FEATURES
By New York Times News Service | January 13, 1995
David Letterman will be the host of the Academy Awards telecast this year, the first purely television star to fill that role since Johnny Carson handled the job in the 1960s and 70s.The motion picture academy and ABC, which is to broadcast the awards show on March 27, made the announcement of Mr. Letterman's selection yesterday. Ted Harbert, the president of ABC Entertainment, said he hoped this would be the "long-term solution" to the question of who would be host."If Dave likes the experience, this could be a great answer for the show, just the way Carson did the show for many years," Mr. Harbert said.
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By Eric Mink and Eric Mink,New York Daily News | May 7, 1995
David Letterman was pretty thoroughly savaged by the press for his performance as host of the Academy Awards broadcast. But he's ready to do it again, he said in his first interview since the Oscars. "Overall, I enjoyed the experience, as strange as that may sound. The only thing that is sort of residually troubling to me is the notion that I embarrassed myself. But having developed fairly thick skin over my 48 years, that's not too much of a problem."What was a problem, he said, was trying to re-create the seat-of-the-pants feeling of his "Late Show" on CBS."
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By David Folkenflik and David Folkenflik,SUN TELEVISION WRITER | March 2, 2002
ABC's efforts to land late-night host David Letterman have cast a shadow over the fate of Nightline, Ted Koppel's highly regarded news program at the struggling network. Staffers at ABC said that the news division, including ABC News President David Westin, first learned of the Letterman negotiations on Thursday night. Like Nightline, Letterman's current CBS show airs weeknights at 11:35. But senior ABC network executives have recently made it clear to Letterman they would be willing to shift or cancel the news program to accommodate him. Several people at ABC News confirmed the network's eagerness yesterday to pursue Letterman, even at Nightline's expense.
NEWS
By New York Daily News | December 9, 1992
CBS has offered late-night talk-show host David Letterman a two-year, $28 million contract if he'll jump from NBC -- a deal that would make him one of the highest-paid stars in television.Under the deal, the irreverent Mr. Letterman would butt heads with Jay Leno's "Tonight Show" in the 11:30 p.m. slot he has openly coveted.NBC has until Jan. 15 to match or better the offer.The New York Times reported today that Mr. Letterman had accepted the offer. A representative of Mr. Letterman's agency, Creative Artists Agency, refused to comment.
SPORTS
By David Zurawik and The Baltimore Sun | February 6, 2013
It's going to be dueling Ravens in late night Thursday with Jacoby Jones on Jimmy Kimmel and John Harbaugh on David Letterman . Both shows air at 11:35 p.m. -- Kimmel on ABC and Letterman on CBS. Talk about TV suddenly paying national attention to the Ravens in the wake of their Super Bowl victory Sunday. For years, no one had them on the national shows. Now they are being counterprogrammed against each other. Monday night, Super Bowl MVP Joe Flacco , did an impressive turn on Letterman , who came calling for more with the Harbaugh booking.
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By Chris Kaltenbach and Chris Kaltenbach,SUN STAFF | February 3, 1999
If your dog plays soccer, please, don't go to Hagerstown on Saturday to try to have Fido featured on David Letterman's Stupid Pet Tricks."Dogs that play soccer, that's like my worst nightmare," says Bill Langworth, stupid pet and human trick coordinator (now there's a job title!) for "The Late Show with David Letterman.""I mean, it might be amusing for you at home, but on the show, everything's got to have a beginning, a middle and an end. How long can you watch a dog kick a ball around the stage?"