Will Smith, Billie Eilish, Others to Appear on Season Four of David Letterman Netflix Series (TV News Roundup)

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David Letterman’s Emmy-nominated talk show series “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman” is set to return on May 20, Netflix announced on Thursday.The fourth season of the Netflix original series will feature six episodes and a new selection of guests, including Cardi B, Kevin Durant, Billie Eilish, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Ryan Reynolds and Will Smith.The show features one-on-one conversations with the legendary talk show host and the celebrity guest inside and outside a studio setting.

Season four comes after a long absence from the series, as season three premiered almost 18 months ago in October of 2020.Notably, the streamer has announced that all of the episodes were filmed prior to March 2022; that means that there will be no talk of the infamous Will Smith-Chris Rock Oscars slap that occurred on March 27.

Letterman, who is renowned for his 33 years as a late night host at NBC and CBS, is the host of the show. “My Next Guest” is  executive produced by Tom Keaney and Mary Barclay for Worldwide Pants alongside Tony Hernandez, Lilly Burns, Brooke Posch and John Skidmore for Jax Media.

Justin Wilkes and Michael Steed also serve as executive producers.Also in today’s TV news:“Rainn Wilson and the Geography of Bliss,” a new original docuseries starring “The Office” star Rainn Wilson, has been ordered at Peacock.