David Letterman received the highest honor at the first annual US Comedy Awards on Saturday night. The 63-year-old talk show host picked up the Johnny Carson Award for Comedic Excellence at the ceremony at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York
Eddie Murphy is to receive a Comedy Icon award. The Beverly Hills Cop star will be honored at the first-ever Comedy Awards for his 30-year career in stand-up, sketch, film and television at the event, which takes place at Hammerstein