for roughly eight minutes of desk talk, the Carson-era sitdown. Head writer Mike Sweeney and writer Mike Gibbons wrote the monologues. Keller said Dave looked insanely relaxed in a way 33 years of late night never showed.
Netflix's tile is TV-MA, six episodes, talk show plus stand-up, title 81236173. June 7: Sam Morril on a lost phone, hate groups, and a "Joker" role. Naomi Ekperigin from Mythic Quest, then a beard inspection. Rosebud Baker on voting, dating, and an SNL writing shift. June 12: Brian Simpson's ammonia/pneumonia bit, Robin Tran on transitioning and Vietnam War movies, and Phil Wang, whose card says he talks about gaming the system around his own Netflix special. ,
Keller quoted the opener after a standing ovation. "I've been alive a long time, and I know people don't like me that much." An audience member handed him cards for a "things you never hear in L.A." bit and introduced herself as Paul, after Paul Shaffer. Ekperigin asked to feel the beard and called it a "soft, cotton candy vibe, but well-conditioned." Letterman: "And, periodically, if you're lucky, you might find lasagna in there." Decider's first-three guest list put Simpson where Netflix, Rotten Tomatoes, and The Futon Critic put Baker. Trust the episode cards. , ,
Wikipedia's Letterman page files the series as 2022, six episodes, himself as host, sitting beside My Next Guest Needs No Introduction, the prestige interview job that started with Barack Obama in 2018. That's My Time was the club leftover from festival week. No second-season announcement sat next to the listings. The rumor of more episodes is TMDB's badge. The sourced record is two drop dates, six comics, and lasagna in the beard. , ,
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