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Letterman wants to go out on his own terms
cnn.com - 9/3/2008
Letterman wants to go out on his own terms
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Gawker: Defamer:  David Letterman Thinks NBC's Late Night Plans Are Just Plain Goofy [Late Night]

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David Letterman Thinks NBC's Late Night Plans Are Just Plain Goofy [Late Night]
Gawker: Defamer — ... Madonna, Oprah, and Richard Simmons—as well as his own plans for retirement. ("I would like to go beyond [my contracted] 2010, not much beyond," he told them.) He was also asked to weigh in on the curious scheduling shift going on at his old network NBC, where top ratings-getter Jay Leno is being forcibly vacated to make room for new The Tonight Show host Conan O'Brien, and his Late Night successor, Jimmy Fallon. No one is more confused about the changes than Letterman: "Unless I'm misunderstanding something, I don't know why, ...

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