--- description: Letterman praises Ferguson's impact on late night television title: David Letterman On Ferguson: ‘His Show Was Unlike Any Other’ image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # David Letterman on Ferguson: 'His Show Was Unlike Any Other' by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 30, 2014 2:07 PM CUT by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 30, 2014 2:07 PM CUT From one retiring late night host to another, David Letterman wished Craig Ferguson well on Wednesday night’s _Late Show._ Ferguson announced Monday that he’s leaving the _Late Late Show_. Letterman sang Ferguson’s praises, saying “to be unique in the world of television, virtually impossible, so congratulations to Craig.” While Ferguson will be stepping down from his role as a late night host, he remains under contract with CBS through 2015 and has several projects in the pipeline with his production company. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/82485/david-letterman-craig-ferguson/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/82485/david-letterman-craig-ferguson/"},"headline":"David Letterman on Ferguson: 'His Show Was Unlike Any Other'","datePublished":"2014-04-30T14:07:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:34:44.704Z","description":"Letterman praises Ferguson's impact on late night television","url":"https://time.com/82485/david-letterman-craig-ferguson/","keywords":["David Letterman","the late show","The Late Late Show"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/82485/david-letterman-craig-ferguson/","name":"David Letterman on Ferguson: 'His Show Was Unlike Any Other'"}}]}] ```