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david letterman. [ applause ] >> letterman's got his own show following carson on nbc. >> oh, man. what a program! >> then in 1991 comes the inevitable announcement. the king of late night will abdicate his throne. >> it's coming to an end next year. i've always wanted to be a shepherd. >> carson's bombshell -- >> johnny carson has finally made it official. >> -- sets off immediate speculation on his successor. will be it letterman or leno? >> jay is sensational, and jay is our permanent guest host. but we have not made that announcement yet as to who the successor to johnny will be. >> secretly, the decision's already been made. >> really quietly, and with nobody in the business knowing it, they had a meeting, absolutely private meeting, with the nbc hierarchy and jay and his manager, and they guarantied him the show. and it was a huge blowup. >> just how pissed off are you? >> not apg angry at jay leno about this? would i like to have the show? oh, sure. yes. >> nbc also calculated that dave was very, very hard to work with. >> we have no guests on the show. we have jerky activit

david letterman. [ applause ] >> letterman's got his own show following carson on nbc. then in 1991 comes the inevitable announcement. the king of lay night will abdicate his throne. >> it's coming to an end next year. i've always wanted to be a shepherd. >> carson's bombshell -- >> johnny carson has made it official. >> -- sets off speculation of his successor. will be it letterman or leno? >> jay is sensational, and jay is our permanent guest host. but we have not made that announcement yet as to who the successor to johnny will be. >> secretly, the decision's already been made. >> really quietly, and with nobody in the business nothing it, they had a meeting, absolutely private meeting, with the nbc hierarchy and jay and his manager, and they guarantied him the show. and it was a huge blowup. >> just how pissed off are you? >> angry at jay leno about this? no. would i like to have the show? oh, sure. >> nbcs a calculated that jay is very hard to work with. >> we have no guests on the show. >> he didn't play ball with them. and jay was very accommodating. so they felt

david letterman. [ applause ] >> letterman's got his own show following carson on nbc. then in 1991 comes the inevitable announcement. the king of lay night will abdicate his throne. >> it's coming to an end next year. i've always wanted to be a shepherd. >> carson's bombshell -- >> johnny carson has made it official. >> -- sets off speculation of his successor. will be it letterman or leno? >> jay is sensational, and jay is our permanent guest host. but we have not made that announcement yet as to who the successor to johnny will be. >> secretly, the decision's already been made. >> really quietly, and with nobody in the business nothing it, they had a meeting, absolutely private meeting, with the nbc hierarchy and jay and his manager, and they guarantied him the show. and it was a huge blowup. >> just how pissed off are you? >> angry at jay leno about this? no. would i like to have the show? oh, sure. >> nbc has calculated that jay is very hard to work with. >> we have no guests on the show. >> he didn't play ball with them. and jay was very accommodating. so they fel

david letterman. >> and letterman has his own show following carson on nbc. and then in 19. -- 1991 comes the inevitable announcement, the king of late night is going to leave his throne. carson's bombshell. >> and johnny carson has made it official. >> it immediately sets off speculation on the successor. will it be letterman or leno? >> it is sensational, and jay is the permanent guest host, but we have not made that announcement yet as to who the successor to johnny is going to be. >> and secretly it had been made. >> and quietly with nobody in the business knowing it, they had a private meeting with the nbc hierarchy and jay's manager, and they guaranteed him the show. it was a huge blowup. >> just how pissed off are you? >> would i be angry at jay leno about this? no. would i like to have the show? oh, yes, sure. >> and nbc also calculated that dave is very hard to work with. >> and we have no guests on the show, do we? just jerky activity, don't we? and he did not play ball with them, and jay did, so they felt more comfortable with jay, and jay got the

david letterman. >> reporter: and letterman has his own show following carson on nbc. and then in 1991, comes this inevitable announcement, the king of late night will abdicate his throne. carson's bombshell. >> johnny carson has made it official. >> reporter: sets off a speculation of the successor, will it be letterman or leno? >> jay is sensational, and jay is the permanent guest host, but we have not made that announcement yet as to who the successor to johnny will be. >> reporter: secretly the decision has already been made. >> and really quietly, and with nobody in the business knowing it, they had a meeting absolutely private meeting with the nbc hierarchy and jay and his manager, and they guaranteed him the show. and it was a huge blow-up. >> just how pissed off are you? >> not angry at jay leno about this? >> no. would i like to have the show? oh, yeah, sure. >> nbc also calculated that dave is very hard to work with. >> and we have no guests on the show, just jerky activity. er. >> and he did not play ball with them, but jay was much more accommodating and so

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show. >> david letterman will go until he's sick of it, i am sure. like everybody, there have been files in his run where you wish you could do anything other - to teach english rather than go to the studio and face you know whoever it is. scrony - i'm not the first to say, was hard to say, happy when he was on the air, i think, with the mother and wife problems and alcohol problems. he was so tense that i felt sorry for him when i worked for him because i liked him. the battle he had sitting in his t-shirt in the office smoking that he knew would kill him, and did, pulled himself together miraculously and stood in the wings, stubbed out the last cigarette before the show - he used to smoke on air - went out with class and command. it brought tears to my old eyes. >> you were talking about carson's demons. >> yes. >> it doesn't seem like this new crowd has -- >> demon free. that's right. there's probably a word for that in german. they do. they don't seem to be haunted. i have to turn in a piece about the late sid assessar shortly. god, there was a m

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mean that david letterman will take over the top spot? necessarily.hink this is a risk they are going to take. if you look at the median age, they are a lot closer. it is higher on average, about 58 years old. i think they are betting that will not necessarily happen, but you know letterman is betting it is -- hoping it will happen. >> it is also interesting how well jimmy kimmel has done. p.m. lasthim to 11:30 january, and he is actually beating letterman on the demographics. i think the jimmy fallon decision was a reaction to what .bc is doing with jimmy kimmel >> let's turn to the olympic games. closehe sochi games get to the 2012 olympics? >> i think they will. nbc has learned social media can help. using facebook and twitter and online streaming while the games are going on can actually support people going to watch the games in prime time at night. of course, it all depends how well the usa does. >> thursday night football on cbs coming next fall. are you surprised? >> well, i am surprised cbs got it. they are the ones that least ne

they grew up watching david letterman. >> how long will they last? >> as long as he wants to. he has done a great job. that was a disaster before letterman moved there. he is there as long as he wants and he is ready to surpass carson for most years as a late-night talkshow host. >> hard to imagine david letterman still going on it. >> physical comedy is what he used to do in the 1980's. he has gotten a little older. >> thank you so much. peter, our temporary entertainment correspondent. vehemently opposed to the keystone pipeline, but we will tell you who is taking a stand on the other side of this historic battle. stay "in the loop or cope -- but "in the loop." ♪ >> you are watching "in the loop " on bloomberg television. canada's prime minister is at odds with president barack obama over his failure to approve the keystone oil pipeline. he will wait out the president's terms to get the pipeline built. three weeks ago, the state line -- department found that the keystone pipeline would not greatly increase carbon emissions. i talked to billionaire tom stier. he plans to sp

david letterman. next year, david letterman moved to cbs, leno introduced world to a virtually unknown comedian and writer. you know, dave letterman is a legend here. >> the run had memorable and news worthy moment sxez was never afraid to get serious when needed. >> i want to ask you about this voter suppression thing. >> yes. >> his second only to carson 30 years, keeping the show at number one but surrendered host keys in 2009 only to come back after the transition didn't go over well with viewers. he will now have time to focus more on what one of his biggest pangses, antique cars and motorcycles the final show this thursday will feature as his last guest, billy crystal, also his first. >> here now with more is ainsley earhardt. he said he does not want to leave this job. >> you can tell in that interview. couldn't you? just seemed very numb. his wife is mad about conan o'brien thing but his reaction, i heard many people over the last week talking about this. he seemed so numb. >> i agree. >> i lo

do you think david letterman would be having me on the show? tavis: how did that start? you show up every year. >> it started at the bottom line , a club in new york. david came to see the show. then next night, he told paul, that is the greatest song i have ever done. see how much warmer my studio is then dave? [laughter] i thought that would get a hallelujah. this is inside television. people tease me that it is a little chilly. go to the letterman studio. it is about five below. ableknow i am going to be to see my breath one of these days. tavis: there are major artists about their love for background singers. bruce springsteen, mick jagger. i really did not know what to expect. i did not expect artists of this caliber. bruce springsteen barely says anything. sting?ot the boss and stayi it was wonderfully produced. when you are a background singer, this is just a generic question -- i want to know how you feel appreciated or not appreciated by the artist. has your experience been that you felt appreciated? >> mine always was. they were excited about having us on their

david letterman is still in his saddle, but when david letterman leaves it will definitely be the end of late night. as you said, these guys i don't think everyone we're talking about together gets ratings equalling half of what carson did. a viewer audience that's very small. >> when carson made some comments, it went viral. big picture, do you see significant leno legacy or a man who amused us for years, that is certainly not a bad thing. >> no it isn't, he stayed on top for many decades. the fabled sequel to johnny carson show should be a big deal. leno's legacy is going to be a small one, not many footprints. he has left a bad legacy among the comedian community. jimmy kimmel, fallon, none of them had much respect for him. >>> didn't help conan o'brien that much. do you think the viewers will be loyal to him or the show? will jim fallon be able to hold on to the audience? >> it's jimmy's to take on. his thing with bruce springsteen about chris christie, it's a great late-night, you can do amazing things with it. the sad thing is, the audience isn't there. on the other hand, as we

conan o'brien, david letterman, and conan o'brien shared the late night spot. this is how they said good-bye. >> nbc will finally be able to show somebody okay with passing the torch. >> our friend, jay leno, 22 years as host of the tonight show. 22 years, that is remarkable. congratulations on a wonderful run. and i'll tell you something, if i was jay leno and i was retiring you know what i would do? i would go out and buy myself a car. >> so to jay, thank you very much. he has been a great guy. we're going to miss him. >> all right, we'll give -- i don't know, david letterman -- has he completely lost it? letterman? >> he is tired. >> are there anymore predictable jokes? >> i think a lot of these jokes are recycled. if you get one good zinger in a night -- how come nobody is ever replacing letterman, why are they just trying to go for one seat? no, i'm serious, he is sitting there ruling the roost. and everybody else, says conan in the chair, then leno, then fallon in the chair. >> cbs doesn't play the game of having the late nights. but this is the longest 1

it's going to be interesting so see what happens, competing with david letterman. where are the younger stars going to flock to, is it good for jimmy kimmel in los angeles >> david letterman is a cranky old liberal. sorry. i have to be political, kid. >> nice seeing you. >> i'll be watching jay leno tonight we'll see how this works out for nbc. >> coming up next, tonight >>> a republican party raising a banner of bold lors standing for certain values that will not be compromised. >> bold colors? no pale pastels? what would ronald reagan say today? why republicans need to take his advice. also, quick programming note, tune in sunday night for a new edition of "fox files". >>> more than half of those who didn't vote have been polled to say it no longer makes any difference which party wins. now some have taken another course, there are some among us who suggest that means an end to the republican party, that we should form a new third party. may i suggest an alternative to that? let's have a new first party. a republican party, raising a banner of bold colors, no pal

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. >> conan o'brien, david letterman, and jimmy fallon shared the spotlight with jay. here's how they say good-bye. >> nbc has the olympics. it's a big deal. nbc will finally get to show somebody who is okay with passing the torch. >> our friend jay leno, 22 years as host of the tonight show. 22 years. that's remarkable, isn't it? now retiring, congratulations on a wonderful run. and i'll tell you something. if i was jay leno, and i was retiring, you know what i would do? i would go out and buy myself a car. >> jay, thank you very much. he's been a great guy. i'm going to miss him. >> all right, we'll give -- i don't know, david letterman, has he completely lost it? >> he's tired. >> what is that? >> i don't know. >> i could have come up with -- no, i think a lot of these jokes are recycled. if you get one good singer, one in a night would be a success. >> conan's was good. >> how come nobody is ever replacing letterman? why is everybody trying to go for one seat? >> what about that? >> i'm serious. he's sitting there like ruling the roost, and everybody, like conan in

. >> conan o'brien, david letterman, and jimmy fallon shared the spotlight with jay. here's how they say good-bye. >> nbc has the olympics. it's a big deal. nbc will finally get to show somebody who is okay with passing the torch. >> our friend jay leno, 22 years as host of the tonight show. 22 years. that's remarkable, isn't it? now retiring, congratulations on a wonderful run. and i'll tell you something. if i was jay leno, and i was retiring, you know what i would do? i would go out and buy myself a car. >> jay, thank you very much. he's been a great guy. i'm going to miss him. >> all right, we'll give -- i don't know, david letterman, has he completely lost it? >> he's tired. >> what is that? >> i don't know. >> i could have come up with -- no, i think a lot of these jokes are recycled. if you get one good singer, one in a night would be a success. >> conan's was good. >> how come nobody is ever replacing letterman? why is everybody trying to go for one seat? >> what about that? >> i'm serious. he's sitting there like ruling the roost, and everybody, like conan in