Late Show With David Letterman bandleader Paul Shaffer is just as stunned as viewers are that CBS is canceling The Late Show With Stephen Colbert and the entire Late Show franchise. “Shocking.

Late Show With David Letterman bandleader Paul Shaffer is just as stunned as viewers are that CBS is canceling The Late Show With Stephen Colbert and the entire Late Show franchise. “Shocking.

The musician, who served as David Letterman's sidekick on the show for 22 years, opined that "Stephen Colbert was absolutely number one." Shaffer also said that he's "glad that I was in and out of ...

A feature documentary about Paul Shaffer, best known David Letterman’s longtime sidekick and Late Show bandleader, is in the works. The life rights to the story of the musician and TV personality from ...

“Shocking. Absolutely shocking,” Shaffer said of the decision in a recent Entertainment Weekly interview. “That’s all I can say. I mean, I don’t know what more to say about it. Stephen Colbert was ...