This is what the Ed Sullivan Theater looks like without the Late Show with David Letterman marquee
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For more than 20 years, the marquee for Late Show with David Letterman has dominated a small stretch of midtown Manhattan. The familiar blue-and-yellow awning atop the Ed Sullivan has greeted every person who entered the studio for a taping, and been the subject of countless tourist selfies.
And now it's gone. Just a week after the series finale of Late Show with David Letterman, this is what the Ed Sullivan Theater looks like:
Presumably, it'll get a little cozier when Stephen Colbert takes over in September.
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Scott Meslow is the entertainment editor for TheWeek.com. He has written about film and television at publications including The Atlantic, POLITICO Magazine, and Vulture.
