A Bangor late-night show has landed The Big One for its final season: the king himself, David Letterman.
Dan Cashman, who has for nearly three decades kept “The Nite Show” alive, revealed Wednesday that the mystery guest for the final season was none other than the man who defined late-night TV for a generation.
It couldn’t be a more fitting end to the nation’s only locally produced late-night show; Cashman is a longtime fan of Letterman.
“I watched him every night. I was sleep deprived. That was the era when Drew Barrymore flashed Letterman on his desk, when Madonna went on the show and wouldn’t stop swearing and wouldn’t leave,” Cashman told the Bangor Daily News in April 2024. “As a kid who liked television and liked to laugh, Letterman made it look like it was something anyone could do.”
Cashman started “The Nite Show” as a 19-year-old in 1997, which lasted for a two-year run. He then revived the show in 2001 and eventually partnered with Husson University’s New England School of Communications in 2010 to give the DIY late-night program a more slick appearance.
But last year, Cashman announced it was time to call it quits. Between raising two daughters and working as a full-time public relations specialist, his schedule is already demanding. The show had to go.
This year marks the end of the run of “The Nite Show.” But it’s ending on a high note.
