David Letterman has landed his first TV gig since leaving The Late Showas a correspondent on the secondseason of the climate change documentary series, Years of Living Dangerously, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The shows producers, Joel Bach and David Gelber, reached out to Letterman after noticing his particular interest in the environment duringinterviews with scientists on The Late Show. He seemed to perk up when this issue came across his lap, Bach said. We reached out to him to see if hed want to be part of this, and he said, Absolutely. He said [that climate change is] something he does think about a lot.
Each episode of the series finds a journalist or celebrity-turned-correspondent examining the effects of global warming and efforts to curb it from various angles. For his turn, Letterman will travel to Indiaandinterview Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the countrys energy concerns.
Hes never been to India, and hes really excited to go, Gelber said. Dave will be a terrific correspondent for us. Were very comfortable having him with the Prime Minister of India Im not sure there are that many people wed be comfortable setting up in that kind of role. Hes a wonderful interviewer.
Along with Letterman, Season Two of Years of Living Dangerously will feature Ty Burrell, Cecily Strong and Jack Black, as well asreturning correspondents Don Cheadle, Olivia Munn, Ian Somerhalder, Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Cameron (the latter two also serve as executive producers).
While Season One of Years of Living Dangerously aired on Showtime, the serieswill return on its new home, the National Geographic Channel. Season Twois scheduled to premierein fall 2016.