Worldwide Pants Incorporated - Definition and Overview

Worldwide Pants Incorporated is a television production company owned by comedian and talk show host David Letterman. Current television productions include:

• The Late Show with David Letterman (1993-present)
• Everybody Loves Raymond (1996-present)
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2004-present)

The company has also produced a movie prequel to Strangers with Candy, also called Strangers with Candy. The film will have its world premiere at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, within the "Park City at Midnight" category.

Worldwide Pants was formed when Letterman made his switch from NBC to CBS. The company headquarters are in the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City. The president and CEO is Rob Burnett.

Past productions

Past productions include:

• CBS's The Building (1993)
• CBS's The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder (1995-1999)
• CBS's The Bonnie Hunt Show (1995-1996)
• HBO's The High Life (1996)
• CBS's Welcome to New York (2000-2001)
• NBC's Ed (2000-2004)
• CBS's The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (1999-2004)

In May 2003 the company was reported to be developing another sitcom, a children's cartoon, and a documentary [1] (http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/70/burnett.html).