Editing Late Show with David Letterman (section)

===Same-day tapings===
When Letterman was not on vacation (which he took roughly ten weeks per year<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/2002/03/15/dave-new-world/ |title=A Dave New World |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=March 15, 2002 |access-date=May 15, 2011}}</ref>), he and his crew worked four days per week, taping Friday's show earlier in the week.<ref name="taped">{{cite web|url=http://www.tvsquad.com/2006/04/03/when-the-hell-does-letterman-tape-his-shows/ |title=When the hell does Letterman tape his shows? |first=Joel |last=Keller |publisher=[[TV Squad]] |date=April 3, 2006 |access-date=May 15, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060405034819/http://www.tvsquad.com/2006/04/03/when-the-hell-does-letterman-tape-his-shows/ |archive-date=April 5, 2006 }}</ref> From October 2001 until May 2004, Friday's show was taped on Thursdays. From 2004 to 2010, Friday's show was taped on Mondays.<ref name="taped" /> During this time, the Friday's show's monologue topics, [[Sketches featured on Late Show with David Letterman|sketches, and other segments]] were chosen for their lack of topicality, with few if any references to current events or any subject which would run the risk of seeming dated. However, in late 2011 ''Late Show'' reverted to the practice of taping the Friday show on Thursdays, helping the Friday shows become more topical and relevant.