David Letterman Is Coming to Netflix Next Year. If There Is a Next Year.

He's baaaack!by Sean NelsonPhone the neighbors, wake the kids. ILYA S. SAVENOK / GETTY
Finally, some good news: Boldly ignoring their reported $20 billion debt, Netflix has lured one of the great TV writer/performers of all time back to the small screen. A press release from the company sent this morning announced that David Letterman—for our younger readers: a guy who used to be really funny and good on TV (which is an object people used to watch things on)—would star in a "yet-to-b