The David Letterman Show was a live morning NBC talk show hosted by David Letterman every weekday from June 23 to October 24, 1980.
A precursor to 1982's Late Night with David Letterman, the show was a critical success but the edgy comedy did not go over well with morning television watchers, more used to talk shows, soap operas, game shows and prime time reruns. The show had replaced the daytime version of Hollywood Squares, High Rollers, and Ch...
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The David Letterman Show was a live morning NBC talk show hosted by David Letterman every weekday from June 23 to October 24, 1980.
A precursor to 1982's Late Night with David Letterman, the show was a critical success but the edgy comedy did not go over well with morning television watchers, more used to talk shows, soap operas, game shows and prime time reruns. The show had replaced the daytime version of Hollywood Squares, High Rollers, and Chain Reaction on NBC's schedule. NBC president Fred Silverman also considered canceling Wheel of Fortune as well, but he changed his mind upon discovering that the show was in fact one of the highest-rated programs on the network's morning schedule.
The original hire for the show's producer was Bob Stewart, the veteran quiz-show creator who had enlisted Letterman as a panelist on Pyramid from 1978 onward. However, due to creative differences, Stewart left the show four days before its premiere. Michael McDonald of the Doobie Brothers wrote the...
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