Vincent Favale (born September 4, 1959) is an American entertainment industry professional and co-founder of Comedy Central. Early life and education A native of Bath Beach, Brooklyn, Favale attended Saint Finbar School and William Grady High School before graduating from Brooklyn College. While he was a teenager, two of Favale's brothers died within three years of each other, an experience that later served as inspiration for his musical Hereafter. Broadcasting career In 1982, while working in the commercial traffic department at WYNY, Favale auditioned for and appeared on Late Night with David Letterman. He went on to co-found and serve as vice president of programming at Comedy Central, where he developed the television series State of the Union Undressed, created and hosted The 800 Club, and served as producer of the Real Deal. Favale was a producer for David Letterman during his run on CBS late night shows, supervising Late Show with David Letterman from 1996 through its finale in 2015. Between 1998 and 2001 he also oversaw the Howard Stern Radio Show, part of CBS’ late night programming. He often appeared as himself on both shows. In 2003, a David Letterman comedy piece that featured Favale was given a “Cheer” by TV Guide. In 2004, Howard Stern featured a song that Favale had written ("Restless, Restless") on his morning radio show as part of the "Restless Restless Song Contest." One of the most popular submissions of Favale's song was by Robert Goulet. A “Best Of” compilation CD was eventually released on Bandcamp. One of Favale's most well known segments on The Howard Stern Show is when he brought in video love letters he made in 1984 (aka the "Debbie Tapes") when he was wooing his soon to be wife Debbie. In 2015 Favale was executive producer of "David Letterman: A Life in Television," a prime-time tribute. Favale was the only member of Letterman's team to stay on when Stephen Colbert took over, and after he helped oversee the refurbishing of the Ed Sullivan Theater prior to its launch he served as the overseeing supervisor for The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. He eventually became the vice-president of East Coast late-night programming at CBS. In April 2017 he was named SVP Talent Development at CBS Television Studios with responsibilities including "identify[ing] comedic talent and develop[ing] programming for the studio." In June 2018 Favale added creative oversight of the new division