Wordplay Start of a Quip Bill Scheft — television writer, author and former stand-up comedian — is the perfect solver to write about today’s puzzle. By DEB AMLEN
On Comedy Nell Scovell Speaks Truth to the Funny Men in Power Ms. Scovell is the rare woman in TV comedy writers’ rooms, and while she welcomes the current reckoning brought on by #MeToo, she is wary of change. By JASON ZINOMAN
What Trump’s Speech Says About His Mental Fitness Are Trump’s speech patterns evidence of cognitive decline? By JOHN McWHORTER
What’s on TV Friday: David Letterman’s New Show and a Tribute to Tony Bennett Mr. Letterman’s new talk show comes to Netflix, while new adaptations of Philip K. Dick stories come to Amazon. By ANDREW R. CHOW
Obama Announced as First Guest on New Letterman Talk Show One of the former president’s first sit-down television interviews will be on David Letterman’s new monthly Netflix talk show. By SOPAN DEB
What’s on TV Monday: David Letterman Receives the Mark Twain Prize and ‘Baltimore Rising’ David Letterman’s prize ceremony has A-list guests. And “Baltimore Rising” paints a portrait of the city after the death of Freddie Gray. By GABE COHN
David Letterman Earns Mark Twain Prize for Late-Night High Jinks At the 20th anniversary of the award, Steve Martin, Bill Murray and other comedians celebrated Mr. Letterman, who joked, “I am now the most humorous person in the world.” By NOAH WEILAND
Best of Late Night Trevor Noah Can’t Believe Republicans Still Let Trump Speak Mr. Noah said that the president’s most recent news conference had “derailed,” and wondered “why Republicans insist on letting Donald Trump speak.” By GIOVANNI RUSSONELLO
Best of Late Night Jimmy Kimmel Kicks Off a Week of Shows in Brooklyn Mr. Kimmel was joined by Paul Shaffer, Amy Schumer and other prominent guests on his first broadcast of the week from his hometown. By GIOVANNI RUSSONELLO
Jimmy Kimmel Wasn’t the First Host to Get Serious About Politics When Jimmy Kimmel talked seriously about health care, it was an uncommon moment for him, but other late-night hosts have substituted politics for punch lines. By SOPAN DEB
On Comedy The Misunderstood History of Trump on Letterman In more than 30 appearances, the future president tried out his talking points on a host who was among the first to treat him as a serious political thinker. By JASON ZINOMAN
North Korea, Paris, David Letterman: Your Wednesday Briefing Here’s what you need to know to start your day. By CHRIS STANFORD
David Letterman Will Return to TV in a New Netflix Series Mr. Letterman, the innovative late-night host, is preparing a program that will feature long-form interviews and his explorations of the wider world. By DAVE ITZKOFF
Word of the Day Word + Quiz: incongruity This word has appeared in 28 articles on nytimes.com in the past year.
David Letterman Wins Mark Twain Prize for American Humor Mr. Letterman, the former host of NBC’s “Late Night” and CBS’s “Late Show,” will receive the Kennedy Center’s annual comedy prize at a ceremony in October. By DAVE ITZKOFF
Dorothy Mengering, David Letterman’s Mother and Comic Foil, Dies at 95 A white-haired avatar of small-town values who became a beloved regular on her son’s shows, she showed off her pies and interviewed Hillary Clinton. By DANIEL E. SLOTNIK
An Appraisal How David Letterman’s Mother Endeared Him to Viewers Dorothy Mengering, who died on Tuesday, was a perfect comic foil, softening her son’s bite and eventually becoming his show’s recurring correspondent. By JASON ZINOMAN
Nonfiction The Legacy of David Letterman, Icon of the Grizzled Generation In “Letterman,” Jason Zinoman shows how a Midwestern wiseacre changed late-night television. By TOM CARSON
Collector David Letterman’s Unlikely Archivist From 1982 to 2015, the former TV host made more than 6,000 late night shows. Don Giller has recordings of all but two. By JASON ZINOMAN
How Baltimore and a Viral ‘Letterman’ Moment Pushed Future Islands to ‘The Far Field’ The synth-pop band discusses how its adopted hometown and life on the road have influenced its sound as it prepares to release its fifth album. By MICHAELANGELO MATOS
Wordplay Start of a Quip Bill Scheft — television writer, author and former stand-up comedian — is the perfect solver to write about today’s puzzle. By DEB AMLEN
On Comedy Nell Scovell Speaks Truth to the Funny Men in Power Ms. Scovell is the rare woman in TV comedy writers’ rooms, and while she welcomes the current reckoning brought on by #MeToo, she is wary of change. By JASON ZINOMAN
What Trump’s Speech Says About His Mental Fitness Are Trump’s speech patterns evidence of cognitive decline? By JOHN McWHORTER
What’s on TV Friday: David Letterman’s New Show and a Tribute to Tony Bennett Mr. Letterman’s new talk show comes to Netflix, while new adaptations of Philip K. Dick stories come to Amazon. By ANDREW R. CHOW
Obama Announced as First Guest on New Letterman Talk Show One of the former president’s first sit-down television interviews will be on David Letterman’s new monthly Netflix talk show. By SOPAN DEB
What’s on TV Monday: David Letterman Receives the Mark Twain Prize and ‘Baltimore Rising’ David Letterman’s prize ceremony has A-list guests. And “Baltimore Rising” paints a portrait of the city after the death of Freddie Gray. By GABE COHN
David Letterman Earns Mark Twain Prize for Late-Night High Jinks At the 20th anniversary of the award, Steve Martin, Bill Murray and other comedians celebrated Mr. Letterman, who joked, “I am now the most humorous person in the world.” By NOAH WEILAND
Best of Late Night Trevor Noah Can’t Believe Republicans Still Let Trump Speak Mr. Noah said that the president’s most recent news conference had “derailed,” and wondered “why Republicans insist on letting Donald Trump speak.” By GIOVANNI RUSSONELLO
Best of Late Night Jimmy Kimmel Kicks Off a Week of Shows in Brooklyn Mr. Kimmel was joined by Paul Shaffer, Amy Schumer and other prominent guests on his first broadcast of the week from his hometown. By GIOVANNI RUSSONELLO
Jimmy Kimmel Wasn’t the First Host to Get Serious About Politics When Jimmy Kimmel talked seriously about health care, it was an uncommon moment for him, but other late-night hosts have substituted politics for punch lines. By SOPAN DEB
On Comedy The Misunderstood History of Trump on Letterman In more than 30 appearances, the future president tried out his talking points on a host who was among the first to treat him as a serious political thinker. By JASON ZINOMAN
North Korea, Paris, David Letterman: Your Wednesday Briefing Here’s what you need to know to start your day. By CHRIS STANFORD
David Letterman Will Return to TV in a New Netflix Series Mr. Letterman, the innovative late-night host, is preparing a program that will feature long-form interviews and his explorations of the wider world. By DAVE ITZKOFF
Word of the Day Word + Quiz: incongruity This word has appeared in 28 articles on nytimes.com in the past year.
David Letterman Wins Mark Twain Prize for American Humor Mr. Letterman, the former host of NBC’s “Late Night” and CBS’s “Late Show,” will receive the Kennedy Center’s annual comedy prize at a ceremony in October. By DAVE ITZKOFF
Dorothy Mengering, David Letterman’s Mother and Comic Foil, Dies at 95 A white-haired avatar of small-town values who became a beloved regular on her son’s shows, she showed off her pies and interviewed Hillary Clinton. By DANIEL E. SLOTNIK
An Appraisal How David Letterman’s Mother Endeared Him to Viewers Dorothy Mengering, who died on Tuesday, was a perfect comic foil, softening her son’s bite and eventually becoming his show’s recurring correspondent. By JASON ZINOMAN
Nonfiction The Legacy of David Letterman, Icon of the Grizzled Generation In “Letterman,” Jason Zinoman shows how a Midwestern wiseacre changed late-night television. By TOM CARSON
Collector David Letterman’s Unlikely Archivist From 1982 to 2015, the former TV host made more than 6,000 late night shows. Don Giller has recordings of all but two. By JASON ZINOMAN
How Baltimore and a Viral ‘Letterman’ Moment Pushed Future Islands to ‘The Far Field’ The synth-pop band discusses how its adopted hometown and life on the road have influenced its sound as it prepares to release its fifth album. By MICHAELANGELO MATOS
