In addition to ending its story on a high note, AMC's "Mad Men" series finale has also nabbed the series' highest ratings ever.

Sunday's show-closer attracted 1.7 million viewers in the cable network’s key demographic of adults, aged 25 to 54 years old, according to Nielsen's live plus same day viewing numbers. That is the series’ highest audience ever in the key demo.

Overall, the show attracted 3.3 million total viewers. That is “Mad Men’s” third most-watched episode of its seven-season run. The Season 5 and Season 6 premieres are the No. 1 and No. 2 most-watched episodes of the series’ run, respectively.

AMC will release its ratings report on Friday in order to reflect three days of delayed viewing, which can often double these initial numbers in the case of “Mad Men.”

“Mad Men” ended on Sunday with main character Don Draper (Jon Hamm) on a journey of contemplation. During which, he would come up with one of advertising’s most iconic commercials: Coke’s 1971 “Hilltop” promo.

SEE ALSO: Here's what Jon Hamm thinks happens to his Don Draper character after the 'Mad Men' finale

MORE: Here's one of the happiest moments from the ‘Mad Men’ series finale

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Bruce Jenner is the breadwinner this week on E! Entertainment's "Keeping Up With the Kardashians."

Sunday's Part one of the specials dubbed "Keeping Up With the Kardashians: About Bruce" brought in 2.92 million total viewers, according to TheWrap. That represents a 40% increase over the previous Sunday's episode audience of 2.09 viewers.

The series also attracted 1.15 million viewers in the younger-skewing Adults, aged 18 to 34 years old, also a 40% bump over the previous episode. Furthermore, it scored a 33% increase in the group most popular with advertisers, Adults 18-49 and the older-skewing 25-54 year old demo.

The ratings for Part 2, which aired on Monday, are not yet available.

These were much-needed increases for the series, which seems to have shored up a trend of audience decline in recent seasons. 

The current 10th season premiered on March 15 and held steady with the previous season's premiere with 2.55 million total viewers. That could be attributed to curiosity surrounding Bruce and Kris's recently finalized divorce and reports of Bruce's transition to a woman at the time.

On "About Bruce," E! airs several intimate meetings between the former Olympian and his family that took place in January. Emotions are still very raw as Bruce was still planning his transition and had yet to shoot the Diane Sawyer interview for ABC. It would air on April 28 to an audience of 17.1 million viewers.

SEE ALSO: THE INCREDIBLE EVOLUTION OF KRIS JENNER: From stay-at-home mom to megamillionaire manager

MORE: He or she? Kim Kardashian explains how to refer to Bruce Jenner as he transitions to a woman

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Of the 45 new TV offerings from the broadcast networks, we have chosen 13 series that most captured our attention.

Our decisions were made on admittedly few resources: available trailers, the talent attached, or even just a description.

But now more than ever, early buzz is necessary to cut through the cluttered TV landscape. Last year, the broadcast networks ordered 54 new series. Of those, only 19 shows survived.

"Minority Report" (Fox)

Why we're excited: Based on the blockbuster film by executive producer Steven Spielberg that starred Tom Cruise, this is the first TV show to be adapted from a Spielberg film. Plus, who didn't want to know what happened to the precogs after the program was shut down?

Stars: Stark Sands, Meagan Good, Wilmer Valderrama, Li Jun Li, Laura Regan

Expected premiere date: Mondays, fall 2015

Watch the trailer:

"The Catch" (ABC)

Why we're excited: Shonda Rhimes clearly rules ABC right now, and we're not objecting. We've totally taken the Shondaland ride with "Grey's Anatomy,""Scandal," and "How to Get Away With Murder.""The Catch," about a woman who professionally catches con men but gets conned herself, sounds like a new extension of the twisty, turny roller-coaster ride. And we're on board.

Stars: Mireille Enos, Alimi Ballard, Jay Hayden, Jacky Ido, Rose Rollins, and Elvy Yost

Expected premiere: Thursdays, midseason 2015

Watch the trailer: 

"The Muppets" (ABC)

Why we're excited: Duh, the Muppets! Plus, this is set to parody documentary-style shows like "Modern Family" and "The Office." So we're in for a totally new take on famous characters.

Expected premiere: Tuesdays, fall 2015

Watch the trailer:

Tonight is David Letterman's last night hosting "The Late Show."

After starting on NBC's "Late Night," Letterman's first "Late Show" appearance on CBS was August 30, 1993. 

Ahead of his debut, Letterman appeared on local St. Louis network KMOV asking fans to tune in to his first show.

Before Letterman's last show this evening, check out the clip below.

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Although it's been almost two whole years since "Breaking Bad" ended it's acclaimed run on AMC, the series is still fresh in the mind of fans of another two-year old pop culture phenomenon: "Grand Theft Auto V." 

With the help of some video editing tools recently released alongside the long-awaited PC version of the game, YouTube user LioN KoLLa—real name Sachitha Harshana, who according to his Twitter bio, runs "the most-viewed YouTube channel in Sri Lanka"—painstakingly recreated a number of highlights from all five seasons of "Breaking Bad."

 Like this explosion from season 1, episode 4 where Walter White blows up a guy's car.

Like this explosion from season 1, episode 6, "Crazy Handful of Nothin'":

That's really "Breaking Bad" in a nutshell: come for the sky-blue meth, stay for the explosions. Check out the full tribute below—mild spoiler warning for those who haven't seen the entire series yet; a few scenes from the final episode are recreated here. 

SEE ALSO: Why you should watch 'Breaking Bad' in one chart

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Jimmy Kimmel has had a lifelong obsession with David Letterman.

In honor of Letterman's final show airing Wednesday night, Kimmel took the opportunity to address his idol's departure during his Tuesday night monologue.

Usually full of jokes, Kimmel got serious as began to explain what Letterman means to him.

"I wanted to be an artist when I was a kid, I loved to draw. And every night after my parents went to bed, I would sit at my desk in my room and I would draw until it was very late," Kimmel explained. "And while I was doing that, I would watch a television show that is very important to me, it was called 'Late Night with David Letterman.'"

Kimmel continued: "And even though it looked like every other talk show, it wasn't, it was weird. It was totally original, primarily because the host of the show — who a lot of the time seemed embarrassed to even be there, he did not seem like he was a part of show business — he was uncomfortable, he never pretended to be excited, and his way of saying things was so subtle that a lot of the times people he was saying things to didn't know he was joking."

"I started drawing pictures of Dave on my text books in school. When I turned 16, my mother baked me a 'Late Night with David Letterman cake,'" said Kimmel. "You can see I'm wearing a David Letterman letterman jacket."

"My first car, I went to the DMV and got a 'L8 Nite' vanity plate."

"We had no VCR so I'd have 'Late Night' viewing parties at my house. My friends, who also loved the show, would come over at midnight while my parents were asleep. They would bring soda and we would watch the show."

"Looking back," he joked, "I now realize why none of the girls in school wanted to have sex with me."

"I watched the show every night and little did I know that many years and many pounds later that watching the show was a great education for me," Kimmel explained while getting emotional.

"I learned almost nothing in college, but watching 'Late Night,' not only did I learn how to do everything from Dave, the reason I have this show is because the executives at ABC saw me when I was a guest on Dave's show and hired me to host this show. So I want to thank Dave, and his writers, and producers."

"Tomorrow night is Letterman's farewell show and I'd like it if you watched that instead of our show," urged Kimmel. "We are going to have a show on tomorrow night, but please do not watch it, especially if you're a young person who doesn't understand what all the fuss is about."

"Dave is the best and you should see him," Kimmel said while tearing up.

Kimmel then explained that he wanted to show his audience "one of my favorite segments of the show," which was "a parody of the after school specials they would run in the 70s and 80s."

Kimmel then ran an old "Late Night" clip in which Letterman very ironically comforts a little boy named Jimmy about the end of the show.

"Jimmy, I've been looking all over for you," Letterman says in the old video bit. "I know how you feel, hurt at first, but believe me, you're going to get over it. Jimmy, just because the show is canceled doesn't mean it goes away forever. It can live on through re-runs and syndication."

The irony was not lost on Kimmel, who told his audience, "I think this sums up how I feel this week, almost supernaturally well."

Check out the full tribute below, it's worth a watch:

SEE ALSO: David Letterman says viral videos by Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon drove him out of late-night TV

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This could be the biggest fall for television remakes, revivals and spinoffs. That could just be what the major networks really needed to cut through today's very dense TV landscape, because it's working.

Business Insider partnered with Amobee Brand Intelligence— a company that provides marketing insight and measures real-time content consumption across the internet, social, and mobile — to find out which new TV shows are actually breaking through the clutter and getting the most attention.

During the process, Amobee discovered that out of the 10 upcoming fall TV series that generated the most consumption between April 19-May 19, six were based on existing franchises. A whopping 88% of the digital consumption — a measure of how often a term/brand is actually “seen” online (600,000+ websites including mobile) and social media — around those 10 shows were shows based on existing franchises.

CBS's "Supergirl"remake soared above next season's new shows, receiving the most digital consumption and thus setting the bar against which the other shows are compared.

The CW's "Arrow"-"Flash" spinoff "DC's Legends of Tomorrow" came in second at 69% of "Supergirl's" digital consumption.

In the third position, CBS's sequel to Bradley Cooper film "Limitless" came in at 51%.

It was followed by ABC's "The Muppets" revival in fourth place at 31%.

The first original series to break through is Fox's Ryan Murphy series "Scream Queens," which rounds out the Top 5 with 16%.

See Amobee's chart below for the other shows that broke into the internet's Top 10 most "seen" series:

SEE ALSO: The 13 new TV shows we're most excited about

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On Wednesday, David Letterman will host the "Late Show" for the very last time.

Out of respect for his idol, Jimmy Kimmel will air a rerun of his competing late-night show.

"I have too much respect for Dave to do anything that would distract viewers from watching his final show," Kimmel recently told The New York Times. "Plus, I’ll probably be crying all day, which makes it hard to work."

Indeed, Kimmel did shed a few tears during his tribute to the veteran late-night host on Tuesday. But Kimmel's obsession with Letterman goes way back.

Kimmel, 47, has idolized Letterman, 68, since the younger late-night host was a quirky kid growing up in Vegas.

"His show was just so weird and different," Kimmel told Rolling Stone back in 2013. "I'd never seen anything like it. I didn't know anyone who had a sense of humor like that."

Kimmel has often joked that the only reason he went into show business was to be friends with Letterman — and wondered why anyone would watch his show instead of Letterman’s.

So when Kimmel was coming off four years as cohost of Comedy Central’s “The Man Show” and about to debut "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" on ABC in 2002, naturally he reached out to Letterman to be a guest on the show’s premiere episode.

Letterman’s typed response — on personal stationery — today sits framed on Kimmel’s desk in his studio office, alongside a photo of his late grandparents and a picture of himself covered in whipped cream after popping a fictional zit on Jon Stewart’s forehead.

This is what the letter said. It's from September 23, 2002, and was uncovered by New York Magazine.

Dear Jimmy,

Thanks for asking me to appear on your premiere. Unfortunately, I will be out of the country on business. I’m sure the program will be a success regardless.

Sincerely,

Dave

"His response is hilarious," Kimmel told New York Magazine. "He’s not out of the country on business. He knows you know he’s not out of the country on business and just the words 'on business' — it really makes it a perfect letter for me."

Eleven years later, the two aren’t exactly best buddies. But Letterman did appear on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" for the first time in 2012, when the LA-based show broadcast out of Brooklyn after Hurricane Sandy.

Letterman's appearance gave Kimmel his biggest Wednesday audience in the show's history — about 2.4 million viewers.

Leading up to the visit, Kimmel said he was "terrified" to interview Letterman and tried to justify it by saying, "I’m sure for him it’s nothing more than a nuisance, that he’s just doing it to be nice."

But Letterman was a gracious guest as Kimmel showed him photos of his "Late Night"-themed 18th-birthday cake:

And "L8 Nite" license plate on his first car.

Letterman responded by telling his No. 1 fan, "I’ll be honest with you, it was troubling. I kept saying to people, 'Why is he sucking up to me?' ... When I was persuaded that there was some measure of stability here, then I really realized that it was genuine and I couldn’t appreciate it more."

Letterman added, "In show business, one of the precepts is you're not really supposed to be nice to people, especially if you have the same occupation as another person. Jimmy has broken that precept and has been nothing but generous and courteous and kind to me."

Kimmel told Rolling Stone that, as a kid, he felt like Letterman was doing his show "specifically for [him]." And now, to return the favor, Kimmel won't do his show on Wednesday, specifically for Letterman.

Watch Letterman's ratings-raising 2012 appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"

On Tuesday, Kimmel gave an emotional farewell tribute to Letterman, urging viewers to watch Dave's final show on Wednesday instead of his own.

Through tears, Kimmel explained: "Dave is the best and you should see him."

SEE ALSO: Jimmy Kimmel gave the best, teary tribute to his idol David Letterman

MORE: David Letterman says viral videos by Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon drove him out of late-night TV

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On Wednesday, David Letterman hosted his last "Late Show."

Tons of celebrities came out to celebrate the occasion and help Letterman with his final "Top 10" list.

Check out the final list below, with who said what:

Top 10 Things I've Always Wanted to Say to Dave

10. Alec Baldwin:"Of all the talk shows, yours is the most geographically convenient to my home."

9. Barbara Walters:"Did you know you wear the same cologne as Moammar Gadhafi?"

8. Steve Martin:"Your extensive plastic surgery was necessary and a mistake."

7. Jerry Seinfeld:"I have no idea what I'll do when you go off the air. You know, I just thought of something: I'll be fine."

6. Jim Carrey:"Honestly, Dave, I've always found you to be a bit of an overactor."

5. Chris Rock:"I'm just glad your show is being given to another white guy."

4. Julia Louis-Dreyfus:"Thanks for letting me take part in another hugely disappointing series finale."

3. Peyton Manning:"Dave, you are to comedy what I am to comedy."

2. Tina Fey:"Thanks for finally proving men can be funny."

1. Bill Murray:"Dave, I'll never have the money I owe you."

Murray was Letterman's first-ever guest in 1982.

Watch the full, final "Top 10" below:

SEE ALSO: David Letterman cracks self-deprecating jokes in last monologue

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David Letterman hosted his final "Late Show" Wednesday night.

After entering the stage to a standing ovation, Letterman urged people to "please be seated" so he could deliver his last monologue.

He opened by joking: "I’ll be honest with you -- it’s beginning to look like I’m not gonna get 'The Tonight Show.'"

Letterman then said it has been annoying to constantly be asked what he's going to do now that he's retired.

"Want to know what I'm going to do? By god, I hope to become the new face of Scientology," Letterman quipped.

"Don't kid yourselves, emotions are running high in this building," he continued. "Here's a video of the goodbye statement to staff that took place earlier today,"he said before showing a clip of himself blowing a kiss to staffers via hologram.

"Paul and I have been doing this show for 33 years, that's 6,028 shows," Letterman said on a seemingly serious note, before joking: Earlier today we got a call from Stephen Hawking, he ran the numbers because he's a genius. He said it makes out to be about eight minutes of laughter."

Letterman continued with the jokes. "Time gets away from you," he said. "When we started this program the hottest show on television was 'Keeping Up with the Gabors.'

The worst thing about not having his own show? "When I screw up now I have to go on somebody else's show to apologize."

"Do you remember Elian Gonzalez?" Letterman continued. "The kid is 21-years-old and yesterday he announced that he wants to come back to America. Now my question to you is, should I take this personally?"

Letterman later called bandleader Paul Schaefer his best friend, but told fans not to worry because the two aren't done in the entertainment 'biz just yet.

"We are going to continue on in show business. Next month in June, Paul and I will be debuting our new act with white tigers," he joked.

Letterman also showed two video tributes from Fox’s "The Simpsons" and later "Wheel of Fortune."

Watch the full monologue below:

SEE ALSO: Tina Fey, Jerry Seinfeld, Bill Murray, and more read Letterman's final 'Top 10' list

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After 33 years on the air, David Letterman said his final farewell last night to the "Late Show."

Throughout the day, many actors, athletes, comedians, and politicians took to social media to post their memories with the veteran late night host.

Check out some of the tributes below:

Kelly Ripa:"Thanks Dave........for everything. ❤️💔"

Lena Dunham:"Dear Dave- you really know how to make a gal feel like a trillion bucks. Thank you for it all. Love- Lena"

Kim Kardashian:"Thank you for so many laughs! You will be greatly missed @Letterman."

Sarah Silverman:"Gonna miss this man something awful. #DAVE"

"Last time I was on #DAVE I wrote him this note ."

Chris Rock:"And the new host of the late show is."

Mindy Kaling:"Thank you, Dave. Love you. ❤️"

Olivia Munn:"You weren't so scary after all. 💙 #latenight #letterman #finalshow"

Mandy Moore:"It's grainy but all I could find of my first appearance on #Letterman. What an honor. We'll miss you, Dave but thanks for it all."

Debra Messing:"OH DAVE....NO ONE has ever made me more giddy than you. Thank you for your kindness, your playfulness, your singular wit. There has never been and will never be, anyone like you."

Sean Hayes:"We'll miss you in Late Night, Dave. Thanks for being a comedic hero to me. #ThanksDave @Letterman."

Jessica Alba: "My very first time on @letterman - I will never forget how comfortable you made me feel - I was SOOOOOOO nervous!!! #thanksdave for all of the amazing memories and laughs! #davidletterman #darkangel."

"Can't believe I was pregnant w Honor in this one #thanksdave - we will miss you @letterman"

"Last one ...#thanksdave for all the laughs, memories and support throughout the years - we are really going to miss you @letterman" 

Many also tweeted their final farewells:

And some even took to Facebook:

Even Letterman's competition posted tributes:

SEE ALSO: Tina Fey, Jerry Seinfeld, Bill Murray, and more read Letterman's final 'Top 10' list

MORE: David Letterman cracks self-deprecating jokes in last monologue

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David Letterman's farewell from late night on Wednesday evening earned him the highest ratings in nearly a decade.

According to early numbers, the goodbye episode earned a huge 9.3/24 in local ratings. That's the highest ratings for the show since December 1, 2005, when Oprah Winfrey, who Letterman has publicly feuded with, and Bonnie Rait were the guests.

To give you an idea about how big that is for Letterman, last night's numbers represent a 127% increase over Monday's episode (4.1/11) with guests Tom Hanks — appearing for the 60th time on the show — and rocker Eddie Vedder.

Additionally, "Late Show's" finale beat all primetime shows on Wednesday.

"The Late, Late Show with James Corden" also got a bump from its lead-in. Its early ratings, 2.5/10, are a new all-time high for the program. That represents a 79% increase over last week (1.4/05) and 150% increase from last year (1.0/03).

CBS will release the full overnight ratings, which will include the amount of total viewers, later on Thursday.

Letterman's finale episode showed a mix of favorite segments like Top Ten Lists and memorable moments. The highlight of the night was the star-sytudded reading of the final Top Ten List with guests Chris Rock, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Peyton Manning and Tina Fey, among others.

SEE ALSO: Tons of celebrities posted memories with David Letterman on social media last night

MORE: David Letterman cracks self-deprecating jokes in last monologue

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On David Letterman's farewell to CBS's "Late Show" on Wednesday, the 33-year late-night veteran joked that he would devote the rest of his life to "social media."

As late-night TV depends more and more on creating viral moments, David Letterman has said that that was one of the reasons he knew it was time to leave the "Late Show."

The lack of ability to create viral videos is "a weakness of the show," Letterman said in May's Rolling Stone cover interview. "I hear about things going viral and I think, 'How do you do that?' I think I'm the blockage in the plumbing."

Letterman wasn't just being highly critical of himself. There are actual numbers to prove it.

Amobee Brand Intelligence — a company that provides marketing insight and measures real-time content consumption across the internet, social media, and mobile — looked at digital consumption around all the late night hosts for a year starting April 2014 to April 2015.

The results confirmed that the changing landscape for late-night formats and viral video creation wasn't moving in Letterman's favor.

Despite a high level of awareness that the last year was Letterman’s swan song year, Fallon, Kimmel, Jon Stewart, and Stephen Colbert all had more consumption than the departing CBS host. In fact, Letterman generated only 29% as much digital consumption as Fallon.

With less and less people watching late-night talk shows live, the shows have moved toward bits that can get shared online the next day.

Younger hosts are doing the literal song and dance to create viral moments, which isn't Letterman's style.

Amobee offers up the following example: When Letterman announced he would be leaving late-night in April 2014, he only generated 52% of the digital consumption Stewart's decision to leave Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" received two months earlier.

"If you look around at the other people doing it and look at me, it's almost like a pair of shoes you haven't worn in a hundred years," he told Rolling Stone. "'Gee, I think we can probably get rid of these.' I still enjoy what I'm doing, but I think what I'm doing is not what you want at 11:30 anymore."

Letterman certainly had his own success with innovative sketches gone viral. We've all clicked on a video of Letterman's "Stupid Pet Tricks" and "Top Ten Lists," among other great segments. But, he's probably right about not fitting the variety-show-like model late-night programs have moved toward.

With all that behind Letterman now, Colbert will have to step up to the viral video competition when he takes over the "Late Show" on Sept. 8.

SEE ALSO: David Letterman sent this witty rejection letter to Jimmy Kimmel in 2002

MORE: Adam Sandler performed a hilariously touching musical tribute to David Letterman

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David Letterman's final episode of "The Late Show" aired Wednesday evening.  

Perhaps Letterman's greatest late-night show legacy is his nightly Top 10 lists. Celebrities from Tiny Fey and Jerry Seinfeld to Jim Carrey and Bill Murray showed up to read the final one: "Top 10 Things I've Always Wanted to Say to Dave."

In honor of his departure, we've rounded up the Top 10 Letterman Top 10 lists.

To compile the ranked list, we took into consideration top-viewed lists from YouTube and talked-about lists across the Internet. We also looked at prior anniversary lists from Letterman himself.

We also turned to CBS' archives of top 10 lists dating back to 2001. Not all of our selections have video.

Without further ado, these are the lists that had us laughing the hardest:

10. Top Ten Reasons I'm glad to be named Justin Bieber 

Air date: November 3, 2010

A man from Jacksonville, Florida named Justin Bieber came on the show to present. 

9. Top Ten Things I Have Learned Working For "The Late Show"

Air date: August 28, 2003

10. "Most of audience -- prison inmates"
(Line Producer, Kathy Mavrikakis)

9. "That moron couldn't remember his name if it wasn't on cue cards"
(Cue Cards, Tony Mendez)

8. "I have utterly and completely wasted my life"
(Associate Producer, Nancy Agostini)

7. "Jennifer Lopez is a hellcat in bed"
(Film Coordinator, Rick Scheckman)

6. "The hours may be long, but the money sucks"
(Make Up Artist, Michele O'Callaghan)

5. "We really are a family, and Dave is the crazy uncle everyone is hoping will be put in a home"
(Writer, Gerard Mulligan)

4. "You don't need good looks or talent to get your own show"
(Stage Manager, Biff Henderson)

3. "When Regis calls, Dave's in a meeting"
(Executive Assistant to David Letterman, Laurie Diamond)

2. "All kidding aside, Dave really is an ass****"
(Executive Producer, Jude Brennan)

1. "It's much easier if I just tell people I work for Leno"
(Musical Director, Paul Shaffer)

8. Ricky Gervais shares the Top Ten Stupid Things Americans Say To Brits

Air date: November 3, 2008 

"Do you know the Queen?"

7. Robert De Niro and Al Pacino's Top Ten Reasons I Like Being An Actor

Air date: September 2008

6. Top Ten Ways The Show Has Changed Since 1993.

Air date: August 28, 2009

10. Now do the bulk of my drinking after the show

9. People used to pretend to like me. Now they pretend to tolerate me

8. Global warming has raised theater temperature to 38 degrees

7. I lost 280 pounds with Deal-a-Meal

6. Crazy lady we used to piss off: Madonna. Now crazy lady we piss off: Sarah Palin

5. Audience is here to see if I drop dead on stage

4. Dwindling amount of hate mail; burgeoning amount of hate e-mail

3. Every ten minutes someone is dropping a flashlight

2. Used to talk with sexiest women in the world. Now I interview Artie Lange

1. Emmy Awards replaced with Fire Dave rallies

5. Top Ten President Obama Excuses

Air date: October 4, 2012

10. "I haven't slept an hour since 2008"

9. "Romney's hair is mesmerizing"

8. "Didn't want to wake Jim Lehrer"

7. "Haven't been the same since I quit smoking"

6. "Honestly, I thought the debate was next week"

5. "I live with my mother-in-law, what do you want from me?"

4. "Kept blanking on what percentage of the country Mitt's written off"

3. "Skipped rehearsal, just like Letterman"

2. "Why don't you ask Bin Laden how I did?"

1. "It's Bush's fault"

4. Top Ten Things Never Before Said on "The Sopranos" as presented by the cast.

Air date: n/a

"You don't have the money? That's cool."

3. Barack Obama delivers his Top Ten Campaign Promises

Air date: January 2008

2. Top Ten List of Top 10 Favorite California Names

Air date: May 7, 1996

To present this, Letterman had the actual California residents read off their name and show their licenses to prove it. This is great because as the names get worse and worse, Letterman's crew continues to cut to a woman in the audience clearly bothered by the vulgarities. 

1. Top 10 George Bush Moments

Air date: n/a

SEE ALSO: Watch Tina Fey, Jerry Seinfeld, and more read Letterman's final "Top 10" list

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June is fast approaching, so that means there will be a slew of new movies and TV shows heading to Netflix.

This coming month brings the return of "Orange is the New Black" as well as "Sense8," Netflix's latest foray into original programming.

Meanwhile, if you ever wanted to see what a Shaquille O'Neal all star comedy jam looks like, Netflix will offer a few of those as well.

Check out everything coming to Netflix in June.

Here's what you should check out on Netflix in June:

TV

"Sense8" (available6/5)

The Wachowskis' ("The Matrix,""Cloud Atlas") first-ever TV series could restore them to their former greatness after their most recent movie, "Jupiter Ascending."

"Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." (available 6/10)

The second season of Marvel's first attempt at extending its ambitious cinematic universe to the small screen will be available on Netflix. 

"Orange is the New Black" (available 6/12)

The critically-acclaimed series that put Netflix original programming on the map returns for its third season. After a stellar second season, and an unforgettable cliffhanger, things are looking up for the new season.

"Scandal" (available6/13)

The fourth season of Shondaland's wildly popular political drama will be avaliable to binge watch. 

Movies 

"The Aviator" (available 6/1)

Martin Scorsese's 2004 epic about the life of Howard Hughes marked his second collaboration with Leonardo DiCaprio (the first was "Gangs of New York" in 2002). The film also earned Cate Blanchett her first Oscar for her entertaining performance as Katharine Hepburn.

"Nightcrawler" (available 6/10)

Now you will finally get a chance to catch up on one of the best films of 2014, which features Jake Gyllenhaal as a wildly ambitious but morally twisted man trying to break into L.A. crime journalism. Unfortunately, Gyllenhaal was not nominated for an Oscar for what is, by far, the best performance of his career. 

"Rosewater" (available 6/10)

Jon Stewart took off "Daily Show" hosting duty during the summer of 2013 to shoot this drama about a journalist (Gael Garcia Bernal) who is thrown into an Iranian prison after participating in a "Daily Show" bit. This is a great way to kick off Stewart's last few months as host; his last show will air on August 6.

"Life of Crime" (available 6/10)

This adaptation of an Elmore Leonard novel is also a prequel to Quentin Tarantino's "Jackie Brown" from 1997.

Here's the full list of June releases:

Available 6/1

"Employee of the Month" (2006)
"Hidden Kingdoms" (2014)
"La Dictadura Perfecta" (2014)
"R.L. Stine's Mostly Ghostly" (2008)
"R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It" (2007)
"Sex Ed" (2014)
"Shaquille O'Neal Presents: All Star Comedy Jam: Live From Atlanta" (2013)
"Shaquille O'Neal Presents: All Star Comedy Jam: Live from Las Vegas" (2014)
"Shaquille O'Neal Presents: All Star Comedy Jam: Live from Orlando" (2012)
"The Aviator" (2004)
"The High and the Mighty" (1954)
"The Magdalene Sisters" (2002)
"The Perfect Dictatorship" (2014)

Available 6/3

"Best of Me" (2014)
"Hector and the Search for Happiness" (2014)

Available 6/5 

"Sense8" (Season 1)

Available 6/7 

"Words and Pictures" (2013)

Available 6/8 

"Grace of Monaco" (2014)

Available 6/9 

"Free the Nipple" (2014
"It's Tough Being Loved by Jerks" (2008)

Available 6/10

"Nightcrawler" (2014)
"Pretty Little Liars" (Season 5)
"Rosewater" (2014)

Available 6/11 

"Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." (Season 2)
"The Legend" (1993)
"The Legend 2" (1993)

Available 6/12 

"Champs" (2015)
"Life of Crime" (2013)
"Orange is the New Black" (Season 3)
"The Cobbler" (2014)

Available 6/13 

"Antarctica: A Year on Ice" (2013)
"Scandal" (Season 4)
"Transformers: Age of Extinction" (2014)

Available 6/15 

"Bindi's Boot Camp" (Season 1)
"Danger Mouse" (Seasons 1-10)
"Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer" (2013)
"Really Me" (Seasons 1-2)
"Rodney Carrington: Laughter's Good" 
"Team Toon" (Season 1)
"Wizards vs. Aliens" (Seasons 1-3)

Available 6/16 

"Backstreet Boys: Show 'Em What You're Made Of" (2015)
"Curious George" (2006)
"Lee Daniels' The Bulter" (2013)
"Two Days, One Night" (2014)

Available 6/17 

"Heartland" (Season 6)
"Point and Shoot" (2014)

Available 6/19 

"A Most Wanted Man" (2014)
"Some Assembly Required" 

Available 6/20 

"Cake" (2014)

Available 6/23

"Advantageous" (2015)

Available 6/24 

"Beyond the Lights" (2014)

Available 6/25 

"Ballet 422" (2014)

Available 6/26 

"Dragons: Race to the Edge" (Season 1)
"Katy Perry: The Prismatic World Tour"
"What Happened, Miss Simone?" (2015)
"Young & Hungry" (Season 2)

Available 6/27 

"The Reluctant Fundamentalist" (2012)

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FX is hoping for another hit from "American Horror Story" cocreator Ryan Murphy with its coming true-crime anthology series "American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson."

Based on Jeffrey Toobin's book "The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson," the limited series will take a look at the O.J. Simpson trial told from the perspective of the lawyers.

It will explore the chaotic behind-the-scenes dealings and maneuvering on both sides of the court and how the LAPD's history with Los Angeles' African-American community affected the trial.

For the past several months, casting on the series has kept people buzzing as many still remember watching the case that went down in the mid-'90s and feel they know the players well.

With production underway in Los Angeles, FX has just released the first photos of the cast. Business Insider took the extra step of showing them alongside the real people they'll be playing.

Cuba Gooding Jr. ("Jerry Maguire,""Empire") as O.J. Simpson:

Simpson was tried on two counts of murder for the deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and waiter, Ronald Lyle Goldman, in June 1994.

David Schwimmer ("Friends") as Robert Kardashian:

He is just one member of Simpson's team of high-profile defense attorneys. And, yes, he's the father of Kim Kardashian, her sisters, and her brother, who is named after the attorney.

Courtney B. Vance ("State of Affairs,""Revenge") as attorney Johnnie Cochran:

He is another member of Simpson's defense team, which was dubbed "The Dream Team." Cochran went on to represent several celebrities, including Sean Combs, Snoop Dogg, and Michael Jackson.

John Travolta ("Pulp Fiction") as attorney Robert Shapiro:

He is another member of Simpson's "Dream Team." You may recognize him as the face of LegalZoom, the company he cofounded.

Sarah Paulson ("American Horror Story") as deputy district attorney Marcia Clark:

She was made lead prosecutor on the case. The Simpson trial was the 21st murder trial she argued in her 13 years with the district attorney's office. She would later write a book about the trial in a reported $4.2 million deal and act as a special legal correspondent for news shows.

Billy Magnussen ("Into the Woods") as Kato Kaelin:

Kaelin, who was living on Simpson's property at the time of the killings, played a minor witness for the prosecution. Comedians began joking about his surfer persona, lack of acting jobs, and reputation for being a freeloader. After the trial, he would go on to various entertainment jobs and appear on several reality shows.

"American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson" will premiere in 2016 on FX.

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CBS's "Supergirl" is the most-talked about new show of the upcoming season on social media, but Fox has the most shows in the Top 10 than any other broadcast network.

That's what we learned when Business Insider partnered with Prime Visibility, a digital marketing agency with the tools to measure social media mentions, to figure out which shows people are talking about most on Twitter and Facebook over the past seven days.

It's no surprise that shows based on previous franchises took the Top 4 spots. "Supergirl" was followed by The CW's "Arrow"-"Flash" spinoff "DC's Legends of Tomorrow," ABC's revival of "The Muppets," and the return of Fox's "The X-Files."

Interestingly, ABC is getting a lot of social media chatter around its upcoming FBI drama "Quantico." It's the highest-ranked original series in fifth place.

NBC may be on to something, too, with its upcoming variety show revival, "Best Time Ever With Neil Patrick Harris." It placed No. 6.

Although Fox had more shows in the Top 10 than any other network, "Supergirl" still beats their combined total of social mentions. 

Here are the Top 10 shows on social media, according to Prime Visibility:

1.) "Supergirl" (CBS) — 33,270

2.)"DC's Legends of Tomorrow" (The CW) — 18,754

3.)"The Muppets"(ABC) — 9,207

4.) "The X-Files"(Fox) — 8,431

5.)"Quantico"(ABC) — 7,666

6.)"Best Time Ever With Neil Patrick Harris"(NBC) — 7,641

7.)"Limitless" (CBS) — 5,693

8.)"Scream Queens" (Fox) — 5,568

9.)"Rosewood"(Fox) — 4,417

10.)"Lucifer" (Fox) — 4,230

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One word that could best describe "Mad Men" creator Matthew Weiner is "obsessive." 

Throughout the entire run of "Mad Men," he made sure to get all the period details right and went as far as to model a kitchen after the year 1957 instead of 1960 in order to ensure continuity.

Outside of the sets, costumes, and cigarettes one of the most memorable features on all of "Mad Men" is the music. Weiner handpicked many of the songs used throughout the series by hand. 

The most surprising part, though, is that he was planning the show's soundtrack years before he even knew what "Mad Men" would become.

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The pilot episode for CBS's "Supergirl" has gone up, up and away on the internet.

It leaked online late Thursday night and has already been downloaded more than 150,000 times.

As downloads aren't going as fast as expected, a realistic estimate is that it'll reach a quarter of a million downloads by Saturday morning, according to TorrentFreak.com.

Two torrent sites led the charge. LOL and DiMENSiON released the download originally, but the availability of the files is expected to increase as other torrent sites get their hands on them and media spreads the word about the leak.

LOL is apparently offering a smaller size download file while DiMENSiON's file is more than 15 times the size of LOL's and a quality that should work for HD viewing.

Apparently, the leaked video doesn't show the signs of being a screener, such as on-screen warning messages about sharing the screener, messages about who owns it, etc.

The leak arrives just a couple weeks after CBS officially announced it's going forward with the series and six months ahead of its November premiere date.

A CBS representative declined to comment for this article.

Online piracy of TV and movies have plagued the industry for years. And as people have increasingly moved away from using cable and satellite TV services, it has become a popular way for cord-cutters to watch their favorite shows.

In 2014, HBO's "Game of Thrones" had the dubious honor of being the most-pirated TV show with about 48.4 million downloads that year.

As a result, many TV networks are exploring options that give cord-cutters a legal avenue to watch their programming. With "Game of Thrones" piracy as it is, it's no surprise that HBO has been a leader in the movement to offer its own standalone subscription streaming service. HBO Now launched in April.

And by the way, CBS has also launched its own streaming service called CBS All Access. Full seasons of CBS's already aired programming are available on the service. So, "Supergirl" is only available right now via illegal downloads.

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"Sons of Anarchy" creator Kurt Sutter is back in business at FX.

The cable channel announced on Friday that it has ordered 10 episodes of Sutter's drama, "The Bastard Executioner." Production will resume in Wales this summer with a fall premiere date set.

The series takes place in the late-Middle Ages and follows a warrior knight in King Edward I’s charge who is broken by the ravages of war and vows to lay down his sword. But when that violence finds him again, he is forced to return to battle.

“I love history. I love theology. I love blood," Sutter said in a statement. "It's been very satisfying weaving fact and fiction to create a new mythology that combines all these elements. And with this extraordinary cast -- Stephen Moyer, Katey Sagal and newcomer, Lee Jones -- this world explodes on screen. I love working with FX and [Fox 21 Television Studios]. They've been my family for 15 years. They not only tolerate me, they embrace my extremely disturbing storytelling sensibilities.” 

Sutter will also appear on the new series alongside series regulars Flora Spencer-Longhurst, Sam Spruell, Darren Evans, Danny Sapani, Timothy V. Murphy, Sarah White, Sarah Sweeney, Elen Rhys, Ethan Griffiths and guest star Matthew Rhys.

Produced by Fox 21 Television Studios and FX Productions, "The Bastard Executioner" was created by Sutter who will be joined by Brian Grazer, Francie Calfo and Paris Barclay as the show's executive producers.

It isn't difficult to see why FX would be in a hurry to be back in business with Sutter after "Sons of Anarchy" ended its run last December. The gritty drama's final season was its most-watched and highest-rated, averaging 11.7 million total viewers and 7.5 million in the advertiser-coveted demographic of Adults, aged 18-49 years old.

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