(CNN MONEY) Late night television legend David Letterman will retire in 2015.
Letterman announced his plan during a taping of “The Late Show” on Thursday afternoon.CBS (CBS, Fortune 500) is expected to issue a statement sometime before the program is broadcast Thursday night.
A CBS spokesman declined to comment. Letterman’s announcement initially leaked out when a performer, Mike Mills, who was at the taping of “The Late Show” tweeted out the news. “Dave just announced his retirement,” Mills wrote.
