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Los Angeles:
Veteran comedian David Letterman is expected to host a session with Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the nation's energy concerns during his maiden visit to India next year.
The session will form one of the eight episodes of the Emmy Award-winning TV series Years of Living Dangerously.Mr Letterman, 68, will return to TV with the show's second season after retiring from Late Show in May, reported The Hollywood Reporter .
The show is based on the issue of climate change.
Producers Joel Bach and David Gelber said that they decided to approach Mr Letterman after seeing his passion for the issue when he interviewed scientists on his talk show.
"It's thrilling to have him do this - we're beyond excited. The reason why Mr Letterman's part of this is that we just noticed that he seemed to perk up when this issue came across his lap. We reached out to him to see if he'd want to be a part of this, and he said, 'Absolutely.' He said that climate change is something that he does think about a lot. He's never been to India, and he's really excited to go," said Mr Gelber.
"David will be a terrific correspondent for us. We're very comfortable having him with the Prime Minister of India - I'm not sure there are that many people we'd be comfortable setting up in that kind of role. He's a wonderful interviewer," Mr Gelber added.
Other guests such as Ty Burrell, James Cameron, Don Cheadle, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Olivia Munn, Ian Somerhalder and Cecily Strong will also appear on the show.
Ty Burrell's episode will focus on electric cars.
The session will form one of the eight episodes of the Emmy Award-winning TV series Years of Living Dangerously.Mr Letterman, 68, will return to TV with the show's second season after retiring from Late Show in May, reported The Hollywood Reporter .
The show is based on the issue of climate change.
Producers Joel Bach and David Gelber said that they decided to approach Mr Letterman after seeing his passion for the issue when he interviewed scientists on his talk show.
"It's thrilling to have him do this - we're beyond excited. The reason why Mr Letterman's part of this is that we just noticed that he seemed to perk up when this issue came across his lap. We reached out to him to see if he'd want to be a part of this, and he said, 'Absolutely.' He said that climate change is something that he does think about a lot. He's never been to India, and he's really excited to go," said Mr Gelber.
"David will be a terrific correspondent for us. We're very comfortable having him with the Prime Minister of India - I'm not sure there are that many people we'd be comfortable setting up in that kind of role. He's a wonderful interviewer," Mr Gelber added.
Other guests such as Ty Burrell, James Cameron, Don Cheadle, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Olivia Munn, Ian Somerhalder and Cecily Strong will also appear on the show.
Ty Burrell's episode will focus on electric cars.
