David Letterman Takes Down "King" Conan
CBS; NBC Photo: Paul Drinkwater
Sometimes, it's actually not so good to be the king.
Two weeks after NBC declared Conan O'Brien "the new king of late night," the latest ratings show David Letterman outdrew The Tonight Show, now hosted by the, well, you know…
CBS said Letterman's Late Show victory in viewers for the week of June 15 was the first of its kind since December 2005.
NBC, meanwhile, is not about turn in O'Brien's crown. It pointed out that O'Brien dominated Letterman among advertiser-coveted demographic groups, and, in an especially cruel twist of the knife, noted that Letterman's audience is, on average, 11 years older than O'Brien's.
O'Brien was proclaimed the king after eight years days on the job.
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