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04-04-2014, 05:26 PM
David Letterman May Have Lost Some Battles, But He Won the Late-Night Wars
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Sure, David Letterman lost some battles along the way.
He waited out Johnny Carson in vain. Ceded ratings supremacy to Jay Le**. Endured embarrassing personal entanglements (stalking, blackmail), made some missteps (inappropriate workplace relationships) and faced real peril (emergency open heart surgery), all while remaining fiercely private.
SEE ALSO: David Letterman's Top 10 Late Night Television Moments (http://mashable.com/2014/04/03/david-letterman-top-10-moments/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
In spite of it all, Letterman outlasted a lot of lesser late-night lights to become the longest-running host on network TV. He’ll have some 33 years behind the desk by the time he retires next year (http://mashable.com/2014/04/03/david-letterman-is-retiring-from-late-show-after-20-years/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), a few more than even Carson logged in his own legendary run. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/04/in-defense-of-david-letterman/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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Sure, David Letterman lost some battles along the way.
He waited out Johnny Carson in vain. Ceded ratings supremacy to Jay Le**. Endured embarrassing personal entanglements (stalking, blackmail), made some missteps (inappropriate workplace relationships) and faced real peril (emergency open heart surgery), all while remaining fiercely private.
SEE ALSO: David Letterman's Top 10 Late Night Television Moments (http://mashable.com/2014/04/03/david-letterman-top-10-moments/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
In spite of it all, Letterman outlasted a lot of lesser late-night lights to become the longest-running host on network TV. He’ll have some 33 years behind the desk by the time he retires next year (http://mashable.com/2014/04/03/david-letterman-is-retiring-from-late-show-after-20-years/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), a few more than even Carson logged in his own legendary run. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/04/in-defense-of-david-letterman/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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