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For nearly two decades, Jay Leno and David Letterman became bitter late-night rivals after Leno was picked to succeed Johnny Carson as The Tonight Show host on NBC in 1993, when Letterman had the follow-up show in Late Night since 1982. With Carson's retirement in 1992 and Leno taking over, Letterman departed the network for rival CBS and hosted The Late Show[...]

Letterman's decision to leave NBC stemmed from the network's refusal to grant him The Tonight Show following Johnny Carson's retirement in 1992 in favor of comedian Jay Leno With Letterman's decision to leave for CBS to create The Late Show, the two battled over late-night supremacy with Leno getting the better of the two for[...]

I wonder if they'll treat me as well as Sleepy Joe? They should!" The president refused the planned second debate, which was to be virtually in light of his COVID-19 diagnosis following the first debate. Conan O'Brien's Brief Stint as The Tonight Show Host In The Tonight Show debacle, O'Brien's predecessor Jay Leno agreed to ceded his[...]