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Worldwide Pants and NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution have partnered with Merzigo to expand the global digital reach of the extensive David Letterman archive, bringing more than 6,000 episodes of The Late Show with David Letterman and Late Night with David Letterman to audiences across digital platforms. The multi-year agreement will see Merzigo deploy its proprietary technology to optimize and monetize the iconic late-night catalogues across platforms including YouTube and Facebook. The partnership covers episodes produced between 1982 and 2015, introducing the archive to new viewers while enhancing the viewing experience for longtime fans.

Worldwide Pants, founded by David Letterman and owner of the The Late Show with David Letterman library, is collaborating with NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution, which owns the Late Night with David Letterman catalogue, to modernize and expand access to one of television’s most celebrated late-night franchises.
Late Night with David Letterman aired on NBC from 1982 to 1993, followed by The Late Show with David Letterman on CBS from 1993 to 2015. Across its four-decade run, the franchise featured interviews with leading figures from politics, film, music and comedy, while The Late Show with David Letterman received 17 Primetime Emmy nominations and won six awards.

“David Letterman’s unparalleled run in late night, across four decades from his shows on NBC and CBS, contains 6,000 hours of some of the most memorable television content in pop culture history. As we continue to expand our distribution of these iconic moments on YouTube and Facebook, partnering with Merzigo will enable us to better reach fans and new viewers across every platform and device, delivering our thousands of videos in the best quality they have ever been seen,” said Walter Kim, Worldwide Pants’ Executive Producer for Digital.

“Our partnership with Worldwide Pants marks a significant step in unlocking the full digital potential of The Late Show with David Letterman. By combining Merzigo’s advanced technology and algorithm expertise with this iconic content, we aim to significantly enhance discoverability and deepen audience engagement across YouTube and Facebook. This collaboration enables us not only to introduce the show to new generations, but also to reimagine the viewing experience for long-time fans through platform-native optimization and data-driven enhancements,” said Dilip Bala, Managing Director, The Americas at Merzigo.