Barack Obama will be the first guest on David Letterman's new Netflix talk show, which starts next week

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January 5, 2018 5:16 PM

President Barack Obama will be the first guest on David Letterman's new Netflix original talk show, which premieres on January 12, Netflix announced on Friday.

David Letterman's new Netflix original talk show premieres January 12 with Barack Obama as its first guest.
The hour-long show is titled "My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman," and it airs monthly.
Jay-Z, George Clooney, and Tina Fey are among the five other guests set to appear.

The series is titled "My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman."

New episodes of the show will air monthly, and each episode is an hour long.

Netflix announced a lineup of influential guests for the show's first six episodes, including Jay-Z, George Clooney, and Tina Fey, with the following tweet:

Obama. Clooney. Malala. ... @ Netflix US

Letterman retired from CBS' "Late Show" in 2015, after hosting the show for 22 years.

Netflix landed its deal with Letterman in August. The company described the series by saying that its "

Watch a trailer for the new Letterman series below:

My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman | Trailer [HD] | Netflix

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