David Letterman on ‘The Late Show’ Ending and CBS’s New Owners
Ana Maria Rus
For an essay on the end of “The Late Show” on CBS, I spoke to its first host, David Letterman, who was cleareyed about the program’s cancellation. Here are edited excerpts from our conversation: What was your first thought when you found out “The Late Show,” which you helped create and where you served as the first host, was canceled? Disbelief. Then it seemed like a botched holdup. When we got the facts about the Ellison family [David Ellison, with backing from his father, Larry, bought CBS’s
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