My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman - wikipedia My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman Genre Talk show Directed by Michael Bonfiglio Presented by David Letterman Composer ( s ) Paul Shaffer Country of origin United States Original language ( s ) English No. of seasons No. of episodes 4 ( list of episodes ) Production Executive producer ( s ) Justin Wilkes Dave Sirulnick Jon Kamen Tom Keany Producer ( s ) Mary Barclay Cinematography Declan Quinn Editor ( s ) Jesse Gordon Edward A. Bishop Paul Little Running time 50 -- 56 minutes Production company ( s ) RadicalMedia Worldwide Pants Inc. Release Original network Netflix Original release January 12, 2018 ( 2018 - 01 - 12 ) -- present External links Official website My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman is an American web television talk show hosted by David Letterman. The series consists of interviews with one guest per episode both inside and outside a studio setting. The first season will consist of six episodes and will include interviews with Barack Obama, George Clooney, Malala Yousafzai, Jay - Z, Tina Fey, and Howard Stern. Obama was the first guest on the show, with the first episode released on Netflix on January 12, 2018. Contents 1 Production 1.1 Development 1.2 Music 2 Episodes 3 Reception 4 References 5 External links Production Development On August 8, 2017, it was announced that Netflix had ordered a six - episode interview series starring David Letterman. Each hour - long episode will feature Letterman conducting a longform conversation with a single guest and in - the - field segments, in which he will explore topics on his own. On January 5, 2018, Netflix released further information about the series. It was announced that Letterman 's guests in the first season would include Barack Obama, George Clooney, Malala Yousafzai, Jay - Z, Tina Fey, and Howard Stern. It was also announced that the series would premiere on January 12, 2018 with Letterman 's interview with Obama. This interview was Obama 's first since leaving office. Music The show 's theme song and bridging music were written and recorded by Letterman 's long - time bandleader, Paul Shaffer. Soon after it was announced publicly that Netflix had given the series an order, Shaffer received a phone call from Letterman asking him to work on the show. Soon after, Shaffer began to receive cuts of episodes from the first season and he started to put music in afterwards where the director thought it was needed. In developing the sound of the show 's music, Shaffer initially looked to Letterman for guidance. Finding none, he remembered he and Letterman 's shared love for the sort of music produced at the Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Sheffield, Alabama describing it as `` the honesty you hear, the southern soul feeling. '' The score initially included drums but the show 's producers and director thought that the music should `` feel like it 's Dave 's old friend Paul playing. '' so it was ultimately stripped down to solely include piano, organ, and bass guitar. Episodes No. Title Featured guest Original release date `` It 's a Whole New Ball Game Now '' Barack Obama January 12, 2018 ( 2018 - 01 - 12 ) Cold open : Letterman interviewing Obama on Late Show with David Letterman. On - location segment : Walking with Congressman John Lewis across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, site of the civil rights movement 's Bloody Sunday in 1965. `` You Be the Newsman, I 'll Be Liz Taylor '' George Clooney February 9, 2018 ( 2018 - 02 - 09 ) Cold open : Letterman and Clooney outside of LAX watching planes land and eating fast food. On - location segment : At the home of Nick Clooney meeting Iraqi refugee Hazim Avdal whom the Clooney family is sponsoring. `` You Know, She Has a Nobel Peace Prize '' Malala Yousafzai March 9, 2018 ( 2018 - 03 - 09 ) Cold open : Letterman accompanies Yousafzai as she leads a tour group at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. On - location segment : Yousafzai continues to lead the tour group as Letterman tags along, the pair browse in the University of Oxford shop, and Letterman eats lunch with Yousafzai 's father. `` I Had a Paper Route Too '' Jay - Z April 6, 2018 ( 2018 - 04 - 06 ) Cold open : None On - location segment : Letterman visits Shangri La Studio, speaks with music producer Rick Rubin and listens to Madison Ryann Ward recording. 5 `` TBA '' Tina Fey May 4, 2018 6 `` TBA '' Howard Stern May 31, 2018 Reception The first season of My Next Guest Needs No Introduction has been met with a positive response from critics. On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the first season holds a 80 % approval rating with an average rating of 6.4 out of 10 based on 25 reviews. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the season a score of 70 out of 100 based on 13 reviews, indicating `` generally favorable reviews ''. References Jump up ^ Andreeva, Nellie ( August 8, 2017 ). `` David Letterman Returns To Television With Netflix Series ''. Deadline. Retrieved January 13, 2018. Jump up ^ `` David Letterman makes his return to television on Netflix '' ( Press release ). Hollywood, CA : Netflix. August 8, 2017. Retrieved August 8, 2017. Jump up ^ Hipes, Patrick ( January 5, 2018 ). `` David Letterman 's Netflix Show To Bow January 12 With Barack Obama As First Guest ''. Deadline. Retrieved January 13, 2018. Jump up ^ Lewis, Hilary ( January 5, 2018 ). `` David Letterman 's Netflix Talk Show Sets Barack Obama as First Guest ''. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 13, 2018. Jump up ^ Stuever, Hank ( January 12, 2018 ). `` Review : Letterman sits down with Obama, but both men seem rusty and off their game ''. Washington Post. Retrieved January 13, 2018. Jump up ^ Leight, Elias ( February 2, 2018 ). `` Paul Shaffer on Writing Letterman 's Netflix Theme Song & the Value of Humor in Pop ''. Billboard. Retrieved February 9, 2018. Jump up ^ Carr, Mary Kate ( April 24, 2018 ). `` What 's on Netflix in May : The best shows and movies to watch this month ''. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved April 24, 2018. Jump up ^ Douglas, Nick ( April 24, 2018 ). `` Here 's What 's Coming And Going From Netflix In May 2018 ''. Lifehacker. Retrieved April 24, 2018. Jump up ^ `` My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman : Season 1 - Rotten Tomatoes ''. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved January 13, 2018. Jump up ^ `` My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman : Season 1 - Metacritic ''. Metacritic. Retrieved January 13, 2018. 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